MBA in Healthcare Management is a programme that provides trained and skilled healthcare executives in healthcare management to lead and manage healthcare service delivery into the future.
How much does an MBA in healthcare management make?
MBA in Healthcare Management Salary
Healthcare administrative employees with an MBA earn a median salary of $65,000 (healthcare administrators), $56,000 (practice managers), $86,000 (director of operations) and $160,000 (CEOs). Salaries will vary regionally and in rural areas compared to big cities.
Key features
- Relevant to the economic context of the business environment with in-depth focus on healthcare.
- Based on Industry trends and needs
- Benchmarked against sound business & accounting principles
- Flexible Programme Delivery options
- Easily accessible support
- Builds a sustainable advantage
Programme structure
Duration: 2 Years
The programme is structured over two years and consists of the following modules:
Year 1
- Strategic and Change Management
- Human Resource Management and Organisational Behaviour
- Healthcare Operations Management
- Financial Management
- Health Economics
- Contemporary Health Systems
- Managing Healthcare Projects and Risks
- Emerging Issues in Healthcare Management
Year 2
- Choose from ONE of the following electives:
- Ethics and Law in Healthcare
- Health Policy
- Managerial Epidemiology
- Knowledge and Information Systems
- Dissertation
Admission requirements
The level of attainment required for entry into this programme is:
- an appropriate Honours Degree or equivalent qualification or;
- an appropriate Postgraduate Diploma or equivalent qualification or;
- a professional Bachelor’s degree at NQF level 8 (480 credits)
Provided that the applicant:
- is at least 25 years of age and;
- has at least three years of working experience.
In keeping with the national imperatives of widening access and in line with RBS’s mission, a maximum of 10% of the cohort may be admitted via the alternate admissions route of RPL