The Master of Healthcare Administration (MHA) degree is offered through the School of Health Administration, which was established in 1974. The MHA degree is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Health Management Education (CAHME).

The MHA degree offers courses designed to enhance the career mobility for part-time students currently employed in health professions as well as to provide a solid base of academic and directed experiences for full-time students who desire entry into the profession of healthcare administration. The primary focus of the curriculum is middle to senior-level management.

Principle areas of study include health and disease; sociological, economic, legal and political forces which affect health care; and management and organizational behavior including such specialization as financial management, human resource management, planning, marketing, and data generation and analysis.

All courses are offered once a week in the evening to accommodate the needs of employed students. All of the courses are taught by full-time graduate faculty who are qualified by both employment experience and academic and professional credentials.

Admissions Requirements

Seek admission to the University by contacting the Graduate College (512) 245-2581 or e-mail gradcollege@txstate.edu. Information and application material is available at: www.gradcollege.txstate.edu

Admission to the graduate healthcare administration program is selective and designed to identify those applicants who have the ability and interest to manage the rigors of the program of study. Application deadlines are June 1 for the Fall Semester and October 1 for the Spring Semester. Applicants must hold a bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited university and submit the following to the Graduate College:

1. An official application for admission.
2. A non-refundable application fee of $40.00 (check or money order payable to Texas State University in U.S. currency.
3. Non-Texas State graduates must submit one official transcript from each senior level post-secondary institutions attended. These transcripts must be mailed directly from the institutions to the Office of the Graduate College.
4. An acceptable score on the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) verbal and quantitative portions combined. You must have your GRE scores on file prior to acceptance.

Once all of the above referenced materials have been received by the Graduate College, the application, transcripts and GRE scores will be forwarded to the School of Health Administration for a departmental recommendation. Prior to making the recommendation, the School will request by letter/email the following materials from the applicant which should be submitted to the School of Health Administration.

• Three letters of reference from professionals competent to assess the applicant's interest in pursuing a career in healthcare administration;
• Applicant's written statement of purpose indicating ability and interest in completing the degree program in healthcare administration and a current resume;
• An interview used to confirm the applicant's ability and interest to not only pursue, but to complete, the program.

Using the above referenced materials in addition to a minimum score of 2,000 on an admission index calculated by adding the applicant's GPA (in the last 60 hours leading to the bachelor's degree) times 400 to the applicant's GRE score (verbal and quantitative combined), the School will make a recommendation to the Graduate College.