Stonehill’s AUPHA certified Healthcare Management Department provides students with a solid foundation in the leadership, managerial and methodological skills that drive our healthcare system.
Extensive career preparation combined with Stonehill’s compassionate culture are helping healthcare management majors grow into leaders with heart.
Stonehill's Healthcare Management program combines courses focused on core skills with in-depth internships and a solid liberal arts foundation.
The primary objectives are to prepare Stonehill College students:
Students who graduate with a degree in healthcare management (sometimes called healthcare administration) gain critical leadership and management skills. They also gain the opportunity to improve the state of healthcare and lives of others.
Stonehill’s program, a part of the Leo J. Meehan School of Business, gives students a firm understanding of business principles supplemented by solid grounding in the liberal arts. This approach provides students with an understanding of important healthcare issues and basic managerial and leadership skills.
All HCM majors (except students who are double majors) are required to complete one of the 4-course concentrations offered by the department:
Students can then choose electives to focus on specific areas of interest, such as:
The Healthcare Management program at Stonehill College has been recognized by College Rank as the No. 4 place in the country to study medical administration services. Another ranking by the Bachelors Degree Center placed Stonehill's HCM program in the Top 25 nationwide.
Stonehill’s undergraduate was ranked No. 1 among U.S. program in medical administration services for 2018 and 2019 from College Factual
College Rank lists Stonehill’s Healthcare Management program fourth in the nation among similar degree programs.
Bachelors Degree Center in 2021 ranked Stonehill's Healthcare Management program No. 9 nationwide.
The Edvocate ranked Stonehill’s program No.9 on list of Best Bachelor’s in Healthcare Administration Programs for 2022.
Students in the healthcare management program are required to complete a 400-hour internship for credit, setting students apart when applying for their first job.
Organizations involved in assessing U.S. colleges and universities continually cite Stonehill as being among the best in the nation when it comes to value, outcomes and a commitment to making the world a better place. See full list of accolades.
After assessing U.S. colleges and universities based on 17 measures of academic quality and graduate outcomes, U.S. News & World Report ranked Stonehill No. 73 in the Best Value category out of 1,500 colleges, while also moving up to No. 83 among National Liberal Arts Colleges.
Stonehill College has been recognized again this year by The Wall Street Journal for the value it provides students, especially in the areas of career preparation and character development.
Money’s 2024 Best U.S. Colleges research shows Stonehill among top 10% nationwide.
Stonehill healthcare management majors find work in hospitals, home care and managed care organizations, health maintenance organizations, hospices, planning and consulting firms, and international service organizations. Learn more about where our graduates work.
Two healthcare administration majors use Stonehill’s summer research program to address issues of accommodation and access in the nation’s health system.
Growing up in Amesbury, the daughter of a nurse, Meaghan Sydlowski “was never interested in medicine — and I hated shots.” Everything changed at Stonehill, where her vague calling to work in service and social justice was sharpened into a clear passion for public health.
