Bachelor’s Degrees in Healthcare
Launch your impactful career in healthcare.
Your Path to Opportunities in Healthcare
By finishing your bachelor鈥檚 degree in healthcare, you鈥檙e equipping yourself with the knowledge and skills employers want for roles in healthcare management, administration, operations, data management and more. Your journey as a healthcare professional within one of the world鈥檚 most important and dynamic industries starts at 番茄视频 (ACE).
叠补肠丑别濒辞谤鈥檚 Credit and Credit Transfer Information
All undergraduate programs at ACE are considered bachelor鈥檚 degree completion programs, which means they are designed for students with existing college credits. To graduate, students must complete additional credits to those offered in these programs for a total of 120 credits.
Applicants must have an associate degree or a minimum of 60 credits to be admitted. Also, ACE allows a maximum of 90 credits for transfer consideration 鈥� satisfiable through an approved educational institution, an ACE partner or completion of a proficiency exam.
Skills and Knowledge Gained
叠补肠丑别濒辞谤鈥檚 degrees in healthcare provide foundational skills and knowledge for those who want to pursue careers in the non-clinical side of healthcare. Here鈥檚 a glimpse at some of what you鈥檒l learn:
- Analysis of complex health data
- Evidence-based decision making
- The different factors that influence healthcare costs and management
- Evaluating research
- Legal and ethical challenges in healthcare
- Leveraging healthcare information technologies
Healthcare Career Alignment
For many jobs in healthcare, employers require or prefer applicants to have a bachelor鈥檚 degree. By completing your bachelor鈥檚 degree in healthcare, you can become a competitive candidate for roles like hospital department administrator, healthcare operations manager, healthcare business analyst, admissions or patient access coordinator, health information manager, patient relations manager, and more.
叠补肠丑别濒辞谤鈥檚 Degree in Healthcare Admission
Along with ACE鈥檚 general admission requirements, prospective bachelor鈥檚 degree students must hold an associate degree or at least 60 undergraduate credits from an accredited institution, with a minimum GPA of 2.0 on a 4.0 scale. We may grant provisional admission for a GPA of 1.75. Find detailed admission requirements for your program of interest on the program鈥檚 page.
We can quickly review your prior academic credits before you apply so that you鈥檒l know exactly how many credits you can transfer into our degree completion programs. Start your free credit review today.
*Source: Student Right to Know
叠补肠丑别濒辞谤鈥檚 Degree in Healthcare FAQs
What can you do with a bachelor鈥檚 degree in healthcare?
A bachelor鈥檚 degree in healthcare is key to obtaining many non-clinical jobs in healthcare. At a high level, it prepares you for administrative, operational and management roles in a variety of different healthcare settings. You could also consider roles within healthcare business and financial administration, healthcare information and data management, patient services, and consulting and strategy.
Can I earn a bachelor鈥檚 in healthcare online?
Yes, you can. At ACE, our bachelor鈥檚-completion program in healthcare administration can be completed fully online.
How long does it take to complete a bachelor鈥檚 in healthcare?
叠补肠丑别濒辞谤鈥檚 degrees typically take four years to complete. Some online bachelor鈥檚 programs may offer acceleration pathways that allow you to complete the degree faster. If you already have some undergraduate academic credits, such as from an associate degree, you can reduce the time it takes for you to finish your bachelor鈥檚. ACE鈥檚 bachelor鈥檚 degree completion programs can be completed in one to two years.*
What jobs can you get with a bachelor鈥檚 degree in healthcare?
There is a wide variety of roles you could pursue with a bachelor鈥檚 degree in healthcare:
You could work within operations and management in positions like hospital department administrator, healthcare operations manager, or medical or health services manager.
You could focus on the business and financial side of healthcare with roles like healthcare business analyst, healthcare claims or insurance specialist, or healthcare business analyst.
You could also specialize in information and data management, starting with positions like health information manager, medical records manager, or health information systems coordinator.
If you鈥檇 like to impact patients more directly, you could explore roles like care coordination supervisor, healthcare service coordinator, and patient experience or quality improvement specialist.
You could also go into healthcare consulting and strategy as a healthcare operations advisor or practice management consultant.
Is healthcare a good field to work in?
Yes. It is a large industry that continues to demand a large workforce. It鈥檚 also complex 鈥� it encompasses skills from virtually every single field, from business to information technology, education to marketing. If you want to build a career within a dynamic industry with a lot of future potential, healthcare is a great sector to consider.
*This is an estimated value of the cost for tuition and fees. Amounts may vary depending on number of transfer credits applied to the selected program hours, the pace and satisfactory completion of the selected program, receipt of institutional scholarship and/or grant amounts, or adjustments to tuition or fees as described in the Catalog Right to Modify Tuition section. State sales and use tax will apply where required by law.