The Master of Business Administration in Healthcare Administration and Leadership at Stockton University prepares students to lead in the fast-changing healthcare industry. This healthcare administration MBA builds business, management, finance, strategy and communication skills for careers in hospitals, medical practices, insurance, pharmaceuticals, digital health and healthcare entrepreneurship.
Stockton’s MBA in Healthcare Administration and Leadership connects business and health sciences through project-based courses focused on real healthcare challenges. Students explore ethics, access to care, organizational decision-making and healthcare systems in an executive-style format offered online, hybrid or face-to-face at Stockton’s Atlantic City campus.
The MBA Made for Healthcare
What is the MBA in Healthcare Administration and Leadership at Stockton University?
The MBA in Healthcare Administration and Leadership at Stockton University is a graduate business degree focused on healthcare administration, healthcare management and organizational leadership. Students study how hospitals, medical practices, insurance companies, pharmaceutical firms, medical device companies, digital health organizations and healthcare startups operate in a complex healthcare system.
What can you do with a healthcare administration MBA?
A healthcare administration MBA can support career growth in healthcare management, operations, policy, consulting and leadership roles. Graduates may use business, finance, communication and strategic planning skills in hospitals, physician practices, insurance companies, pharmaceutical organizations, medical device companies and health-focused startups.
How is Stockton’s healthcare administration MBA different from a general MBA?
Stockton’s healthcare administration MBA combines core business skills with healthcare-focused leadership. Students study management, finance, strategy and decision-making while also examining healthcare systems, ethics, access to care and the social issues that shape patient services and healthcare organizations.
Is Stockton’s MBA in Healthcare Administration and Leadership designed for working professionals?
Yes. Stockton’s MBA in Healthcare Administration and Leadership uses an executive-style format, with classes held on Saturdays. Courses may be online, hybrid or face-to-face at Stockton’s Atlantic City campus, giving working adults a flexible way to pursue graduate study in healthcare administration and leadership.
Why study healthcare administration and leadership at Stockton University?
Stockton University connects graduate business education, health sciences and South Jersey’s healthcare landscape. Students in the healthcare administration MBA program study at a coastal Atlantic City campus near regional healthcare organizations while learning how to apply business strategy, leadership and ethical decision-making to healthcare management.
Program Faculty Chair
Dr. Christian Ehiobuche
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. Stockton'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
Program Mission
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.
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 Stockton 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 Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT) 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
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- Official transcripts from all colleges and universities attended must be sent directly
to the Office of Graduate Admissions electronically, by mail, or in-person. The Office
of Graduate Admissions will retrieve Stockton transcripts on your behalf.
By mail:
Office of Graduate Admissions, N-Wing 007a
101 Vera King Farris Drive
Galloway, NJ 08205-9441
Electronically:
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To review international applicant deadlines and admission criteria, please click here.
Learn more about our Health Care Partner Discount Program.
As a Stockton 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.
RN, BSN, MBA, Retired President & CEO, AtlantiCare
Accreditation
Stockton University’s School of Business has earned accreditation from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), a distinction achieved by less than five percent of business programs worldwide.
This recognition reflects rigorous academics, dedicated faculty, and a commitment to preparing ethical and innovative leaders. As part of the world’s largest business education alliance, Stockton students gain credibility, community, and career‑ready preparation that helps them stand out in a competitive global market.
Apply today. If you have further questions you can Request More Information, call Graduate and Continuing Studies at (609) 626-3640 or E-mail gradschool@stockton.edu.
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