M.B.A. in Healthcare Administration & Leadership
A Master of Business Administration in Healthcare Administration and Leadership (MBA-HAL)
is a graduate degree program aimed at providing graduates with the competencies necessary
to excel in a variety of health care-focused businesses, such as hospitals, medical
practices, pharmaceutical companies, insurance companies, medical device companies,
digital health, and in entrepreneurship.
About the Program
The Master of Business Administration in Healthcare Administration and Leadership (MBA-HAL) is an interdisciplinary program that supports the interdisciplinary tenet of ÀÏ˾»ú¸£ÀûÉç’s mission. Although the program is housed in the school of business, the MBA-HAL is jointly staffed and led by faculty from both the school of business and the health science program. These two programs integrate to develop a degree program that meshes the sciences with management and leadership, to provide a gateway for students desiring to enter leadership and management positions within the field of healthcare.
The program provides students with increased opportunity to pursue professional education in healthcare administration and leadership beyond the current undergraduate curriculum. Through advanced graduate studies, the program supports the lifelong learning and professional education tenets of ÀÏ˾»ú¸£ÀûÉç’s mission.
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MBA-HAL Mission Statement
The Master of Business Administration in Healthcare Administration and Leadership (MBA-HAL) program provides high quality, affordable graduate education that prepares students for leadership and management positions throughout the healthcare industry. The program features an interdisciplinary curriculum that integrates business theories and techniques, while considering current approaches to healthcare leadership.
The MBA-HAL program delivers project-based courses that merge theory with practice and utilize evidence-based teaching techniques to create engaging learning experiences. By offering an interdisciplinary curriculum that integrates business theories and techniques with the social and ethical aspects of healthcare leadership, the program strives to educate leaders who will positively impact the southern New Jersey community and beyond.
Over 25% of the US economy today is healthcare industry related. With time this industry
has become increasingly more complex. Overregulation, fragmentation, aging of the
American population, rising costs, disparity of access to care, shortages of caregivers,
and the lingering impact of the pandemic have created unique leadership and management
challenges for our future healthcare leaders. Now more than ever we need to prepare
healthcare leaders with an entrepreneurial spirit and a solid foundation in business
practices. ÀÏ˾»ú¸£ÀûÉç's MBA-MHAL Program educates and equips graduates to tackle these
issues head-on efficiently and effectively. Our program enables students to develop
genuine relationships with peers and faculty through hybrid asynchronous and synchronous
project-based delivering models and provides students with a valuable degree in today’s
healthcare management climate.
- Christian Ehiobuche, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Business Studies, Management
Healthcare Administration, Chair-MBA-HAL Program
"As a ÀÏ˾»ú¸£ÀûÉç alum, I’ve experienced firsthand the quality education and experience available to students. As a healthcare executive, I’m excited to see what the future holds as the next generation of healthcare leaders pursue an MBA in Healthcare Administration and Leadership."
-Lori Herndon, RN, BSN, MBA, Retired President & CEO, AtlantiCare
Curriculum
The MBA-HAL degree is composed of 14 classes at 3 credit hours per class, totaling to a 42 credit hour MBA. Those 42 credit hours include 12 classes at 3 credit hours each of core classes (36 credit hours), and 2 classes at 3 credit hours each of electives (6 credit hours).
Prior to entry into the MBA-HAL program, students must take these prerequisites or their equivalent (ÀÏ˾»ú¸£ÀûÉç equivalents are in parentheses):
- Statistics (CIST 1206) or Statistics for Health Professionals (HLTH 2305) or Statistical Methods (PSCY 2241) or Research Methods & Statistics (PUBH 2330);
- Intro to Management (MGMT 2110);
- Macroeconomics (ECON 1200) or Microeconomics (ECON 1400) or Health Care Economics (ECON 2104); and
- Financial Accounting (ACCT 2110) or Managerial Accounting (ACCT 2120).
Note, students that graduate with a business minor from ÀÏ˾»ú¸£ÀûÉç still must complete the Statistics (#1) and Economics (#3) courses in addition to their core minor requirements.
Work experience may fulfill some prerequisite requirements based on the discretion of the selection committee.
If you have not yet fulfilled the prerequisite requirements and are interested in taking these courses conveniently online, visit our MBA-HAL Guidance Worksheet.
Fall |
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MHAL 5000 - Leadership Development in Health Care (3) MHAL 5005 -Healthcare Systems (3) MHAL 5030 -Healthcare Operations and Financial Management (3) MHAL 5035 - Healthcare Informatics (3) |
Spring |
MHAL 5010 - Financial Analysis for Healthcare Decision-Making (3) MHAL 5015 - Healthcare Policy (3) MHAL 5040 - Healthcare Analytics (3) MHAL 5045 - Population Health for Healthcare Leaders (3) |
Summer |
MHAL 5020 - Law and Ethics for Healthcare Leaders (3) MHAL 5025 - Healthcare Leadership (3) MHAL 5050 - Healthcare Economics (3) MHAL 5055 - Healthcare Strategy and Leadership Capstone (3) Electives (3) MHAL 5060 - Global Health or MHAL 5065 - Medical Tourism |
Total Credits : 42 |
Students may start their program at any semester of their convenience.
Capstone can only be taken at the last semester of their program.
In addition to the core curriculum students are required to take two three-credit hour general MBA electives from the following programs: BUSN, MGMT, MKTG, FINA, ACCT, MHAL or PLAW. Students could alternatively take any of the following courses to fill this requirement:
- CRIM 5210 Forensic Psychopathology & Treatment
- CRIM 5348 Drugs, Crime & Criminal Justice
- CRIM 5460 Organizational Psychology
- CRIM 5509 Fundamentals & Theory of Emergency Mgmt
For course descriptions, please visit The University's
For a schedule of in-person courses, please see Schedule of Courses flyer.
Admissions Criteria
Application Deadline
Rolling Admissions
Spring Priority Deadline: December 1
Fall Priority Deadline: July 1
Prerequisite Requirements
- Baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited institution of higher education
- Minimum cumulative undergraduate GPA of 3.0
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The MBA-HAL program is designed for incoming students who have completed the following undergraduate pre-requisite courses (information in parentheses give the ÀÏ˾»ú¸£ÀûÉç equivalents). Please note: work experience may fulfill some prerequisite requirements based on the discretion of the selection committee:
- Statistics (CIST 1206) or Statistics for Health Professionals (HLTH 2305) or Statistical Methods (PSCY 2241) or Research Methods & Statistics (PUBH 2330);
- Intro to Management (MGMT 2110);
- Macroeconomics (ECON 1200) or Microeconomics (ECON 1400) or Health Care Economics (ECON 2104); and
- Financial Accounting (ACCT 2110) or Managerial Accounting (ACCT 2120).
Admissions Requirements
- Click here to start your application.
- Application fee: $50 (non-refundable), submitted with your online application
- Graduate application essay
- Three letters of recommendation sent electronically via the online application.
- Applicants below a 3.0 cumulative undergraduate GPA must submit either the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) or the scores, sent electronically to school code: 2889
- Scores must have been taken within the last 10 years
- Testing waived for master's degree holders
- Applicants with a cumulative undergraduate GPA of 3.0 or higher, the GRE or GMAT is recommended, but not required
- Resume
- Official transcripts from all colleges/universities attended (including ÀÏ˾»ú¸£ÀûÉç) should be e-mailed by the institution or clearinghouse, mailed or dropped off directly
to the Office of Graduate Admissions:
By mail:
Office of Graduate Admissions, N-Wing 007a
101 Vera King Farris Drive
Galloway, NJ 08205-9441
Electronically:
gradschool@stockton.edu -
To review international applicant deadlines and admission criteria, please click here.
Learn more about our Health Care Partner Discount Program.
MHAL Program Goals
- To produce graduates who can articulate and connect economic, political, regulatory, legal, technological, and social contexts of health care organizations in a global society, including their own and other professionals’ roles and responsibilities in health care contexts.
- . To produce graduates who can implement social responsibility strategies, including sustainability, diversity and ethical behavioral strategies and approaches to healthcare management.
- To produce graduates who can utilize financial theories, analysis, reports, and markets.
- To produce graduates who can articulate and connect systems and processes in healthcare organizations, including planning and design, production, operations, supply chains, marketing, quality assurance, and distribution.
- To produce graduates who can characterize and accommodate group and individual behaviors, including leading, collaborating, and coordinating in healthcare organizations and society.
- To produce graduates who can implement evidence-based decision making that integrates current and emerging technologies, including healthcare statistical techniques, data management, data analytics and information technology.
- To produce graduates who can communicate effectively in healthcare environments.
Student Learning Goals
- Graduates will be able to explain the internal, external and global systems of healthcare.
- Graduates will develop strategies for health care organizations to meet the needs of the communities and populations they serve.
- Graduates will demonstrate an understanding of their own and other’s roles and responsibilities in health care contexts.
- Graduates will demonstrate the ability to apply ethical theory to reach justifiable and socially responsible conclusions.
- Graduates will demonstrate the ability to make reasoned decisions and provide a rationale for their actions.
- Graduates will be able to read and understand financial reports.
- Graduates will be able to budget and forecast finances in healthcare settings.
- Graduates will be able to develop financial plan for health care that meets the needs of payers, manages risk, and reflects efficiencies in operations financial plan for.
- Graduates will demonstrate an understanding of medical markets, and the ability to compare and contrast market systems.
- Graduates will be able to explain health care systems and operations.
- Graduates will demonstrate knowledge of health care delivery in US and trends impacting the system.
- Graduates will demonstrate the ability to work effectively in team settings to develop strategies and affect change.
- Graduates will demonstrate the ability to write effectively.
- Graduates will be able to prepare presentations and orally present in front of groups.
- Graduates will demonstrate the ability to consider the business, demographic, ethno-cultural, political, and regulatory implications of decisions, and communicate successful strategies that continually improve the long- term success and
Frequently Asked Questions
Classes will be delivered executive-style, meaning the courses will be held on Saturdays. Classes may be hybrid, online or face-to-face (at the ÀÏ˾»ú¸£ÀûÉç Atlantic City campus).
The program is 2 years of full-time study.
No, but the prerequisite courses must be taken prior to starting classes.
The MBA-HAL program is designed for incoming students who have completed the following undergraduate prerequisite courses (information in parentheses give the ÀÏ˾»ú¸£ÀûÉç equivalents):
- Statistics (CIST 1206) or Statistics for Health Professionals (HLTH 2305) or Statistical Methods (PSCY 2241);
- Intro to Management (MGMT 2110);
- Macroeconomics (ECON 1200) or Microeconomics (ECON 1400) or Health Care Economics (ECON 2104); and
- Financial Accounting (ACCT 2110) or Managerial Accounting (ACCT 2120).
Note, students that graduate with a business minor from ÀÏ˾»ú¸£ÀûÉç still must complete the Statistics (#1) and Economics (#3) courses in addition to their core minor requirements.
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The student requesting transfer credit must complete the Graduate Transfer Equivalency Form, provide a catalog description of the course, and provide a course syllabus. If the syllabus does not contain a sufficient description of course content, additional materials may be requested.
Apply today. If you have further questions you can or call the Office of Graduate Admissions at (609) 626-3640 or E-mail gradschool@stockton.edu.
Dr. Christian Ehiobuche, Christian.Ehiobuche@stockton.edu
Assistant Professor of Business Studies, Management, Healthcare Administration