Your Future in Healthcare Administration

Ranked #39 in the nation for Best Online Bachelor’s Programs by US News & World Report (2023), the Bachelor of Science in Healthcare Administration at Charleston Southern provides you with the necessary and applicable skills to step into this complex and highly valuable industry. For those currently in the healthcare field, this degree path will help you transition from that of practitioner to manager seamlessly.

Earning this degree at CSU provides a wealth of possibilities for career advancement and progression. Working individuals with life and time constraints can take full advantage of accelerated online courses ranging from Principles of Management to Healthcare Information & Management Systems that effectively provide focused content and curriculum for modern Healthcare Administration needs. If your goals are to manage business operations for a doctor’s office, hospital, or medical production or service organization, you will benefit from course offerings designed to fit your life commitments and busy schedule.

Please access the full BS in Healthcare Administration academic catalog for the 2022-2023 academic year to learn more about this opportunity.

Accreditation:

Charleston Southern University’s accreditation can be found here.

Why Healthcare Administration at CSU?

This major is fully online and provides relevant content and practical application to today’s careers. With an accelerated 7-week format, this degree is flexible for full-time working adults. Students pursuing a degree in healthcare administration will apply foundational management skills such as productivity management, workflow, resource planning, operations and leadership. Students will gain an awareness of the potential benefits of building positive relationships with various healthcare providers and how partnerships can be formed to enhance patient outcomes. Experienced professors in this degree path offer a faith component to the healthcare administration curriculum.

As a Healthcare Administration major, you’ll take courses like…

  • Accounting Principles for Managers
  • Statistics for Managers
  • Business Law I
  • Business Ethics
  • Healthcare Policy & Law
  • Healthcare Management

Graduates are equipped for a variety of career paths.

  • Doctor’s Office Manager
  • Hospital Director
  • Manager
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Charleston Southern Online

Charleston Southern Online offers degrees within a variety of disciplines fully online or in a blended format. Each degree program is combined with a comprehensive liberal arts foundation, which is designed to develop problem-solving and communication skills.

Charleston Southern University has many opportunities for anyone who prefers or needs to complete their education away from a traditional campus setting through their online program. The offering of online programs has the flexibility to fit any person’s need for educational success. Completion of my Bachelor of Science in organizational management with a healthcare emphasis, while working a full-time job, was no longer a dream but a reality. I was able to take a full course load each semester, due to their unique 7-week course format. I was very unsure of an online education; however, the staff and instructors at CSU made the transition to online learning simple. The instructors were helpful and expertly knowledgeable in their respective courses. The knowledge I gained from this educational program allowed me to utilize new training and teaching techniques, as well as pass this knowledge on to my healthcare students.

Rhonda Anderson / healthcare administration, ’17 Phlebotomy Instructor, Greenville Tech Economic Development and Corporate Training

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