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Long-Term Care Administration
Graduate CertificateThese program requirements are for students who enroll in theÌý2026–2027 academic year.
The long-term care administration certificate program at University of Maryland Global Campus prepares you for administrative and managerial positions in various long-term care settings. The program provides an in-depth examination of the U.S. healthcare delivery system throughout the continuum of care. In this program, you’ll gain the tools and skills necessary to be successful in the long-term care industry by addressing real-world scenarios and situations. The program helps prepare you for immediate competitive improvement on the employment market as well as for the long-term care administrator examination.
Program Highlights
- Gain skills: Gain the tools and skills necessary to be successful in the long-term care industry.
- Advance your knowledge: Learn how healthcare administrators can use IT to maximize organizational performance.
- Gain insights: Explore the operational issues unique to the dynamic and highly regulated realm of healthcare.
- Learn the fundamentals: Study the principles of management as a foundation for the administration of healthcare products.
- Study U.S. trends: Compare the healthcare system in the United States with systems in other countries.
- Explore the field: Study the long-term care service delivery system including residential settings and hospice care.
Required Courses
Initial Requirement
- (0 Credits, UCSP 615)
(to be taken within the first 6 credits of study)
The UCSP 615 requirement may be waived if you previously earned a graduate degree from a regionally accredited institution. For more information, contact your academic advisor.
Core Courses
- (3 Credits, HCAD 600)
- (3 Credits, HCAD 610)
- (3 Credits, HCAD 620)
- (3 Credits, HCAD 625)
- (3 Credits, HCAD 635)
Career Preparation
This program is designed to help you prepare for administrative and managerial positions in various long-term care settings.
Experience Recommended for Success in the Program
No previous experience is needed.
Total Program Credits
15
Transfer Credits
Up to 6
Format
- All courses available online
- Select hybrid courses available
Tuition Per Credit
- $555 per credit (in-state)
- $659 per credit (out-of-state)
- $336 per credit (military)
- Other fees may apply
Admission Requirements
This program follows standard UMGC admission requirements.
Military-Specific Details
This program does not have military restrictions. It is available to all eligible civilian and military-affiliated students.
State-Specific Details
This program does not have state-specific restrictions.
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Health Information Management & Data Analytics
Undergraduate CertificateThese program requirements are for students who enroll in theÌý2026–2027 academic year.
The online certificate program in health information management and data analytics at University of Maryland Global Campus is designed to help equip you with knowledge of the U.S. healthcare system and the skills needed for healthcare organizational management. In this program, you’ll learn methods of health information management and technologies for collecting, storing, retrieving, and processing healthcare data. In addition, you’ll learn how to analyze, interpret, and present that data using appropriate statistical tools and techniques for healthcare decision making. You’ll apply managerial epidemiology tools and evidence in decision making and acquire skills in planning and resolving diverse healthcare issues.
Program Highlights
- Stay on the cutting edge: Study the latest technologies for collecting, storing, retrieving, and processing healthcare data.
- Study the landscape: Learn about healthcare organizations in the United States and emerging issues in healthcare.
- Apply knowledge: Apply knowledge of key management concepts to the management of health services organizations.
- Influence decisions: Apply data-based insights to healthcare decision-making.
- Explore the fundamentals: Study research methods, and the process of data identification and analysis in the healthcare field.
- Advance your skills: Organize, summarize, interpret, and present data using graphical and tabular representations.
Required Courses
- (3 Credits, HMGT 300)
- (3 Credits, HMGT 305)
- (3 Credits, STAT 200)
- (3 Credits, HMGT 307)
- (3 Credits, HMGT 320)
- (3 Credits, HMGT 400)
Career Preparation
This program is designed to help you learn how to process and analyze healthcare data and apply those insights to healthcare decision-making.
Experience Recommended for Success in the Program
No previous experience is needed.
Total Program Credits
18
Transfer Credits
Up to 9
Format
- All courses available online
- Select hybrid courses available
Tuition Per Credit
- $337 per credit (in-state)
- $499 per credit (out-of-state)
- $250 per credit (military)
- Other fees may apply
Admission Requirements
In order to sign up for (3 Credits, HMGT 300), you will need to successfully complete one of the following prerequisite courses beforehand:
- (3 Credits, WRTG 112)
- WRTG 101
Military-Specific Details
This program does not have military restrictions. It is available to all eligible civilian and military-affiliated students.
State-Specific Details
This program does not have state-specific restrictions.
Healthcare Administration
Master of ScienceThese program requirements are for students who enroll in theÌý2026–2027 academic year.
Gain real-world knowledge and skills to advance your career in the dynamic and fast-paced healthcare field with an online master’s degree in healthcare administration from University of Maryland Global Campus. Learn from our experienced faculty members and practitioners as you prepare for leadership roles in department management, health systems analysis, and legislative work.ÌýWith online courses built for the working professional, UMGC also offers scholarships, financial aid, and an interest-free monthly payment plan to help make your education as affordable as possible. Plus, this program uses textbooks from the UMGC Library supplemented withÌýno-cost digital materials for most courses, so you can save on textbook costs.
Program Highlights
- Assess care models: Assess different models of healthcare administration while applying best practices, contemporary theories, and critical analysis to assure organizational performance.
- Manage finances: Apply financial management skills and techniques for responding to uncompensated care, cost increases, increased competition, and increased regulation to administrative and managerial processes.
- Analyze data: Use statistical tools to analyze health data for effective managerial and administrative decisions.
- Make decisions: Apply decision-making skills to solve problems of institutional management, organizational development, and intercultural work environments.
- Evaluate info systems: Evaluate information systems for strategic use in healthcare management and administration.
- Manage constraints: Evaluate regulatory constraints, provider liability, patient rights, employment law and labor relations, and administrative law for healthcare organizations.
- Analyze impact: Analyze the impact of U.S. and global public health issues on healthcare system functionality and community health.
- Be strategic: Apply strategic leadership tools to organize stakeholder commitment and support in meeting healthcare organizational and change management goals.
Required Courses
This program requires a total of 42 credits.Ìý
Initial RequirementÌý
- (0 Credits, UCSP 615)Ìý
This course must be taken within the first 6 credits of study (if required). The UCSP 615 requirement may be waived if you previously earned a graduate degree from a regionally accredited institution. For more information, contact your academic advisor.Ìý
Core Courses (Management Foundations)Ìý
- (3 Credits, MGMT 615)Ìý
- (3 Credits, MGMT 650)Ìý
Core Courses (Healthcare Administration)Ìý
- (3 Credits, HCAD 600)Ìý
- (3 Credits, HCAD 610)Ìý
- (3 Credits, HCAD 620)Ìý
- (3 Credits, HCAD 625)Ìý
- (3 Credits, HCAD 630)Ìý
- (3 Credits, HCAD 635)Ìý
- (3 Credits, HCAD 640)Ìý
- (3 Credits, HCAD 645)Ìý
- (3 Credits, HCAD 650)Ìý
- (3 Credits, HCAD 660)Ìý
- (3 Credits, HCAD 665)Ìý
Capstone CourseÌý
- (3 Credits, HCAD 690)Ìý
Career Preparation
This program is designed to help you prepare for an important professional role in a healthcare organization, like program director, director of operations, practice manager, administrator, assisted living community manager, compliance manager, healthcare account manager, patient advocate, and more. ºÚÁÏÉçÇø courses are taught by experienced faculty members, and address skills and competencies that today’s employers seek.
Experience Recommended for Success in the Program
NoÌýpreviousÌýexperience is needed.
Total Program Credits
42
Transfer Credits
Up to 12
Format
- All courses available online
- Select hybrid courses available
Tuition Per Credit
- $555 per credit (in-state)
- $659 per credit (out-of-state)
- $336 per credit (military)
- Other fees may apply
Admission Requirements
This program follows standard UMGC admission requirements.
Military-Specific Details
This program does not have military restrictions. It is available to all eligible civilian and military-affiliated students.
State-Specific Details
This program does not have state-specific restrictions.