Ferris State > Bachelor Degree Health Care Administration
As the health care industry continues to grow and expand, the demand for skilled health care administration managers also increases. Employment as a Health Care Administrator is expected to grow faster than average with the fastest growth in home health agencies, residential care facilities and practitioners' offices and clinics.
Our college healthcare administration degree program has been designed in two formats, one for Michigan college students who enter the healthcare administration degree program either as college freshmen or students that transfer into the health care administration degree program after having completed an associates degree and the second for health care; students who wish to complete a bachelors degree in health care administration while enrolled in a health care associates degree program.
Students that major in healthcare administration are required to take college courses
in health care management, marketing, accounting, quality assurance, health care finance,
health care planning and long-term care management that prepares them to work in many
areas of the health care 
industry. Graduates of the Healthcare administration degree program, are able to enter
graduate school to earn a masters degree in health care administration.
Our college Health Care Administration program also is offered in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
In the Grand Rapids Michigan health care administration degree program, the college
health care administration courses are offered in the evenings. General college education
requirements may be taken at a local Michigan college or university and transferred
to fulfill the Ferris State health care degree requirements. A minimum of 30 semester
credit hours must be earned at Ferris State in order for the college health care systems
administration degree to be granted.
The term "health services manager" encompasses health care professionals in many different
positions who plan, organize, coordinate, and supervise the delivery of health care.
Health services managers include both generalists (health care administrators who
manage or help to manage an entire facility or system), and health specialists (health
care managers in charge of specific departments or services found only in the health
care industry).
Earnings of health services managers vary by type and size of facility, level of responsibility
and geographic region. The median salary for college graduates with a bachelors degree
in healthcare administration in small group practices with fewer than seven physicians
is about $55,000 and, for those in larger group practices with more than seven physicians,
about $77,000. Heads of clinical departments salaries average between $54,500 for
respiratory care to $70,400 for rehabilitation services. Nursing home administrators
have an annual median salary of $49,500.
Applicants for admission to the Healthcare Administration degree program must have a 2.0 GPA in high school or college course work and one year of high school algebra with a 'C-' or better. Students that major in health care administration can enter the health care administration bachelor degree program from any associate degree program or directly from high school.
The Health Care Systems Administration degree program at Ferris State leads to a bachelor of science degree. Graduation from the health care administration major, requires a minimum 2.0 GPA overall. College Students that major in health care administration must earn a 'C' or better in major courses and meet all general education requirements as outlined on the General Education Michigan website. Also, college students that major in health care administration must either have an ACT math sub score of 24 or better, complete a basic math class or pass a proficiency exam.
College of Allied Health Sciences
Health Care Systems Administration
Ferris State University
200 Ferris Drive
Big Rapids, Michigan MI (USA) 49307-2284
Phone: 231-591-2270
