What Does It Cost and How Long Does It Take to Get a Degree for Healthcare Administration?
As explained when we examined the differences between academic degrees, degrees are awarded based on credit hours attained, and they are priced on credit hours as well.
U.S. News and World Report offers the following on costs for healthcare administration degrees:
Associate Degrees
Per-credit costs for an associate degree in healthcare administration often range from $315 to $510 per credit hour. The total costs for these programs ranges from $19,000 to $34,000.
Bachelor's Degrees
Per-credit costs for an online bachelor’s in healthcare administration can range from $165 to $900 per hour. The total cost for a degree is likely to be between $50,000 and $85,000.
Trevecca Online’s Bachelor of Science in Healthcare Administration is a program that helps you finish a degree, and therefore assumes you have at least 40 college credit hours either from an associate degree or another undergraduate institution. You would need 36 credit hours to complete your degree. At $395 per credit hour, completing your degree would cost a total of $14,220 in tuition costs and just 18 months.
Master's Degrees
The cost for a master’s program in healthcare administration may range from $200 per credit hour to $1,500 per credit hour, depending on residency factors and other considerations. That puts the total costs ranging from $6,500 to $75,000.
Trevecca’s Master of Healthcare Administration costs $450 per credit hour and requires 33 credit hours. It can be completed in just 18 months, and the total cost of tuition would be $14,850.
Our Master of Arts in Organizational Leadership costs $463 per credit hour and requires 33 credit hours. The total cost for the program is $15,279 and can be completed in just 18 months.
And our Master of Business Administration with the Healthcare Administration specialty track costs $520 per credit hour. It requires 39 credit hours, bringing the total tuition costs to $20,280. It takes 22 months.
