The Best Online MBA In Healthcare Management Programs

The MBA is delivered 100 percent online with five start dates a year, and students finish in 12 to 18 months full time or 18 to 24 months part time. Everyone completes the 25-credit MBA Core, then adds a concentration or selects three electives (9 credits) to build a custom path.

Admission typically calls for a bachelor's degree or equivalent and a minimum 2.50 GPA, with no GMAT required, although requirements can vary by concentration and professional experience. Up to six semester hours of graduate credit may transfer in, and applicants with six to eight years of business experience can take the Executive concentration.

The MBA in General Business requires 24 credit hours of core courses and 6 credit hours of specialty courses, chosen as two graduate-level courses at the 5000 level or above. Core coursework covers finance, accounting, economics, behavioral management, research and data analysis, and students build skills through applied business projects and a course covering all aspects of entrepreneurship. The program can be completed in as few as 12 months, and its calendar lets students start soon after applying.

Applicants qualify with a bachelor's degree and a 3.0 GPA overall or in the last 60 semester hours, or with a 2.5 overall GPA (or 2.75 in the last 60 hours) combined with either three years of continuous professional work experience or an application portfolio, each with the program coordinator's approval. The program is built for both business and non-business graduates. Those without a business degree can satisfy prerequisites online through four 1-week leveling courses.

SEMO's general management MBA is delivered completely online, with courses offered in 8-week terms and five start dates each year. The degree requires 33 credit hours of coursework focused on strategy, analysis, and the applications and systems of business, with BA650 serving as the capstone course.

Neither the GMAT nor the GRE is required, and students without an undergraduate business degree can build foundational knowledge through Business Essentials courses, applying up to 3 of those credit hours toward the 33 required. SEMO also awards credit for prior learning through credit by examination, military-related credit or existing experience.

The MBA is offered at the Vermillion campus, in Sioux Falls and online, and students have access to the same faculty wherever they take classes. Specializations listed as online include Business Analytics, Health Services Administration, Marketing, and Operations and Supply Chain Management.

No GMAT is required for students who hold a bachelor's degree from a U.S. college or university. The program emphasizes decision making, data analysis and social responsibility, faculty provide one-on-one advising, and the online option is aimed at working professionals who value flexibility.

The program is 30 credit hours, taken full or part time and completed in three to six semesters, with starts in fall, spring or summer. Courses run 8 weeks and are delivered online asynchronously.

The GMAT and GRE are not required; applicants need a bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited institution, a resume and a statement of purpose. The curriculum is built for working professionals and leans on consulting projects and case simulations, with courses such as Managerial and Team Skills and Decision Analysis for Executives.

Students take one course at a time in three-, five- and six-week sessions, and the program is 100 percent online. Everyone completes 21 units of core coursework, then follows the general path or a specialization in Health Services Administration or Project Management. The general path can be finished in as few as 18 months, the Project Management specialization in 23 and Health Services Administration in 24.

GMAT or GRE scores are not required, and neither is work experience. Admission opens twice a year, for fall and spring starts. Prerequisites in financial and managerial accounting, business statistics and microeconomics can be met with earlier coursework or waived with professional experience, and the statistics and economics requirements can be satisfied through online, non-credit, self-paced leveling courses.

The online MBA totals 38 credits, or 44 with an MBA major, built on 11 core courses and 3 electives. Students can finish in as few as 12 months full time or study part time, when most take one to two courses per semester, and sessions start in spring, summer and fall.

The GMAT and GRE are optional, and a minimum of two years of work experience is preferred rather than required. Applicants lacking successful coursework in non-introductory statistics, calculus or linear math, or relevant work experience, may be asked to complete a GMAC Business Fundamentals course, and online students learn from the same faculty as the on-campus program.

The OMBA totals 36 credit hours: 10 three-credit core courses plus two graduate electives offered by the Fogelman College. Students who work full time typically take two courses (6 hours) per semester, and the college estimates 6 to 9 hours of study time per week for each course.

Applicants need a bachelor's degree from an accredited institution and a GPA of at least 2.75, and those meeting one of several criteria, such as a 3.0 undergraduate GPA from another school, a U.S. graduate degree, or five or more years managing at least 10 direct reports, do not need the GRE or GMAT. The program is built for students without time to attend classes in person, and its current students average 5 to 7 years of work experience.

The 54-credit curriculum splits evenly between core courses and electives, and students who concentrate their electives in one area earn a major. Classes meet in an average of two live, 75-minute evening sessions per week; most students take 6 credits per term and typically finish in two years while working full time, though the plan of study can be accelerated or extended.

A test score is not required to apply, although an admissions counselor may discuss during the interview whether submitting one would strengthen the application. Instructors are the same faculty who teach Kelley's in-residence programs, each student has a career coach from the first day, and a dual degree option pairs the MBA with a specialized MS in three years.

All core classes are offered online every semester, and at least three concentration courses are offered online each term, so students can finish the M.B.A. completely online. Some concentrations are available only in the face-to-face, on-campus format. Online coursework can be done at any time and from any location.

Applicants with a 3.0 to 4.0 GPA need no GMAT score, and those with a 2.70 to 2.99 GPA are conditionally admitted without the GMAT; the bachelor's degree does not have to be in business. Admission is rolling, with fall, spring and summer semester starts, and up to 12 semester hours of graduate credit from an AACSB-accredited institution can transfer. Students planning to study in the U.S. on an F1 or J1 visa are not eligible for the online program.