Graduate Health Care Management Certificate

How long is this program?
1 year, 12 credit hours
Is this online, in-person or hybrid?
Online
Where will I take my classes?
Online
What type of degree will I get?
Certificate
How much is tuition?
$845/credit hour

* Tuition rate is for the current academic year. Rates are subject to change. See our Tuition and Fees page for specific rates.

Expand your health care management skills

100% Online

Career guidance

Expert faculty

Increase your potential for promotion and leadership

Want to build your health care leadership skills and advance your career? Brenau University’s online Health Care Management Certificate gives you the tools to advance as a health care manager, administrator, director and more. You can complete this certificate on its own or add it to an online degree.

Advance in increasingly competitive health care careers

Health care is a complex and vital part of American society, and we need dynamic leaders to navigate the new and ever-changing challenges in various health care roles. Whether you add the certificate to your bachelor’s, master’s or doctoral degree, you can boost your salary potential and bolster your career.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, health care careers are projected to grow much faster than the average for other careers from 2023 to 2033.1

100% online classes

4 Courses

12 total credit hours

In Brenau’s healthcare management certificate online program, you’ll explore topics in health care ethics, leadership, policy, finance and more.

Course spotlights:

  • HC 750 Ethics and Leadership in Healthcare
  • HC 760 Law and Policy Development in Healthcare
  • HC 770 Organizational Systems in Healthcare
  • HC 780 Financial Management in Healthcare

What you’ll learn

Coursework in the online Health Care Management Certificate program is taught by faculty who are committed to your professional success.

Program outcomes

With Brenau’s online Health Care Management Certificate, you will gain comprehensive knowledge of leadership and management principles, helping you succeed in increasingly competitive health care careers. Upon graduation, you can:

  • Manage teams in health care organizations such as hospitals, long-term care facilities, managed care contracting, corporate health care and more.
  • Combine your clinical experience and leadership skills to effect change in health care.
  • Lead in the rapidly growing and necessary health care field.

Admissions requirements 

To be considered for this program the applicant must meet all of the following requirements:

  • 3.0 GPA or higher on all college transcripts
  • Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university
  • Official college transcript(s) and resume

Online learning

At Brenau, you will learn in small classes, which gives you plenty of opportunities to ask questions and receive one-on-one support from your professors. With flexible scheduling and online delivery, we make education fit into your busy life. Our programs respond to the needs of today’s students, so you’ll receive the education you need to become a leader who makes a difference.

Source

  1. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. “Healthcare Occupations.” April 18, 2025. Retrieved April 22, 2025, from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics website

About our dedicated, supportive faculty

Faculty members at Brenau are dedicated to helping you succeed. Most classes feature a small student-to-faculty ratio, so you can get to know your professors and their unique areas of expertise. As you broaden your professional network, you’ll have the mentorship and support of our faculty throughout your program.

Faculty Spotlight
Dr. Chad Holloway

Dr. Holloway has multiple educational accomplishments. He earned a bachelor’s and master’s degree in sociology from Illinois State University and a PhD in Medical Sociology from the University of Miami. After completing his PhD, he was a fellow in psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, working at the Mental Health Research Center. He later attended Washington University in St. Louis, earning a master’s degree in health care administration.

Dr. Holloway has held operational positions in several types of hospitals, including a large, urban academic medical center; a suburban facility; and a small, rural facility. Subsequently, he spent several years of his career working in the health care insurance industry in companies — such as Blue Cross Blue Shield — as a provider contractor, strategic planner and cost of care manager. After working in the insurance industry, he pursued several entrepreneurial endeavors in medical travel, where he consulted for international facilities, including Health City Cayman Islands. He also worked in a company that provided on-call medical procedures for small rural hospitals. He spent time with a specialty pharmacy distribution company where expensive, “ultra-orphan” pharmaceuticals were distributed to rare disease patient populations.

Frequently asked questions

Graduate Certificates, Health Care Management, Programs

Entrance exams are not required.

Graduate Certificates, Health Care Management, Programs

When you graduate, you’ll be qualified to manage teams in health care organizations such as hospitals, long-term care facilities, managed care contracting, corporate health care and more.

Graduate Certificates, Health Care Management, Programs

The online Certificate in Health Care Management does not follow a cohort model — you may take courses in the order you choose as long as you meet the prerequisites.

Graduate Certificates, Health Care Management, Programs

You should expect additional costs for textbooks and other supplies. Our Cost of Attendance tables help break these costs down.

Estimated Cost of Attendance

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Based on full-time enrollment (6 credits) and a 9-month period of enrollment (Fall & Spring semesters).

Tuition for Active Duty Military personnel, dependents and spouses is discounted. Information regarding Cost of Attendance for military, veterans and family is available on our Military and Veteran Student Admissions page.