Academics & Programs

Department of Health Management & Systems Sciences

Master of Public Health – Concentration in Health Policy
Designed to graduate students with skills in the core competencies in public health and develop innovative health care leaders to pursue effective health policy making and implementation within a health care system.
Master of Science in Health Administration (MSHA)
This program prepares you to confidently lead health care organizations into the future. It is designed for working professionals with at least five years of work experience.
PhD in Public Health Sciences – Specialization in Health Management and Policy
Designed to prepare graduates for careers as researchers and teachers involved in the efforts to protect and promote the health and wellbeing of communities and populations.

Having students from different educational backgrounds in the class always provides a different lens of understanding a particular topic and analyzing it. I was sure that an MPH from SPHIS would propel me in the correct direction to achieve my aim in achieving health equity, and thus improving the healthcare system...

Sonali Sachin Salunkhe, MD MPH '19, PhD '23
SPHIS alumna Sonali Sachin Salunkhe

Health Care Management Certificates

Our certificates are offered 100% online
Health Care Management
Provides students the foundational competencies of health care management: governance and management of health care organizations, health care strategic management, project management, financial management and health law and ethics.
Health Care Financial Management
Provides students the foundational competencies of health care financial management: health finance, health economics, managerial accounting in health organizations and health insurance and alternative payment models.
Health Care Quality & Project Management
Provides the foundational competencies of health care quality and project management: health care strategic management, health care quantitative analysis, health care quality, project management, and health care economics.
Population Health Management
Provides students the foundational competencies of population health management: governance and management of health care organizations, public health, health policy and financial management.