Online Masters Degree Programs in Healthcare Administration Ranked by Cost of Tuition

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Colleges and universities across the nation that have online masters degree in healthcare administration programs require students to pay an average tuition of $15,283 per year. The average tuition has increased, over the past few years, by 12.2%. The annual average tuition was $13,623 at these online schools in 2007.

Online masters degree in healthcare administration colleges and universities are sometimes called health administration, health management, and health services management colleges and universities. Below, the chart displays the tuition range for colleges offering online healthcare administration programs at the masters level from highest to lowest cost:

Tuition Level Number of Schools
Cheapest 3
Low cost 4
Average cost 4
Most expensive 4

The most expensive colleges that offer online masters degree in healthcare administration programs require students to pay a yearly tuition of over $16,942. But, annual tuition at the cheapest schools is in the range of $3,816 to $9,360. The least expensive accredited online healthcare administration masters degree schools are located in Minnesota, Nebraska, and Texas.

  • Master of Business Administration in Healthcare Administration – Risk Management
  • Master of Business Administration in Healthcare Administration – Compliance
  • Master of Business Administration in Healthcare Administration – Information Management
  • Master of Business Administration in Healthcare Administration
  • Master of Business Administration in Healthcare Administration – Policy Development in Healthcare Environments
  • Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree program in Healthcare Administration
  • Master of Healthcare Administration
  • Master of Science in Management – Healthcare Administration
  • Master of Science in Healthcare Administration
  • Master of Science in Management/Healthcare Administration

In 2011, roughly 27% of healthcare administration graduates with masters degrees from online colleges across the country earned credentials from these reasonably priced programs. Therefore, of the 252,989 graduates from across the country, 66,968 are from the least costly colleges. From 2006 to 2011, the percentage of healthcare administration graduates with masters degrees from the most inexpensive online schools has decreased. However, the number of graduates has increased by 4,006 graduates per year.

Other somewhat more costly online healthcare administration masters degree colleges and universities charge a yearly tuition in the range of $9,603 to $11,160. An estimated 4 of the 15 online schools that offer masters degrees in healthcare administration programs in the US charge tuition in this range.

Approximately 83,851 students earned their degrees from these low tuition online programs in 2011. This is 33% of the nation’s healthcare administration masters level graduates. The number of students graduating from these colleges was only 28,256 students in 2006, which was only 5 years prior.

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1. University of Houston Houston, Texas $3,816 $12,072
2. Bellevue University Bellevue, Nebraska $6,000 $6,000
3. Walden University Minneapolis, Minnesota $9,360 $9,360
4. Ohio University Athens, Ohio $9,603 $18,567
5. University of Phoenix Tucson, Arizona $9,720 $9,720
6. University of Minnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota $9,794 $14,094
7. Nebraska Methodist College of Nursing & Allied Health Omaha, Nebraska $11,160 $11,160
8. Stevens-Henager College of Business Orem, Utah $14,867 $14,867
9. South University Savannah, Georgia $15,285 $15,285
10. Ashford University Clinton, Iowa $15,720 $15,720
11. Grand Canyon University Phoenix, Arizona $16,500 $16,500
12. Southern Adventist University Collegedale, Tennessee $16,942 $16,942
13. New England College Henniker, New Hampshire $28,804 $28,804
14. Seton Hall University South Orange, New Jersey $29,940 $29,940
15. Florida Institute of Technology Melbourne, Florida $31,734 $31,734