Healthcare Administration and Leadership, MS

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Boost Your Healthcare Career

Starting Fall 2025, this program will be fully online.

Intern working with colleague.Whether you’re currently a healthcare leader or you aspire to become one, you can advance your career with the skills you’ll learn in our master’s degree program at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. Our experienced faculty will teach you how to apply a range of individual and team leadership theories and skills, increase health equity, apply basic business strategies to health care, and lead change using analytic strategies and tools.

Where an MS in Healthcare Administration and Leadership Will Take You

Starting Fall 2025, this program will be fully online.

Your degree will prepare you for leadership roles in hospitals, group physician practices, clinics, mental health organizations, rehabilitation centers, educational organizations, health insurance companies, and government agencies.
 

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Application Deadlines

This program will only admit students starting in the Fall term. Priority application deadline is March 15 and the hard application deadline is July 15.

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Career and Salary Outlook

The information in this table is meant to give you an idea of career opportunities with this degree. All information is pulled from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and is meant to be averages across the United States in 2025. Please note that these figures reflect overall averages and may not represent entry-level salaries.

$123,860 Median Salary

Medical and Health Services Managers

Employment of medical and health services managers is projected to grow 24 percent from 2025 to 2035, much faster than the average for all occupations.

About 62,300 openings for medical and health services managers are projected each year, on average, over the decade. Many of those openings are expected to result from the need to replace workers who transfer to different occupations or exit the labor force, such as to retire.

$80,390 Median Salary

Social and Community Service Managers

Employment of social and community service managers is projected to grow 7 percent from 2025 to 2035, much faster than the average for all occupations.

About 18,500 openings for social and community service managers are projected each year, on average, over the decade. Many of those openings are expected to result from the need to replace workers who transfer to different occupations or exit the labor force, such as to retire.

$110,500 Median Salary

Administrative Services and Facilities Managers

Overall employment of administrative services and facilities managers is projected to grow 5 percent from 2025 to 2035, faster than the average for all occupations.

About 36,100 openings for administrative services and facilities managers are projected each year, on average, over the decade. Many of those openings are expected to result from the need to replace workers who transfer to different occupations or exit the labor force, such as to retire.

$165,780 Median Salary

Advertising, Promotions, and Marketing Managers

Overall employment of advertising, promotions, and marketing managers is projected to grow 6 percent from 2025 to 2035, faster than the average for all occupations.

About 36,300 openings for advertising, promotions, and marketing managers are projected each year, on average, over the decade. Many of those openings are expected to result from the need to replace workers who transfer to different occupations or exit the labor force, such as to retire.

$149,230 Median Salary

Compensation and Benefits Managers

Employment of compensation and benefits managers is projected to grow 1 percent from 2025 to 2035, slower than the average for all occupations.

Despite limited employment growth, about 1,600 openings for compensation and benefits managers are projected each year, on average, over the decade. Most of those openings are expected to result from the need to replace workers who transfer to different occupations or exit the labor force, such as to retire.

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