Healthcare Administration Scholarships
Become a Leader in the Healthcare Field
Healthcare administration professionals serve as the management level of leadership in a hospital or clinical setting. While physicians, nurses and other allied health professionals deliver hands-on medical care and services, the administration works to maintain facilities, provide funding, prepare budgets, institute research and development, promote the organization both regionally and otherwise.
To these ends graduates of a healthcare administration program may find themselves working in specific areas such as administration, finance or marketing and public relations.
Scholarships
The American College of Healthcare Executives is a professional organization representing thousands of individuals who work in health care management.
- Albert Dent Graduate Student Scholarship is awarded to minority students enrolled in a graduate program in healthcare management. The award is in recognition of the first African American member of the ACHE. Other criteria include financial need and membership in the ACHE.
- Student members of ACHE entering their last year of a graduate healthcare management program may be eligible for the. Students must demonstrate financial need as well as academic accomplishment.
- The Stuart Wesbury, Jr. Postgraduate Fellowship awards an outstanding post-graduate student with a unique opportunity to engage in a healthcare management fellowship. The salary/stipend is over $44,000 and offers the recipient a wide range of experience.
The Health Research and Educational Trust of New Jersey awards undergraduate and graduate student scholarships. Preference is given to women and minority students. Students must be studying in a program of healthcare administration or an associated program, have a GPA of at least 3.0 and demonstrate financial need.
Western Kentucky University College of Health and Human Services offers the following scholarships to students pursuing programs in healthcare administration:
- Lifecare Foundation Scholarship for graduate healthcare administration students.
- Kentucky Hospital Research and Educational Foundation Scholarship is awarded to a graduate student pursuing a career in healthcare administration.
The National Association of Health Services Executives (NAHSE) provides its student members with scholarships at the undergraduate, graduate and doctoral level. Preference is given to minority students, a traditionally underrepresented population in the healthcare administration field. Eligible applicants must demonstrate academic success as well as show financial need.
The Larry Mullins Endowed Scholarship for Health Care Administration is funded by the Samaritan Health Services in Oregon. The scholarship awards $1,000 to students at any level of study. Applicants must be enrolled in a program at one of three institutions: Oregon State University, Northern Arizona University, or Linn-Benton Community College.
The University of North Carolina-Asheville offers students the Johanna Lane Bushy Scholarship in Healthcare Administration. Qualified applicants must be juniors or seniors in the program. The award is both academic and need-based.
The Medical Group Management Association supports a variety of student programs all aimed at management and administration. The organization is representative of medical physicians groups. Of particular interest to students in a healthcare admin program is the Bachrach Family Scholarship for Excellence in Health Care Administration. Applicants must be graduate students with a GPA of at least 3.0. The most eligible applicants will prove significant disadvantage such as financial, ethnic or social.