Joint Healthcare Administration MHA/MBA

Be a Top Leader in Healthcare with an MHA/MBA

While an MBA enables you to be a business manager, a joint MHA/MBA from UHCL empowers you for a career as a top-level executive in the healthcare industry. Courses taught online and face-to-face will enhance your knowledge of global business, corporate finance and decision-making. You will learn from experienced professors in the heart of the Texas Medical Center, which will give you opportunities for networking, internships and your future career.

Convenient Course Options

Each course in the MHA/MBA program is eight weeks long, giving you convenient options to earn your degree:

• Full-time, 24 months: two courses per eight-week term across the fall, spring and summer semesters
• Part-time, 48 months: one course per eight-week term across the fall, spring and summer semesters
• Hybrid: Half of your time in each course will be spent in a classroom setting, and the other half of each course will be completely online

$151,170: average annual salary for healthcare financial managers in Texas (Bureau of Labor Statistics)

MHA/MBA students take advantage of internships at:

• Baylor College of Medicine
• Houston Methodist Hospital
• MD Anderson Cancer Center
• St. CHI Luke's Patient Medical Center

Admission Requirements

We're excited that you want to enroll in UHCL’s College of Business. Find out what it takes to join us.

• MHA/MBA
• Admission Deadline
  Standard Graduate Admission Deadline
• Application
  A standard university application is required.
• Requirements

  Criteria that require submission of a standardized test score:

  Less than 3.000 cumulative GPA on the last 60 hours of coursework and submission of GMAT score (GRE acceptable for MHA).

  Criteria that waive a standardized test requirement:
  

  • 3.000 cumulative GPA on the last 60 hours of coursework; and Earned a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in a country where English is the native language or from an accredited college or university in a country on the SBEC-approved list of countries; or
  • Earned a graduate or professional degree from a country where English is the native language or on the SBEC-approved list of countries; or
  • Earned a Ph.D., M.D., Ed.D., D.D.S. or J.D. from accredited U.S. institution (or U.S. licensure).
• Supplemental Documentation

  Applications for the MHA/MBA must also submit:

  • 3 letters of recommendation
  • Current resume
  • Personal statement of career goals

• Graduate Requirements
• International Student Requirements

Degree Requirements

Each course of study in the College of Business here at University of Houston-Clear Lake has specific degree requirements you must fulfill to graduate. Find out more today.

Degree Plan

Cost Information

Start your college budget today with a look at possible costs for your degree from the UHCL College of Business.

Deadlines for Applying