Hospital & Care Facility Management

Types of Degrees Hospital & Care Facility Management Majors Are Getting

The following table lists how many hospital and health care facilities administration/management graduations there were in 2020-2021 for each degree level.

Education Level	Number of Grads
Bachelor’s Degree	2,727
Master’s Degree	1,264
Basic Certificate	257
Undergraduate Certificate	54
Associate Degree	50
Graduate Certificate	39

What Hospital & Care Facility Management Majors Need to Know

People with careers related to hospital and health care facilities administration/management were asked what knowledge areas, skills, and abilities were important for their jobs. They weighted these areas on a scale of 1 to 5 with 5 being the highest.

Knowledge Areas for Hospital and Health Care Facilities Administration/Management Majors

This major prepares you for careers in which these knowledge areas are important:

• Administration and Management - Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
• English Language - Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
• Customer and Personal Service - Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
• Personnel and Human Resources - Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.
• Clerical - Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology.

Skills for Hospital and Health Care Facilities Administration/Management Majors

When studying hospital and health care facilities administration/management, you’ll learn many skills that will help you be successful in a wide range of jobs - even those that do not require a degree in the field. The following is a list of some of the most common skills needed for careers associated with this major:

• Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively.
• Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Writing - Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
• Time Management - Managing one’s own time and the time of others.

Abilities for Hospital and Health Care Facilities Administration/Management Majors

As a hospital and health care facilities administration/management major, you will find yourself needing the following abilities:

• Oral Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
• Oral Comprehension - The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• Written Comprehension - The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
• Written Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
• Speech Clarity - The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.

What Can You Do With a Hospital & Care Facility Management Major?

People with a hospital and health care facilities administration/management degree often go into the following careers:

Job Title	Job Growth Rate	Median Salary
Medical and Health Services Managers	20.5%	$99,730

Who Is Getting a Bachelor’s Degree in Hospital & Care Facility Management?

This major is dominated by women with about 89% of recent graduates being female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

At the countrywide level, the racial-ethnic distribution of hospital and health care facilities administration/management majors is as follows:

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	108
Black or African American	764
Hispanic or Latino	508
White	752
International Students	18
Other Races/Ethnicities	577

Geographic Diversity

Students from other countries are interested in Hospital and Health Care Facilities Administration/Management, too. About 0.7% of those with this major are international students.

How Much Do Hospital & Care Facility Management Majors Make?

Salaries According to BLS

The median salary for someone in a career related to hospital and health care facilities administration/management is $113,730. This median refers to all degree levels, so the salary for a person with just a bachelor’s degree may be a little less and the one for a person with an advanced degree may be a little more.

To put that into context, according to BLS data from the first quarter of 2020, the typical high school graduate makes between $30,000 and $57,900 a year (25th through 75th percentile). The average person with a bachelor’s degree (any field) makes between $45,600 and $99,000. Advanced degree holders make the most with salaries between $55,600 and $125,400.

Amount of Education Required for Careers Related to Hospital & Care Facility Management

Some degrees associated with hospital and health care facilities administration/management may require an advanced degree, while others may not even require a bachelor’s in the field. Whatever the case may be, pursuing more education usually means that more career options will be available to you.

Find out what the typical degree level is for hospital and health care facilities administration/management careers below.

Education Level	Percentage of Workers
Associate’s Degree (or other 2-year degree)	19.2%
Bachelor’s Degree	65.4%
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate - awarded for completion of an organized program of study; designed for people who have completed a Baccalaureate degree but do not meet the requirements of academic degrees carrying the title of Master.	3.9%
Master’s Degree	11.5%

Online Hospital & Care Facility Management Programs

In 2020-2021, 92 schools offered a hospital and health care facilities administration/management program of some type. The following table lists the number of programs by degree level, along with how many schools offered online courses in the field.

Degree Level	Colleges Offering Programs	Colleges Offering Online Classes
Certificate (Less Than 1 Year)	0	0
Certificate (1-2 years)	9	2
Certificate (2-4 Years)	1	0
Associate’s Degree	8	1
Bachelor’s Degree	15	5
Post-Baccalaureate	0	0
Master’s Degree	41	12
Post-Master’s	2	0
Doctor’s Degree (Research)	2	0
Doctor’s Degree (Professional Practice)	0	0
Doctor’s Degree (Other)	0	0

Is a Degree in Hospital & Care Facility Management Worth It?

The median salary for a hospital and health care facilities administration/management grad is $113,730 per year. This is based on the weighted average of the most common careers associated with the major.

This is 185% more than the average salary for an individual holding a high school degree. This adds up to a gain of about $1,476,600 after 20 years!

Majors Related to Hospital & Care Facility Management

You may also be interested in one of the following majors related to hospital and health care facilities administration/management.

Major	Number of Grads
Health Care Management	31,436
Medical Insurance Coding Specialist/Coder	10,149
Health Information/Medical Records Technology/Technician	9,664
Medical Insurance Specialist/Medical Biller	8,186
Medical Administrative/Executive Assistant & Medical Secretary	8,049
Medical Office Assistant/Specialist	4,894
Medical Office Management/Administration	3,564
Health Information Management	3,317
Other Health & Medical Administrative Services	2,245
Medical/Health Management & Clinical Assistant/Specialist	1,180
Medical Reception/Receptionist	781
Long Term Care Administration/Management	353
Clinical Research Coordinator	344
Medical Office Computer Specialist/Assistant	224
Medical Transcription/Transcriptionist	198
Healthcare Innovation	183
Health Unit Coordinator/Ward Clerk	94
Medical Staff Services Technology/Technician	26
Health Unit Manager/Ward Supervisor	22
Health/Medical Claims Examiner	15
Disease Registry Data Management	8
Healthcare Information Privacy Assurance and Security	7

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
• College Scorecard
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Usual Weekly Earnings of Wage and Salary Workers First Quarter 2020

More about our data sources and methodologies.