Healthcare is one of the largest and fastest growing business fields today. To transform the industry and solve complex issues, healthcare management needs fearless leaders like you.
Customize your degree plan.
Whether you have prior experience in healthcare or are starting fresh, the master’s in healthcare leadership and management prepares you for a career in the industry with curriculum and instruction tailored to your needs.
The Naveen Jindal School graduate program in Healthcare Management is a 36-hour degree plan that combines student-centric, market-relevant, experiential learning, engaged healthcare industry partners, and personalized leadership development. The core credits give students a foundation in the skills needed for management and leadership roles in the industry with five optional concentrations that allow you to customize your degree plan based on your individual career ambitions.
From hospital and home-health administrators to electronic-health-records executives, students learn from various experienced healthcare professionals and excellent faculty.
The MS in Healthcare Management faculty are comprised of seasoned business leaders, experienced healthcare professionals, medical school faculty, and a select group of accomplished physician executives. The curriculum centers on student interaction, real-life case studies, and leadership problems. This combination of leadership and curriculum equips graduates to be the healthcare change-makers of the future.
Program Coordinator, Medical City Dallas Blood & Marrow Transplant Program
Heironimus completed her MS in Healthcare Leadership and Management degree and now works as coordinator for Medical City Dallas in the Blood and Marrow Transplant Program. Her responsibilities cover a range of services including operational support to the transplant team, such as patient scheduling, testing and data entry for future data mining in order to improve outcomes.
UT Southwestern Medical Center, Manager Of Health System Decision Support
Moti knows the value of education – he holds four degrees, including two from Jindal School of Management – an MS/Healthcare Management and an MBA. His other two degrees – a BS/Economics from Texas A&M University and master’s in Public Health from University of Illinois at Chicago – will grow to three when he completes his doctorate in Healthcare Administration at Medical University of South Carolina.
Assistant Market Director – Patient Access, Parallon HCA Healthcare
Cedeno started his career with Parallon in January 2022 as part of Parallon’s Manager In Training program where he served at Medical City Dallas, Medical City Heart and Spine, and Medical City Arlington. Cedeno received a recent promotion to Assistant Market Director for Patient Access where he continues to drive exceptional operational performance and deliver team engagement. During his tenure with Parallon, Cedeno has been involved with many projects and has been instrumental in Medical City Dallas’s top tier performance. Cedeno graduated from The University of Texas at Dallas with a Bachelor’s Degree in Healthcare Management in 2021 and his Master’s degree in 2023 as part of the Healthcare Leadership and Management program.
McCure, who earned her master’s degree in Healthcare Management, is part of a team managing Southwestern Health Resources’ preferred network of physicians and specialists. In addition, she’s working on an initiative to improve communication between Texas Health Physician’s Group and Texas Health Behavioral Health Help Line.
Associate Site Administrator, Parkland Health And Hospital System
Wallace, who earned her MBA and master’s degree in Healthcare Management at Jindal School, assists with all aspects of operations at Parkland’s Southeast Dallas Health Center, including administrative, business and clinical, in addition to the design of work processes, prioritization of initiatives and clinic performance improvement projects. She’s been at Parkland for almost four years.
Marketing Program Specialist,
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Jesionek graduated cum laude in Fall 2013 with two undergraduate degrees – Global Business and Marketing. She delivered the commencement address that year.
Combining the experience and knowledge gained through the master’s in healthcare leadership and management, you will be ready to boost your career in a growing industry.
The MS in Healthcare Management at the Naveen Jindal School of Management equips you with the skills and tools needed to be an effective and innovative leader. The curriculum provides real-world experience, a competency-based learning model and a focus on building leadership skills. Simultaneously, the Jindal School Career Management Center is dedicated to assisting students with internships and connections to the healthcare job market. This combination ensures that you are ready to catapult your career trajectory.
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Class Profile – Healthcare Leadership and Management
Demographic and Other Information
Gender
74% Female 26% Male
Average Test Scores
596 GMAT 306 GRE
25
Average Age
Ethnicity Breakdown
3% African American 36% Asian 14% Hispanic 9% International 5% Two or more 1% Unknown 31% White
Average GPA
3.3 Undergraduate 3.5 Graduate
Typical Undergraduate Degrees
Business, Liberal Arts, Mathematics, Science
Healthcare Occupations Outlook
87% of graduates from the UT Dallas MS in Healthcare Leadership and Management program place within an average salary of $76,000. The median income after 5 years in the industry is $97,000 with those in the 75th percentile earning $124,000.
According to Bureau of Labor Statistics, Overall employment in healthcare occupations is projected to grow 13 percent from 2021 to 2031, much faster than the average for all occupations; this increase is expected to result in about 2 million new jobs over the decade.
The Jindal School awards scholarships to competitive new incoming students admitted in the fall and spring and current students just prior to each fall.