What Can I do With a Master of Public Administration: Health Administration?

Career Center Library Resources
The Career Center Library has a variety of resources to help students explore potential career fields. These resources include information about typical responsibilities, qualifications, career paths, job outlook, salary, and related careers.

Career-Related Books for Master of Public Administration: Health Administration Degrees

• Opportunities in Hospital Administration Careers
• Opportunities in Gerontology Careers
• Opportunities in Gerontology and Aging Services Careers

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• Assistant Hospital Administrator
  
• Surgical Center Administrator
  
• Retirement Complex Administrator

Professional Associations

• American Academy of Medical Administrators (AAMA)
• American Association of Health Care Consultants (AAHC)
• American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE)
• American College of Health Care Administrators (ACHCA)
• American Public Health Association (APHA)
• American Society for Public Administration (ASPA)
• National Association of Health Services Executives (NAHSE)

Internet Sites with Career-Related Information for Master of Public Administration: Health Administration Degrees

• Health Services Managers — From the Occupational Outlook Handbook.
• Your Career as a Healthcare Executive — Describes career opportunities and how to prepare. From the American College of Healthcare Executives.
• Hospital and Health Services Administrators — Provides general career information: overview, working conditions, education, wages, and employment outlook. From the California Employment Development Department.
• What Do Health Administrators Do? — Briefly describes some of the "varied career opportunities available in the field of health administration." The Job Market in Health Administration — Includes general employment information and lists job titles for undergraduate and graduate degrees in Health Administration. From Dr. Mark Burns, Associate Professor, Department or Political Science and Health Administration Program, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama.
• Careers in Health Services Administration — Lists job titles of bachelor's level graduates in Health Services Administration from the University of California, Chico.
• Health Administration and Nursing Home Administrator — From Lifetime of Opportunity: Careers in Health Manual — a Health Careers Resource Manual published by the Southern Area Health Education Center (SoAHEC)/Border Health Education Training Center (BHETC).
• Health Care Administration — Briefly describes career outlook for health care administration. From the graduate program in Health Care Administration (Houston Center) at Texas Women's University, Denton, Texas.
• Health Care Administrator — From Florida Health Careers, authored by The University of Florida Area Health Education Centers Program in collaboration with the Area Health Education Centers Programs of Nova Southeastern University, The University of South Florida and the University of Miami.
• Medical Administration — Health Services Manager — Provides general overview, including information on education and employment outlook. From The Upper Rio Grande Tech-Prep School-to-Careers Consortium.
• Career Cards — Health Care Services Administration — Health Care Services Administrator — From the East Texas Area Health Education Center.
• Masters of Public Adminisration: Health Administration: What Can I Do With This Major? — Outlines common career areas, identifies typical employers, and suggests general strategies to enhance employability. From Career Services at the University of Tennessee.

Internet Sites with Job Search Information for Master of Public Administration: Health Administration Degrees

• Directory of Fellowships in Health Services Management — Lists postgraduate fellowships by state. From the American College of Healthcare Executives.
• Postgraduate Fellowship and Minority Internship — From the American College of Healthcare Executives.
• Monster.com — Search database by location, category, and keyword. Suggested keywords: health care administration.
• FlipDog.com — Search database by location, job category (health care), and job function (administration).

Places of Employment

Students who earn a master's degree in public administration with an emphasis in health administration develop skills that are valued by employers. These skills include: research, analysis, writing, oral presentation, critical thinking, synthesis, and problem solving. Students and alumni may find employment in city, state, and federal government; nonprofits; social services; hospitals; medical group practices; management services organizations (MSOs); health maintenance organizations (HMOs); nursing home/extended care/assisted living facilities; insurance companies; educational institutions; and consulting firms depending on their skills and experience. Career-related experience may be a prerequisite to finding employment. The following is a brief list of potential employers in the Portland metropolitan area:

• Kaiser Permanente IT
• Legacy Health System — Employment, Open Job Positions, Legacy Health System
• Multnomah County Health Department — Job Announcements for Multnomah County
• Oregon Health Sciences University — Human Resources Department
• Providence Health System — Employment Opportunities

Miscellaneous

• Government Health Care Agencies — From the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.

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