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Build Skills to Lead with a B.S. in Healthcare Management Degree Online

Today’s healthcare organizations want well-qualified leaders to manage operations in medical facilities and across the industry’s systems. Earn your Bachelor of Science in Healthcare Management degree from Cornerstone University to prepare you for this rewarding, high-growth career. Cultivate essential healthcare-specific capabilities in business and financial management, human resources, communications, policy and regulations. With a strong Christian worldview of business leadership and health, you will expand your professional and spiritual abilities to serve lives at an influential scale.

Develop Market-Ready Skills for Healthcare Management Degree Professionals

Our career-focused healthcare management degree blends professional business management skills with Christian principles to prepare you to stand out in this high-growth industry. Build a strong resume with these essential skills.

Healthcare Leadership and Management – Lead teams, departments, and healthcare facilities with confidence and strategic vision.

Health Systems and Operations Knowledge – Understand the structure, function, and management of hospitals, clinics, and health service organizations.

Financial Management and Budgeting – Manage healthcare budgets, financial planning, stakeholder reporting, billing, and data management effectively.

Healthcare Policy and Compliance Expertise – Apply knowledge of healthcare laws, ethics, regulations (such as HIPAA), and accreditation standards.

Strategic Planning and Decision-Making – Develop and implement plans that improve healthcare delivery, operational efficiency, and patient outcomes.

Human Resource Management – Recruit, train, manage, and retain healthcare staff while fostering a positive workplace culture.

Communication and Interpersonal Skills – Communicate effectively, demonstrating conflict resolution and negotiation skills with medical professionals, patients, staff, and stakeholders.

Problem-Solving and Critical Thinking – Analyze challenges in healthcare settings and create solutions that improve care and operations.

Data Analysis and Health Informatics – Use data to inform decisions, improve performance, and manage patient care processes.

Christian Worldview – Apply Biblical principles in professional and personal spheres of influence to lead with integrity, compassion, and a commitment to truth and service.

Courses

Cornerstone is ready to help you excel in healthcare management-related fields. The courses below reflect just a few of the general education and industry-focused courses you will experience to achieve this rewarding business degree.

Featured CoursesGeneral Education

Featured Courses

HCM-XXX: Healthcare Operations Management

Learn to oversee healthcare operations through the design of products or services, process selection, facility location and layout, job design and work measurement, learning models, forecasting, scheduling, inventory and quality control, project management, and operating information systems.

HCM-XXX: Legal and Ethical Issues in Healthcare

Examine ethical and philosophical issues through a Christian worldview within the healthcare system to identify problems and conflicts posed by interpersonal, professional, and client relationships. Key issues include the right to live, the right to die, informed consent, sterilization, abortion, human experimentation, and the just allocation of limited resources.

HCM-XXX: Electronic Healthcare and Data Management

“Hands-on” overview of trends and innovations in information technology, use of information systems in routine health care management processes, and how data is captured throughout patient care. Builds on basic computing skills and presents various health care databases (e.g., medical record systems, ADT, laboratory, patient accounting, decision support, clinical, and financial information systems, with an emphasis on HIPPA and the legal and ethical questions surrounding data collection and use).

HCM-XXX: Healthcare Finance

Examine the financial workings of hospitals, including third-party payor reimbursement methods and requirements; budgeting, working capital analysis, long-term resources and obligations, and external reporting.

HCM-XXX: Healthcare Program Evaluation

Develop a frame of reference for research and evaluation methods of health care programs, including setting objectives, measurement of attitudes, and presenting evaluation reports.

HCM-XXX: Healthcare & Emerging Technology

Engage with emerging technologies in medicine as tools for ethical and effective techniques in diagnostics, interpretation of tests, and healthcare records processing. Train A.I. and neural networks to learn from data sets that provide physicians and clinical leaders with actionable insights to improve health outcomes.

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General Education

A Christian Worldview of Liberal Arts and the G.O.O.D. Life

The humanities are integral to Cornerstone’s liberal arts approach, exploring culture, literature, history, and philosophy through a Christian worldview. Developed by our renowned Christian worldview scholars, students consider how to apply G.O.O.D. Life Biblical principles to inspire their spiritual growth and to profoundly influence society, industry and ministry for Jesus Christ. Our G.O.O.D. Life foundations guide students to answer life’s biggest questions from a rich Biblical perspective to shape Christ-centered moral leaders.

  • God: Who is God? What is His beauty, goodness and greatness?
  • Others: What does it mean to live in a community with responsibility and grace?
  • Ourselves: Who am I? What is the beauty and frailty of being human?
  • Dual Citizenship: What is my role as a citizen of heaven and earth?
  • Life: How do we live, know, and love the good life, valuing truth, beauty, and goodness?

Influential Careers with a Bachelor’s in Healthcare Management Degree

  • Healthcare Administrator
  • Medical Practice Manager
  • Health Services Manager
  • Hospital Operations Manager
  • Clinical Manager
  • Healthcare Human Resources Manager
  • Patient Services Manager
  • Healthcare Financial Manager
  • Insurance Claims Manager
  • Long-Term Care Administrator

Tuition

On-CampusOnline

On-Campus

$22,000 per year

Generous scholarship and payment options available.
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Online

$4,740 per semester for full-time students

Generous scholarship and payment options available.

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Your Degree Starts Here

Start your degree at one of the most affordable Christian universities in the region. An admissions counselor is ready to help you begin the enrollment process.

  1. Apply — our application is free.
  2. Set goals — your admissions counselor is here to guide you.
  3. Maximize your credits — you could transfer in up to 75% of your degree credits.
  4. Discover affordability — scholarships and grants are available for qualified students.

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