The Department of Health Administration and Policy prepares students to be highly skilled professionals who will become exemplary leaders in hospitals, health care systems, and public health organizations.
There are interprofessional experiences included in the MHA program. All MHA students complete a 400-hour internship in health administration to gain hands-on experience, as well as one health administration & policy case competition. Students have recently served as interns in hospitals, multi-specialty physician practices, long-term care facilities, university medical centers and with the Veterans Administration. The internship provides an opportunity to integrate the student’s understanding of the practical day-to-day functions of management, planning or policy analysis with the traditional basic skills learned during the didactic portion of the program. Following graduation, most students go on to an administrative fellowship program or directly into the workforce.