Why Choose Belmont’s Healthcare MBA
The Healthcare industry is dynamic and presents unique challenges. Demand is high for employee candidates with a passion to improve quality of patient care while effectively managing internal departments and external stakeholders. This program is designed for new college grads and early careerists looking to develop a deep understanding of healthcare and move their career into healthcare and/or hospital management.
The HCMBA curriculum is a balanced blend of MBA and healthcare management-specific courses. The entire program focuses on the application of healthcare business best practices, including courses with hands-on learning projects with area healthcare companies.
An additional characteristic that distinguishes the Massey Graduate School of Business is the personal attention given to each student’s learning needs and professional goals. All faculty are deeply committed to ensuring that the learning environment is effective for each individual.
Features of the HCMBA include:
- Students will attend classes on campus in late afternoons (3:00 PM - 5:45 PM) and finish in five semesters allowing time for daytime work, internships and experential learning.
- Students with no formal work experience will complete a summer internship between their first and second year.
- Students graduating with an internship may apply for post-graduate executive residency programs within hospital systems and healthcare organizations.
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Experiential learning events may include professional development seminars, daytime site visits to industry partners, research engagement, and attendance to external networking events. In addition, students will fine tune skills related to professional etiquette, networking, and fostering alumni relations.
What You’ll Learn in this Healthcare MBA Program
- Financial management and accounting with specific applications and modifications for healthcare organizations
- Manage information and information systems for integrated healthcare delivery
- Microeconomic theory as it applies to the healthcare industry
- Human resource issues in the healthcare organization
- Concepts, structures, functions and values which characterize contemporary healthcare systems in the U.S.
- Current and persistent issues that occur in the legal and ethical environment of healthcare
Program Details
Courses You'll Take
Curious about your coursework? View requirements for this degree in the course catalog.
All students must complete all prerequisite courses before entering Massey MBA programs. The courses are required to ensure the success of all students. The MBA coursework is challenging, and we focus on ensuring that all students have the proper academic background to enter graduate-level business courses with a command of fundamental concepts. Most students who earned an undergraduate degree in business already have the prerequisites, while some students may have some of the prereqs, but not all. And many prospective students have none of the perquisites.
Massey MBA prerequisite courses include:
- Accounting I
- Accounting II
- Microeconomics
- Macroeconomics
- Statistics
Haven't completed all of the prerequisites?
For students who need all or most of the prerequisites, the Summer Business Institute (SBI) is the most effective way to complete the coursework before entering a Massey MBA program. Designed and taught by Massey faculty members, SBI courses are completed over twelve weeks in the summer. Students attend classes two weeknights per week and on Saturdays during the program. Students who complete the Summer Business Institute hit the ground running, fully prepared for success in Massey’s MBA programs.
The following items are required to complete the application:*
- Submit an application and a $58.00 fee through BusinessCAS
- Belmont does not charge an application fee.
- Upload a one-page essay on personal and professional goals
- Upload a current resume
- Send official university transcripts from schools you attended to BusinessCAS, NOT Belmont.
- Provide the names and email addresses of two recommenders. Recommendations are submitted through online links provided. We do not accept recommendations from family members, pastors, or friends because they may lack objectivity.
- Optional - GMAT (or GRE) official score report (Encouraged, but not required)
- Interview - In-person OR via Zoom.
International Applicants that attended college outside the United States May also need to provide an official transcript evaluation and English Proficiency test score to BusinessCAS. Belmont now accepts MANY English test options. A full list of options for transcript evaluation companies and English testing options (as well as exceptions) can be found on the Belmont International Student Applicant page. If you are in F-1 status and have immigration questions, please contact Shauna Walsh in Belmont’s International Student and Scholar Services for more information at 615-460-6243 or shauna.walsh@belmont.edu.
Application Deadlines
Massey Graduate School of Business Application Deadlines
All prospective students should apply as soon as possible to complete their applications by the deadlines listed below. Your application must be completed and you must be accepted into the program to be considered for scholarships and graduate assistantships.
SPRING : Completed Application Deadline - December 1st
SUMMER: Completed Application Deadline - April 15th
FALL: Completed Application Deadline - July 17th
HCMBA is 42 Credit Hours. $1,645 per credit hour. $69,090 total tuition.
For all Scholarship & GA Opportunities: You must be ADMITTED before March 1st.
For All Scholarships: There is no separate scholarship application.
For Merit Scholarships: Submit a GMAT Score to maximize your scholarship opportunities.
For Need-Based Scholarships: Submit the corresponding FAFSA Application for your academic year at the time you apply. Please note, that graduate students do NOT use their parent's income for FAFSA, so it benefits you to submit this, even if you have no intentions of using student loans. Learn more on the Graduate Tuition & Aid website.
Financial Aid / Payment Options
Graduate business students have several payment options including scholarships, employer tuition assistance, installment payment plan programs, and/or student loans.
US Students: To determine eligibility requirements for student loans, submit the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) or the Renewal FAFSA (for previous Federal Aid applicants) and request that Belmont University receive a copy of the analysis. The FAFSA requires approximately six weeks for processing. You may file the FAFSA online at www.fafsa.gov. Additional information on payment options is as follows:
Scholarships. Scholarships are awarded on a variety of factors, including, but not limited to:
- Acceptance to the program by March 1st.
- Academic excellence, including exceptional grade point average and/or optional test scores (GMAT/GRE)
- Strong recommendations from business, academic, and professional sources
- Demonstrated financial need through a submitted FAFSA
Graduate Assistantships. Five full-tuition graduate assistantship positions are available each academic year across all graduate business programs. Multiple partial tuition assistantships are also available.
Belmont Bruin Alumni Grant. Students who have graduated from Belmont University with an undergraduate degree earn a 20% reduction in the cost of graduate tuition. Students must complete the graduate application by the appropriate deadline and be accepted to the graduate program.
Endowed Scholarships. These are awarded annually to candidates who meet the unique criteria for each award.
- Alumni Council Scholarship for Hardship
- Charles R F Treadway Scholarship
- Damon & Carrie Hininger Massey
- Graduate Assistantship Scholarship
- J C Massey Endowed (Nelson)
- Jack C Massey Scholarship
- Massey Scholars for Professional MBA Students
- Volunteer Capital Massey Memorial Scholarship
Employer Tuition Assistance/Corporate Partners. Either of the formats below may qualify you for a matching tuition discount of up to 20% off through the Corporate Partners Program.
- Employer Payment - If your employer will be paying your tuition directly to Belmont, Student Financial Services needs an employer authorization agreeing to Belmont's payment terms.
- Employer Reimbursement is an agreement between you and your employer. If your employer will be reimbursing you after your courses are complete each semester, you are financially responsible for paying for courses before the semester begins. You can pay in cash or use loans to get started, then you can roll your reimbursement checks into the future semesters.
Installment Payment Plans. Use your savings and/or income to cover all or part of your education expenses. You can take advantage of the Interest-Free Monthly Payment Option offered through the Tuition Management System (www.afford.com/Belmont). TMS takes your estimated educational expense and divides it into monthly payments. The cost is $55 per year and is only available for fall and spring semesters.
Paying With Student Loans. Graduate students who are U.S. citizens are eligible to apply for the Federal Unsubsidized Stafford Loan programs, which are awarded without regard to financial need. Interest accrues from the time the loan is disbursed until it is paid in full. The maximum loan is $20,500 per academic year. If you are using Stafford Loans to pay any portion of your tuition, you should complete the FAFSA at least six weeks before the beginning of classes.
International Students
International students admitted before March 1st are considered for all scholarships and graduate assistantships. Upon admission, international students will be contacted by Belmont’s International Student Services Office for additional information regarding student visas, enrollment deposits, and university policies that are unique to those entering the U.S. to attend Belmont University (615-460-6342).
Veterans
Individuals who have completed U.S. military service should contact one of Belmont’s V.A. Education Counselors (615-460-6871). The University supports several armed forces educational benefit programs, including Yellow Ribbon.
- Engage in monthly professional development events
- Attend lectures featuring top business professionals
- Travel to Budapest, Buenos Aires, Dubai, Prague or another international destination as part of a global elective.
- Complete a professional field experience in health care.
- Get customized career guidance from the Jack C. Massey College of Business Career Development Center
Belmont University’s MBA programs are accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), the premier agency for bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degree programs in business administration and accounting.
Fewer than 5 percent of business schools worldwide achieve AACSB accreditation, and Belmont is the only private college or university in Tennessee that is accredited by AACSB International for BBA, MBA and accounting programs.
Career Possibilities
- Hospital Administrator
- Pharmaceutical Project Manager
- Policy Analyst
- Health Service Manager or Administrator
- Medical Entrepreneur
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Professional MBA: Our most flexible MBA program for professionals with at least two years of work experience. In-Person, Online or Hybrid Formats available.
Accelerated MBA: Recent college graduates can complete their MBA and an internship in less than a year. In-Person Format only.
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