Business and Economics

Allegheny College has unveiled two exciting new degree programs beginning this fall: a Bachelor of Science and an accelerated Master of Science in Healthcare Management. The BS follows a traditional 4-year undergraduate curriculum, while the Master’s program offers students the opportunity to earn both BS and MS degrees in 4 or 5 years. Both pathways benefit from Allegheny’s rigorous coursework and unique interdisciplinary and applied approach to learning.

Healthcare Management involves the study of the healthcare industry, including service providers, health economics and financing, insurers, manufacturers, non-profit organizations, and government entities at all levels. It emphasizes an understanding of the complexities of the US healthcare system in the 21st century, including the organization and delivery of preventive health and healthcare services. It also develops the interpersonal, leadership, and management skills needed by healthcare administrators to efficiently and effectively meet health and institutional goals.

Professor Steven Farrelly-Jackson, Healthcare Management Program Director commented, “These programs develop students’ broader understanding of the pressing challenges posed by soaring costs of US healthcare, inequities of access, and worsening health outcomes – especially for the marginalized and vulnerable. The aim is to train a new generation of healthcare managers who, whatever their role in the healthcare industry, will contribute meaningfully to improved effectiveness, sustainability, and social justice.”

Allegheny’s Healthcare Management programs draw on the college’s  proven strengths in its Business and Economics department and landmark Global Health Studies program, as well as decades of success preparing students for  healthcare professions. Both BS and MS programs emphasize thorough grounding in economics and business management skills, while also including coursework in medicine, public health, the US health system, the social determinants of health, data analytics, human resources, finance, ethics, and sustainability to ensure that graduates are immediately ready to succeed in whatever area of healthcare management they choose to pursue.

Naveed Ismael ’12, VP of Customer Management, Healthcare Analytics at Craneware offered this observation:

“My experience at Allegheny College was transformational for me in developing my strengths in communication and contextualizing challenges, learning to apply myself to solving problems, and thinking strategically, all of which I consider to be core tenets of the liberal arts education I received. Everything I learned I found to be immediately transferable to my career in healthcare management.

I am particularly excited for the next generation of Allegheny students to experience the new Healthcare Management program because of how it will bring together critical industry insights, interdisciplinary studies focused around the mission of healthcare, and practical business concepts and theory to prepare graduates to tackle the unique and growing challenges that the U.S. healthcare industry faces in the coming decades. Healthcare represents nearly 20% of the nation’s GDP and, with an aging population, the industry demand will only grow for well-rounded individuals with the experience and skills this program will produce.”

The Allegheny College Global Health Studies program was founded on the belief that undergraduate liberal education can play an essential role in meeting the world’s health challenges, the GHS program draws upon Allegheny’s longstanding commitments to civic engagement, diverse perspectives, internationalization, project-based and interdisciplinary learning. The Bruce R. Thompson Center for Business and Economics (CBE) prepares Allegheny College students to succeed in a diverse, global economy.