Healthcare Business

Build a Career as a Healthcare Leader

Healthcare, like all businesses, depends on innovative leaders to tackle the challenges presented by an ever-evolving and sometimes volatile marketplace. In this profession, you can combine your passion for healthcare with your business acumen to help make healthcare work better. If you are collaborative, detail-oriented, and a dedicated problem-solver with excellent communications skills, consider entering this highly rewarding field.

Would a Career in Healthcare Business Suit You?

A degree in the analysis and management of healthcare organizations from the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences will prepare you to:

Lead change at hospitals, group practices, health management organizations, community health settings, and government agencies.
Streamline the efficiency of processes to empower healthcare specialists to deliver personalized, high-quality patient care at lower costs.
Work behind the scenes with medical staff, insurance representatives, and other administrators to ensure that legal, ethical, and regulatory standards are being met.
Oversee the financial health of the organization, optimize operations to improve healthcare outcomes through data analysis, and develop market opportunities.
Find opportunities in many sectors including healthcare organizations, insurance companies, global health organizations, nonprofits, and biotech and medical device companies.

Read more about Careers in Healthcare Administration.

Stats & Facts

Data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics indicates that careers in healthcare business are well-paid and in demand.

32%

Job Increase

increase in healthcare management jobs through 2029

$99,730

Median Wage

median annual wage for healthcare business leaders

1st

In boston

MCPHS is the oldest college in Boston

Experience the MCPHS School of Healthcare Business and Technology

Find out what sets MCPHS apart as a professional hub for healthcare business and technology.

Junke Zhu

| BS '24 Healthcare Management

“Most people think of clinicians when they think about healthcare, but there are a lot of people, like managers and analysts, who support those clinicians to successfully provide care. For me, that is the force behind healthcare.”

Read About Junke's Journey