Health Care Management (Advanced Certificate)
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Thursday, January 16, 2025, 3-4 p.m.
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Why Health Care Management?
Health care organizations need strong leadership who have expertise managing people, resources and health services. An Advanced Certificate in Health Care Management is an excellent way to level up your career on the business management side of health care.
Iona University’s graduate Health Care Management Certificate equips students with the managerial skills and industry expertise they need to advance their careers and assume leadership roles in health care organizations.
Why Study Healthcare Management at Iona?
Elevate Your Career
At Iona University, our Advanced Certificate in Health Care Management can help you achieve your career objectives. As you dive into topics including health care leadership, finance and marketing, you will also have the freedom to select an additional course most aligned with your interests and goals.
Study Online and Apply Credits toward MBA
These health care leadership courses are offered online as well as in the evenings at Iona’s New Rochelle campus. In addition, the 12-credit program can be considered stand-alone professional development for health care leadership or can be incorporated into our full MBA program.
Complete at Your Own Pace while Learning from Professionals
The graduate-level certificate program can be completed at whatever pace you choose, students typically earn their certificate in six - 12 months. You learn from faculty who include practicing consultants working with Fortune 500 and multinational companies and published authors frequently cited for their business insights.
What You'll Learn
Throughout the Health Care Management certificate program, you delve into business management for health care organizations.
Analysis, Care Management, Public Health Issues and more
You will take courses in topics such as health care industry analysis, ambulatory care management, public health issues & practice and health care finance, among others. Advancing your knowledge in these areas prepares you to pivot your career to health care leadership or further your career ambitions.
Quick Facts
Tuition and Financial Aid
- $1,390 per credit (12 credits)
- $275 program fee for Fall, Winter and Spring trimesters (2 trimesters)
- Estimated Cost: $17,230
- Applying for Aid
- Graduate Tuition
What to Expect
- Complete at your own pace
- Online and evening classes
- Option to apply credits toward MBA
- Access to mentorship opportunities
Degree Outcomes
Graduates earning this certificate hold titles such as:
- Clinical Director
- Administration Supervisor
- Medical Services Manager
- Social Service Manager
Careers & Outcomes
As the demand for services continues to grow at a rapid pace, health care organizations seek leadership who can effectively manage people and resources. With a certificate in Health Care Management, your specialized business expertise will be in high demand.
Health care management professionals can find careers as a:
- Clinical Director
- Administration Supervisor
- Medical Services Manager
- Social Service Manager
Nursing provided me with the clinical skills and knowledge for me to be able to provide care to patients. Iona provided me the leadership skills and business perspective that I use to lead and to think strategically.
Jerome Bagaporo '19, Health Care Management Certificate
Certificate Program Highlights
Accredited Business Program
Iona University’s business programs are accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)—a highly acclaimed distinction awarded to just six percent of business schools worldwide. Accreditation highlights our commitment to graduate business education centered on student success.
State-of-the-Art Facilities
You will be taking classes in our LaPenta School of Business. Our new eco-friendly building features areas for student collaboration, an expanded LaPenta-Lynch Trading Floor, Bloomberg Terminals and a live stock ticker.
Faculty Experts
Iona’s business faculty are leaders in the world of management. They have extensive knowledge, experience and networks, and they will share all of that with you!
Industry Access
Speaker Series
Iona students learn from and network with industry leaders from companies such as Visa, Heineken, USA and Steve Madden, to name few.
These candid talks offer students invaluable lessons gained from careers spanning a variety of industries. Students also have the opportunity to ask the questions most important to them and even meet the speakers.
LaPenta School of Business
The LaPenta School of Business state-of-the-art building features:
- Smart classrooms
- Case study and breakout rooms
- Business career center
- New expanded trading floor
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Application Requirements
Requirements
- Official transcripts from every institution previously attended, including transfer and graduate coursework, if applicable.
- Current resume.
- One professional letter of recommendation.
(Optional for students who have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher.) - International Applicants: Additional Requirements
- NACES evaluated transcripts.
- TOEFL/IELTS scores.
Benefits For Current Iona Students
- Exempt from submitting Iona transcripts.
- Automatic application fee waiver.
- Automatically eligible for the Iona Alumni scholarship.
- Eligible for the Edmund Rice scholarship if GPA is 3.5 or above.
Learn More about Iona’s Health Care Management Certificate
Iona’s Advanced Certificate in Health Care Management offers flexible training that builds your leadership expertise in business management related to health care organizations. Students select the graduate health care management courses that align with their career goals and also have the option to complete this certificate as part of Iona’s MBA.
Request information to learn more about the Health Care Management certificate program.
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