Start a Lucrative Career (Online) in Healthcare Management

By Joe Cooper
Career Colleges Columnist

Working in a hospital setting can be exhausting, with long hours and difficult decisions facing staff daily. It is also a challenging and rewarding career, and one that can be started online.

Healthcare managers are the professionals who keep a hospital's business operations running. They manage the staff, records, facilities, supplies, and operational efficiency of the hospital.

Healthy Wages for Healthcare Professionals

WageWatch, an online salary and benefits surveyor, reported that healthcare jobs in the northwest rose 3.6% in 2006 from 2005. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts "rapid employment growth" for healthcare managers from now until 2014, and has already called earnings high. The middle 50% of medical managers earned between $52,530 and $88,210, and that was two years ago.

One way to earn these wages is through an online degree program in healthcare management.

Online Degree Programs in Healthcare Management

A bachelor's degree is a must for most healthcare management jobs. In many cases, a master's degree is what will make employees competitive. An online university often offers both bachelor's and master's degrees in healthcare management.

Another great online degree for this field is a bachelor's or master's degree in business administration with an emphasis in healthcare management.

Online Options

Certificate and diploma programs are also available from online universities, and these programs are often enough to start a career in healthcare management. For the highest wages and the most job potential, however, a bachelor's or master's degree is required.

With a degree from an online university, new healthcare managers can hope to make a salary well above the national average.

About the Author
Joe Cooper is a freelance education and technology writer and edits medical literature. He holds a bachelor's in American Literature from UCLA.

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