Denver, Colorado has a population of about 635,000 within its city limits. The 10-county Denver-Aurora-Broomfield Metropolitan Statistical Area is home to approximately 2,600,000 residents, making it one of the United States’ 25 most populous metropolitan areas. The city boasts franchises in all four major professional sports leagues:
- the NFL’s Broncos
- MLB’s Rockies
- the NBA’s Nuggets
- the NHL’s Avalanche
It serves as the Mountain West’s primary cultural and educational hub. The University of Colorado’s Denver campus offers the state’s only two health management-related master’s degree programs. These are also the only accredited programs of their type in the Rocky Mountain region.
University of Colorado Denver
Business School
CU Denver, located in the heart of the city, is one of the nation’s top urban research universities. It has an enrollment of about 14,000 students on its comprehensive downtown campus. It has an additional 3,000 students in its research and health care programs at the Anschutz Medical Campus in the Denver suburb of Aurora. The Business School, which is where the two health administration programs hold classes, resides on CU Denver’s downtown campus.
Master of Business Administration in Health Administration
The CU Denver MBA in Health Administration program is designed for health professionals who wish to add an MBA to their resumes. This degree will prepare you for senior and C-level health management positions in the industry’s private, public and nonprofit sectors. The program teaches its students the analytic and decision-making processes that industry managers use to administer units in the organizations they manage.
The MBA in Health Administration requires students to complete a minimum of 51 semester hours of courses based on a series of structured learning sequences. Students may choose one of three specializations in the program:
- Financial Health Management
- Health Information Technology Management
- International Health Management and Policy
Also, a Health Information Collaborative Certificate that stands on its own is offered in conjunction with the School of Nursing and the Information Systems Discipline.
Master of Science in Health Administration
Professionals who already hold an MBA or are interested in a much more specialized course of study should consider the CU Denver Master of Science in Health Administration. The MS in Health Administration curriculum is a synthesis of:
- management concepts
- techniques and tools that can be specifically applied to health and health services systems
The program’s courses emphasize analytical and decision-making processes used in administering healthcare organizations. Like the MBA in Health Administration, the MS in Health Administration is a 51-credit degree. The first 18 credits of the program are intended to give students a general business foundation upon which the rest of the curriculum will be built. A 21-credit core of healthcare-specific courses follows these foundational classes. Finally, students choose three general electives and one Health Information Technology elective to complete their degree requirements.
Accreditation
Both UC Denver’s MBA in Health Administration program and its Master of Science in Health Administration program are accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education (CAHME).
Alliance Affiliation
Both of the CU Denver Business School’s health-related master’s degree programs are affiliated with the prestigious Business School Alliance for Healthcare Management (BSAHM). The Business School is committed to raising the profile and improving the quality of health management education in Colorado and nationwide.
Contact Information
University of Colorado Denver
The Business School
1475 Lawrence Street
Denver, CO 80238
(303) 315-8000
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