Healthcare Administration
Part of providing first-rate medical care is ensuring the facilities and care practices are equally as good. Handling the overall business management of healthcare facilities, Health Services and Hospital Administrators ensure that the services provided are the best possible. From minimizing costs to hiring the appropriate medical staff, these professionals utilize a wide set of skills and knowledge to keep our care facilities among the nation’s best.
Contact me:
TSgt Mitchell
Phone: 210-243-2407
Email: denarius.mitchell@us.af.mil
Education: Applicants desiring to apply to the MSC board must have a qualifying or closely-related degree. The following degrees are acceptable for application into the MSC:
Age: Individuals are required to be less than 40 years old by Extended Active Duty (EAD) date
Graduate degrees: Health Administration, Healthcare Administration (or equivalent), Healthcare Management, Health Management and Policy, Health Services Administration (or equivalent), Hospital Administration (or equivalent), Accounting, Business Administration, Business Management, Economics, Finance, Marketing, Statistics, Information Systems Management, Health Information Management, Health Information Technology, Emergency Management, Architecture, Architectural Engineering, Civil Engineering, Construction Management or other closely related degree as specified below.
Undergraduate degrees: Health Administration, Healthcare Administration (or equivalent), Healthcare Management, Health Management and Policy, Health Services Administration (or equivalent), Hospital Administration (or equivalent), Accounting, Business Administration, Business Management, Economics, Finance, Marketing, Statistics, Information Systems Management, Emergency Management, Biomedical Engineering, Clinical Engineering and Health Management/Health Systems Engineering, Information Management, Health Information Technology, Architecture, Architectural Engineering, Civil Engineering, Construction Management, Operations Research or other closely-related degree as specified below.
Closely-related degrees: Applicants may apply to the board with either a business-related degree appropriate to a healthcare environment or closely related to a healthcare/medical administration degree. However, in order for the degree to qualify, the applicant must have successfully completed 6 of the following 12 subject areas within that degree program: accounting, business management, economics, emergency management, finance, healthcare administration, information management, leadership, marketing, research and analysis, logistics/supply chain management, or statistical analysis.
A qualifying degree must stand on its own merit and cannot be supplemented with course work from additional education sources, certificates, internships, or work experience. For course work to count it must be listed on the qualifying transcript and be part of the degree requirements.
GRE/GMAT Scores: GRE or GMAT scores from an examination, taken within the last five years as of 1 January 2020, are required for all applicants. The minimum score for the GRE is 286. The GMAT minimum score is 400. Historically, GRE and GMAT scores of individuals selected for commissioning have been an average of 302 and 570, respectively. The question of why an individual with a master’s degree needs these test scores often arises. The selection board evaluates and compares the quality of the applicant’s degree to the respective GRE or GMAT score.
Grade Point Average (GPA): The desired GPA for the qualifying degree is 3.0 or above.