Healthcare Administration Schools
As a professor or instructor of healthcare administration classes at one of the 931 accredited healthcare administration schools in the country, you play a central role in shaping the future of this growing field. The trends in the healthcare administration academic community can be evaluated by looking at the statistics and graphs below, which includes healthcare administration training at the following levels:
- Healthcare Administration Certificate
- Associates degree in Healthcare Administration
- Bachelors degree in Healthcare Administration
- Masters degree in Healthcare Administration
- PhD degree in Healthcare Administration
Statistics
Professional Trends
National Employment growth for Healthcare administration professionals
| 232,920 | 242,640 | 258,130 | 271,710 | 282,990 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|
- Dark Yellow: Actual Values
There were 282,990 healthcare administration professionals working in the US in 2010. The number of healthcare administration professionals has grown by 21% between 2006 and 2010.
This growth is faster than the growth for all careers between the years 2006 and 2010, which was 1%.
National Salary percentiles for Healthcare administration professionals
10th percentile |
$51,280 |
25th percentile |
$65,650 |
50th percentile |
$84,270 |
75th percentile |
$109,490 |
90th percentile |
$144,880 |
Nationally, the median yearly salary earned by healthcare administration professionals was $84,270 in 2010. The national median salary for all professions, was $68,155 in the same year. Thus, the median yearly salary for healthcare administration professionals in the US was 37% more than the national median salary for all professions.
National Median Salary Growth For Healthcare Administration
| $73,340 | $76,990 | $80,240 | $81,850 | $84,270 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|
- Light Blue: Salaries
Healthcare administration professionals' salaries have seen a 15% growth from the year 2006 to the year 2010.
Educational Trends
National Healthcare Administration Student enrollment growth by degree
| 1,999 | 2,741 | 4,933 | 3,388 | 2,995 |
| 3,919 | 4,417 | 4,501 | 4,655 | 5,212 |
| 69 | 107 | 126 | 148 | 184 |
| 5,275 | 5,361 | 5,416 | 5,693 | 5,672 |
| 8,484 | 7,516 | 8,166 | 7,488 | 6,654 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|
- Yellow: Associate's Degree in Healthcare Administration
- Blue: Bachelor's Degree in Healthcare Administration
- Red: Doctorates Degree in Healthcare Administration
- Light blue: Master's Degree in Healthcare Administration
- Grey: Certificate in Healthcare Administration
We are seeing a rapid change in the career outlook for healthcare administration professionals. However, the story on the educational front is quite different. In 2006, 19,746 students graduated from healthcare administration degree programs in the US. In 2010, 20,717 students graduated from healthcare administration schools.
Thus, in 4 years, there was a 5% growth in the number of healthcare administration graduates. This growth in the number of students graduating from healthcare administration courses is less than the 12% growth nationally for students graduating from institutions of higher learning in general.
Healthcare Administration Programs offered Nationwide
associate |
206 |
bachelor |
249 |
master |
218 |
doctor |
21 |
Certificate |
282 |
| Total | 976 |
The number of schools offering healthcare administration programs has decreased. There were 743 healthcare administration schools across the country in 2006. And there were 931 schools in 2010.