Health Care Management at George Washington University

Every health care management school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the health care management program at George Washington University stacks up to those at other schools.

GWU is located in Washington, District of Columbia and has a total student population of 27,017. In 2021, 15 health care management majors received their bachelor's degree from GWU.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Health Care Management section at the bottom of this page.

GWU Health Care Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Health Care Management
• Master’s Degree in Health Care Management

Online Classes Are Available at GWU

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? GWU offers distance education options for health care management at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

GWU Health Care Management Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks health care management programs across the country. The following shows how GWU performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The health care management major at GWU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Health Care Management. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
	52
Best Health Care Management Schools	70

In 2021, 139 students received their master’s degree in health care management from GWU. This makes it the #17 most popular school for health care management master’s degree candidates in the country.

Health Care Management Student Demographics at GWU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the health care management majors at George Washington University.

GWU Health Care Management Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 15 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in health care management from GWU. About 67% were men and 33% were women. The typical health care management bachelor's degree program is made up of only 22% men. So male students are more repesented at GWU since its program graduates 45% more men than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in health care management at GWU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from George Washington University with a bachelor's in health care management.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

GWU Health Care Management Master’s Program

The health care management program at GWU awarded 139 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 30% of these degrees went to men with the other 70% going to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 22% men graduate in health care management each year. GWU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 8% more men than average.

In the health care management master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 58% of degree recipients. That is 13% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from George Washington University with a master's in health care management.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	32
Black or African American	27
Hispanic or Latino	14
White	49
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	16

GWU also has a doctoral program available in health care management. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Other Health & Medical Administrative Services
• Clinical Research Coordinator

Careers That Health Care Management Grads May Go Into

A degree in health care management can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for DC, the home state for George Washington University.

Occupation	Jobs in DC	Average Salary in DC
Medical and Health Services Managers	1,580	$145,760

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Michiel1972 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.