Online Healthcare MBA
Online Healthcare MBA
An Online Healthcare MBA from the GW School of Business (GWSB) attracts professionals seeking to acquire solid business skills with a clear healthcare focus. The objective? To help you develop a specialized expertise to pursue leadership roles, including health services manager, administrator and executive. Students in the program are at the forefront of smarter business — business that considers its impact on the world as well as the bottom line. Beyond traditional business competencies, this program is infused with ethical leadership, corporate citizenship and a global perspective.
Your background in healthcare makes you particularly well-suited to pursue the Online Healthcare MBA at the George Washington University. Whether you are a practicing physician, administrator, pharmacist or pharmaceutical executive, business professional, nurse, healthcare director or manager, scientist, dentist or dental hygienist, this program offers options to customize your Online Healthcare MBA and align it with your career goals.
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Program Features
Part-time
Pursue this degree at your own pace. Average completion time: 2.5 years. Entry semester: fall, spring or summer.
Work While Studying
Complete your degree requirements while maintaining a full-time job.
Stackable Certificates
School of Medicine and Health Sciences graduate certificates may be "stacked" in order to fulfill the course requirements for this program.
Study Abroad Opportunities
Short-term study abroad and long-term study away program options are available.
See Where Our Graduates Have Landed
GWSB’s extensive network of over 60,000 graduates spans 260+ organizations across the public and private sector and around the world. Our alumni regularly connect with current students and fellow alumni, attend events, mentor, and help GWSB evolve and expand. It’s this involvement by our graduates that truly contributes to the success of the school.
- Amazon
- Apple
- Dell
- Deloitte
- Delta
- Distributed Sun
- IBM
- IFC
- JP Morgan Chase & Co.
- Pepsico
Student Spotlight:
Raisha Campisi, Online Healthcare MBA ‘25
Raisha’s experience in biomedical research fuels her mission to bridge the gap between scientific discovery and real-world application. To expand her impact beyond the lab and clinical trial environment, she turned to the GW Healthcare MBA to sharpen her skills in healthcare administration, operations and strategy.
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The program’s flexible online structure, paired with access to the GW School of Medicine, enables her to tailor a curriculum that aligns with her goals while advancing full-time clinical work. Through rigorous coursework and collaborative projects, Raisha has strengthened her ability to:
- Balance stakeholder interests with ethical decision-making.
- Drive innovation from early research to practical implementation.
- Build lasting, high-impact partnerships within the healthcare ecosystem.
- Apply strategic, business-driven thinking to clinical and operational challenges.
Whether online or in person, Raisha thrives in dynamic learning environments where she engages with expert faculty and professionals from across industries.
Explore This Program
In partnership with the GW School of Medicine, this curriculum offers a balance of business and healthcare knowledge to enhance student business skills and apply them to interests in the healthcare industry. Through experiential learning, applied research, and real-time sessions with expert faculty, the program fosters growth in analytical tools and theories in management, marketing, accounting and technology. Live sessions are held in the evenings and on weekends, and are recorded for flexibility and real-time interaction. The electives from the School of Medicine are highly customizable, allowing students to explore industries in a way tailored to their interests.
Sample Courses Below (* indicates an elective course)
Advanced Business Principles
- Financial Accounting
- Accounting for Internal Decision Making
- Finance
- Microeconomics for the World Economy
- Business Essentials for Dynamic Markets
- Marketing
Analytics & Decision Science
- Decision Making and Data Analysis
- Visualization for Analytics
- Technology for Business in DC
Leadership, Strategy & Ethics
- Competition in the Global Economy
- Organizations and Human Capital
- Strategic Management
- Business Ethics and Public Policy
- Operations Management
Total Credits: 46.5 | Commitment: Part-Time | Location: Online
Length of Program: Part-time students traditionally complete degree between 2-5 years
Stackable Certificates
At the GW School of Business, you can combine certificates and courses to create a graduate degree program that's tailored to your vision.
Meet Your Team
Admissions Team
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Faculty Director
Academic Advisor
Why GW Business?
As with the Online MBA, for each course, students participate in weekly one-hour guided live classroom sessions, consisting of lectures, case discussions, and/or group activities. These live sessions are offered during evenings/weekends. They also are recorded and made available to students within the digital platform. These sessions provide participants with real-time contact with faculty and other students. This mix of digital and live sessions maximizes learning and flexibility.
In addition to live classroom discussions, faculty are available to students during online office hours offered through the digital classroom platform. Office hours afford students the opportunity to interact informally with faculty and ask questions about course material and assignment feedback.
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