2025 Best Health Care Management Doctor's Degree Schools

Ranked #66 in popularity, health care management is one of the most sought-after doctor's degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 7 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for health care management students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 250 doctor's degrees in health care management during the <nil> academic year.

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Choosing a Great Health Care Management School for Your Doctor's Degree

Your choice of health care management for getting your doctor's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

The overall quality of a doctor's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on health care management students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of health care management students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized health care management related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for health care management students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Health Care Management Doctor's Degree Schools list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Health Care Management in the United States

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in health care management.

Top Schools for a Doctorate in Health Care Management

1

Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

20 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a doctor's degree in health care management needs to check out Johns Hopkins University. Johns Hopkins is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Baltimore.More information about a doctorate in health care management from Johns Hopkins University

2

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

24 Annual Graduates

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a great option for individuals pursuing a doctor's degree in health care management. UNC Chapel Hill is a fairly large public university located in the city of Chapel Hill.More information about a doctorate in health care management from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

3

Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, SC

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

27 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat Medical University of South Carolina if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in health care management. Located in the city of Charleston, MUSC is a public university with a small student population.More information about a doctorate in health care management from Medical University of South Carolina

4

University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

19 Annual Graduates

University of Alabama at Birmingham is a great option for individuals interested in a doctor's degree in health care management. Located in the city of Birmingham, UAB is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in health care management from University of Alabama at Birmingham

5

University of Oklahoma - Health Sciences Center
Oklahoma City, OK

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

11 Annual Graduates

UOHSC is a small public university located in the city of Oklahoma City.More information about a doctorate in health care management from University of Oklahoma - Health Sciences Center

6

Franklin University
Columbus, OH

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

15 Annual Graduates

Franklin University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Columbus.More information about a doctorate in health care management from Franklin University

7

University of Phoenix - Arizona
Phoenix, AZ

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

17 Annual Graduates

UOPX - Arizona is a fairly large private for-profit university located in the large city of Phoenix.More information about a doctorate in health care management from University of Phoenix - Arizona

Health Care Management by Region

View the Best Health Care Management Doctor's Degree Schools for a specific region near you.

Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Other U.S. Territories
Great Lakes

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Health Care Management Related Rankings by Major

Health Care Management is one of 23 different types of Health & Medical Administrative Services programs to choose from.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Hospital & Health Care Facilities Administration/Management	27
Other Health & Medical Administrative Services	20
Healthcare Innovation	6

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard). More about our data sources and methodologies.