The mission of the Bachelor of Science in Health Administration at WMU is to educate innovative future leaders who will improve the health and wellbeing of the communities they serve.
Our curriculum, delivered by the College of Health and Human Services and the Haworth College of Business, combines two areas knowledge required for health administrators: health and management. Our expert faculty promote hands-on, experiential learning in the field, which prepares you to enter the workforce upon graduation or continue your studies in a health administration-related graduate program.
We seek to be recognized as a cutting-edge program of choice in health administration by students, alumni, colleagues, employers and professional organizations.
Health administrators oversee the non-clinical functions of health organizations, such as planning and managing the delivery of health services, overseeing facility operations and budgets, hiring and training staff, and ensuring compliance with regulations. Health administrators work in a variety of settings, including hospitals, medical offices and outpatient facilities, nursing homes, home health agencies, managed care organizations, human service organizations, and government organizations.
23% growth in the number of healthcare support occupations from 2019-29
Bureau of Labor Statistics
32% growth in the number of medical and health service managers from 2020-2030.
Bureau of Labor Statistics
3.3 million new jobs added in healthcare and social assistance professions from 2020-30
Bureau of Labor Statistics
The health administration program will prepare you for a variety of leadership roles in health and human services organizations. Some of the topic areas you will focus on in this degree include:
US health system information
Cultural competency and diversity
Healthcare organization management
HR and information systems
Community and population health
Organizational development
Operation assessment and improvement
Healthcare law and policy
Curiosity If knowledge is power, then curiosity is the muscle.
Danielle LaPorte
We foster a learning environment that promotes intellectual curiosity and develops critical thinking to prepare students for the ever-changing healthcare environment.
Collaboration Many ideas grow better when transplanted into another mind than in the one where they sprang up.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
We foster a learning environment that encourages collaboration with others from different academic disciplines and promotes openness to diverse perspectives, thoughts, and backgrounds.
Connection If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.
African proverb
We foster a learning environment that builds a community, inside and outside the classroom, between and among students, faculty, alumni, and health professionals.
There are three main parts to the health administration curriculum: required core courses, required cognate courses, and elective courses.
You can earn a general business minor after you complete the required cognate courses.
You will be eligible to take the Michigan Nursing Home Administrator examination after you complete the required core courses and choose GRN 1000 as an elective.
Upon completing the health administration program, you will:
Western's new undergraduate health administration program, which incorporates both the College of Health and Human Services and Haworth College of Business, will prepare students for in-demand jobs as administrators and leaders in a variety of health care settings.
For the fall of 2022, the College of Health and Human Services is announcing new programs and redesigned certificates that show our commitment to growing and evolving to better support our students and the communities we serve.
Emerging Healthcare Leaders Webinar Series: Part 1
Emerging Healthcare Leaders Webinar Series: Part 2