The University of Missouri’s nationally ranked Master of Health Administration (MHA) degree program prepares professionals to meet the challenges of a changing health-care industry. You can complete the degree in a traditional, in-person format, or hybrid format.
Residential MHA
Our traditional, on-campus MHA program has been continuously accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education (CAHME) since 1968 and is nationally ranked. The program prepares professionals to meet the challenges of a changing health care industry. The curriculum is competency based (modified NCHL model), focusing on ensuring students obtain the necessary knowledge and skills to be successful in the dynamic health care market through the incorporation of educational methods shown to be successful with adult learners. Students have the option to pursue dual degrees with Business (MBA), Industrial Engineering (MS), Law (JD), and Public Affairs (MPA).
Executive MHA
Our executive MHA program is accredited (CAHME) and nationally ranked. The executive program offers learners the quality and content of our traditional program, but it’s delivered in a hybrid on-campus/online format following a cohort-based model designed for experienced healthcare professionals. The curriculum is competency-based (modified NCHL model), focusing on ensuring students obtain the necessary knowledge and skills to be successful in the dynamic healthcare market through the incorporation of educational methods shown to be successful with adult learners.
Graduate Certificate in Informatics for Public Health
As an MHA student, you may simultaneously earn a graduate certificate.
Mission statement
Mission: Our mission is to provide graduate health administration education augmented by a health informatics perspective that is designed to prepare capable leaders to meet the administrative needs of diverse health care organizations.
Vision: To be a leader in creating the future of early and mid-career leaders in health care administration for a challenging and changing healthcare arena. Our graduates will transform individual and population health.
Guiding principles and values
Value – Create value through knowledge about health organizational processes using evidence-based decision making to achieve the highest level of population-based health. Achieve broad cultural competence in order to work effectively in collaborative and diverse work and community environments.
Knowledge – Develop learning partnerships among the faculty, students, staff, and health professionals for creating, disseminating, and applying knowledge to achieve high levels of performance of health care organizations.
Leadership – Foster a learning environment in which faculty, staff, and students envision the future and develop strategies for change.
Technology – Use advanced information technology to improve organizational performance and individual and population health outcomes.
Quality – Create an environment for excellence in quality and for quality improvement in all educational, research, and health services delivery processes.
Proud Member of AUPHA and CMC
The Association of University Programs in Health Administration (AUPHA) is a global network of colleges, universities, faculty, individuals and organizations dedicated to the improvement of health and healthcare delivery through excellence in healthcare management and policy education. Its mission is to foster excellence and drive innovation in health management and policy education and promote the value of university-based management education for leadership roles in the health sector. It is the only non-profit entity of its kind that works to improve the delivery of health services – and thus the health of citizens – throughout the world by educating professional managers. AUPHA’s membership includes the premier baccalaureate, master’s and doctoral degree programs in health administration education in the United States, Canada, and around the world. Its faculty and individual members represent more than 300 colleges and universities.
The University of Missouri MHA program has been a member of the CAHME Mentorship Circle (CMC) since its inception in 2018. The CMC provides an opportunity for exemplary health administration programs to mentor other programs in the pursuit of continuous quality improvement or accreditation.
The CMC was established to recognize and to encourage program participation by CAHME-accredited programs that demonstrate a commitment to advance the quality of healthcare management education.
A Mentorship Circle designation is an honor and a responsibility, requiring a process of mission leadership to advance the quality of graduate health care management education.