Learn healthcare management fundamentals and leading practices with Florida Tech’s healthcare management associate’s degree online.
What You’ll Learn
In the AA in Healthcare Management, you will gain the business tools, healthcare knowledge and soft skills to start or further your career in the healthcare industry. You will also learn about:
- The disciplines of management
- Healthcare organizational structures
- Managed healthcare
- Medical ethics
Business computer skills, accounting, economics and management are other topics you will explore.
See sample curriculum here. Find textbooks and materials required for each specific term.
Accreditation
Florida Institute of Technology is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to award associate’s, baccalaureate, master’s, education specialist and doctoral degrees.
Careers
What Is Healthcare Management?
Healthcare management is the professional field that helps medical centers, such as hospitals and clinics, run their operations efficiently and effectively so they can deliver quality care to patients. Healthcare management aligns healthcare to business disciplines such as budgeting, resource allocation human resource management.
Healthcare is a rapidly growing career field: The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects 1.8 million healthcare-related job openings each year, on average, through 2032.*
An associate degree in healthcare management can be a starting point for a variety of positions, including:
Why Florida Tech
Choosing Florida Tech to further your education means you’ll earn your degree from a private, nonprofit, nationally-ranked university. Named a Top Tier Best National University by U.S. News & World Report (2024) and ranked a Best Universities and Colleges by Salary Potential – Payscale’s College Salary Report (2020), Florida Tech positions students to pursue success by offering its rigorous academic programs 100% online. Other benefits of Florida Tech include:
- Learn from subject matter experts and industry practitioners
- Collaborate in an interactive and user-friendly online classroom
- Access course materials anytime, anywhere with 24/7 access
- Communicate and network with classmates from all over the country
- Alumni include NASA scientists, Fortune 500 CEOs and top military generals
“My Florida Tech degree will give me the boost I need to be able to move into a higher-paying position with more rewards and responsibility.”
–Shelia S., AA in Healthcare Management
*Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, Healthcare Occupations, on the internet at https://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/home.htm (visited December 21, 2023).
National long-term projections may not reflect local and/or short-term economic or job conditions, and do not guarantee actual job growth. Degree program options do not guarantee career or salary outcomes. Students should conduct independent research for specific employment information.
