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online competency-based health management bachelor's
Bachelor of Science in Health Management (Direct Assessment)
Start your direct assessment health management degree
Enter your health management career with a direct-assessment Bachelor of Science in Health Management that you can earn faster—and for less. Develop skills and knowledge needed for a management career in the healthcare industry—preparing you to manage the business and regulatory needs of a healthcare organization.
Ignite Your Passion
Start when you're ready
Courses
Browse courses for your online health management degree
Education should hold practical value. That’s why our courses meet rigorous academic standards and provide you with skills and knowledge immediately applicable to your career.
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Requirements: 120 credits
In a competency-based program, you earn competency units by demonstrating your knowledge of a core skill, or competency. Since there are 120 competency units in this program, one competency equals one unit.
2, 3 or 4 courses at a time
12 weeks per course
Schedule
Your academic counselor will help schedule your courses for a Bachelor of Science in Health Management (Direct Assessment).
Earn career-relevant skills in weeks — not years.
Learning shouldn’t take years to put into practice. That’s why we’re empowering you to build career-relevant skills with every 12-week course.
We've worked with labor market researchers like Lightcast to find in-demand skills for occupations and mapped those to our related bachelor's and master's degree programs.
Tuition
Affordable, fixed tuition
Keep the same fixed, affordable tuition from start to finish of your degree program, even if it takes longer than you planned. That’s our promise: no matter what surprises life brings, you can count on us. That's your Tuition Guarantee.
Bachelor of Science in Health Management Direct Assessment
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Duration
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Depends on how many courses you take each term — the more courses you take, the faster you could complete your degree.
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Pace
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Choose either 2, 3 or 4 courses every 12-week term. During the term, you can focus on one at a time or work on courses concurrently.
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Learning style
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Self-paced, flexible learning within the term with faculty guidance to foster learning and prepare for competency assessments.
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Requirements
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Cost
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$2,500 per 12-week term
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Tuition and Fees¹
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$10,000
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Books, course materials, supplies and equipment
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$60
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Transportation
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$1,632
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Miscellaneous personal expenses
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$660
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Living Expenses²
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Food
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$3,180
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Housing³
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$6,144
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Federal student loan fees
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$72
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Dependent care expenses
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$0
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Disability related expenses
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$0
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Total COA
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$21,748
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1The tuition component is based on a per credit weighted average for the credential level across the entire University.
2The University allows the same living expense amounts for students in all living arrangements and dependency statuses.
3The living expense component for students receiving Military Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH) only includes an allowance for food.
Careers & Outcomes
What can you do with a Bachelor of Science in Health Management degree?
Learning can lead to earning. Discover where your degree might take you and make informed choices about your future.
A BS in Health Management can help prepare you to be a:
- Office manager
- Practice manager
- Program manager
- Health manager
Top skills learned in this program:
Compliance
Finance
Management
Technology
Ready to get started?
Start your application for free or request additional information.
What you’ll learn
When you earn your online bachelor’s in health care management, you’ll be equipped with a concrete set of skills you can apply on the job. You’ll learn how to:
- Evaluate financial strategies related to the management of healthcare organizations.
- Examine regulatory guidelines that impact the healthcare industry.
- Assess technology factors that impact the healthcare industry.
- Analyze management principles and strategies within healthcare organizations.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, job growth for medical and health services managers is projected to be much faster than average between 2021 and 2031.
The BLS Projected Growth for 2021-2031 is published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. This data reflects the BLS’ projections of national (not local) conditions. These data points are not specific to University of Phoenix students or graduates.
Admissions
Apply for free – no application fee, no obligation.
Starting your degree is a big decision — and we want you to feel great about it. That’s why we remove obstacles from your application.
- No cost to request transcripts
- No SAT/ACT required
- No essay required
- No cost, risk-free trial for eligible students
How to enroll at University of Phoenix
Receive highly rated 1-on-1 support
You’ll have a support team of real people you can lean on to encourage your success as a student. Start a conversation about your future with one of our enrollment representatives today.
Call or chat with us 7 days a week.
Gabriel G., Enrollment Rep
Receive highly rated 1-on-1 support
You’ll have a support team of real people you can lean on to encourage your success as a student. Start a conversation about your future with one of our enrollment representatives today.
Call us at 844-937-8679 or chat with us 7 days a week.
An education that fits your busy life
Balancing family, work and school
Work toward your degree without giving up what matters most. Start your degree year-round and take one class at a time.
Online learning
Enroll in online classes and attend class whenever it fits your life, day or night.
Around-the-clock support and resources
You have a support team available up to 20 hours a day, 5 days a week. And our academic counselors, who are with you every step of the way, have earned a 5-star rating from 90% of our surveyed students.[1]
[1] Transactional Survey, August 2021-22 (18,645 respondents)
Faculty Spotlight
Professionals dedicated to you
Your success is a top priority for our deans and faculty members. They bring an average of 26 years of experience and hands-on perspective to the classroom, and help bridge the gap between academics and industry knowledge.
Accreditation
Count on the quality of your education
University of Phoenix has been continually accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC), hlcommission.org, since 1978.
While widely available, not all programs are available to residents of all states. Please check with a University Enrollment Representative.
This program is not eligible for federal financial aid.