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Professional Development for Healthcare Leaders

Individuals with a master’s in healthcare administration hold management positions in hospitals and hospital systems, nursing homes, health maintenance organizations, insurance companies, managed care companies, and government and regulatory agencies.

About the Health Services Administration Master’s

As a student in our Health Services Administration master’s degree program, you’ll take classes in program planning, analysis and evaluation, policy, finance, law, human resources and management information systems — both MBA classes and specialized classes that address healthcare reform, reimbursement, HIPAA and other industry-specific topics. 

Russell Sage’s per-credit cost is among the most competitive in New York’s Capital Region to begin with, and we offer a 10% discount on tuition and deferred billing to employees at our Workforce Development partners.

Health Services Administration master’s courses are led by full-time professors with doctorates in management fields and public health and adjuncts who are also chief officers in healthcare organizations, directors of state agencies, and executives in health-adjacent fields.

The Board of Commissioners of the International Accreditation Council for Business Education (IACBE) is pleased to announce that as of March 2014 the School of Management at Russell Sage College has been granted first-time accreditation. The School of Management has demonstrated a commitment to continuous improvement, excellence in business education, and advancing academic quality.

As a student in Russell Sage’s Health Services Administration master’s program, you will rarely be lectured at. Instead you will learn through case studies, lively discussions, and a health services administration internship or practicum. 

You’ll have an opportunity to present your work at Russell Sage College’s annual Graduate Research Symposium. You’ll also network with healthcare, government and nonprofit leaders, finance and technology executives, start-up entrepreneurs, and business owners at school-sponsored events like employer panels and weekend-long business plan intensives.

  • Choose a thesis (33 credits) or non-thesis curriculum (39 credits), or combine with our Dietetic Internship certificate.
  • Apply what you learn in class at a professional internship or practicum.
  • Graduate with a Russell Sage degree, which is meaningful given our 100-year history in healthcare education.  
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What is Flex?

The Flex format allows students to choose how they take their graduate classes each week – in person, via livestream, or online on their own time when other programs require students to commit to one format. 

  • Official transcripts from all post-secondary institutions attended
  • Two letters of recommendation
  • One- to two-page career goals essay
  • Current resume
  • A Russell Sage College graduate program application

Course Requirements

Most students complete their master’s in healthcare administration degree in about two years by taking two courses during fall, spring, and summer semesters.

Your Career with a Master’s in Health Services Administration

Individuals with a master’s in health care administration are working in state government, hospital systems, insurance companies and service-based organizations.

Alumni from Russell Sage College’s graduate business programs have been hired by Humana managed care; the New York State Department of Health, and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals.

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Need help?
Associate Professor of Management, Graduate Program Director for Business Administration and Organization Management
518-292-7703

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