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Long Term Care Admin/Management

A program that prepares individuals to apply managerial principles to the administration of nursing homes, assisted living facilities, adult day care, home health services, and other long term care settings and agencies serving the elderly and disabled. Includes instruction in social and clinical aspects of aging, health care delivery systems, nursing home administration, assisted living administration, aging policy and government programs, ethics, business management, financial management, human resource management, marketing, and applicable laws and regulations. Examples: [Aging Services Management]

Types of Degrees Long Term Care Admin/Management Majors Are Earning

Students pursuing Long Term Care Admin/Management have the option of earning degrees at several award levels.

Award Level	Graduates
Associate’s Degree	3
Bachelor’s Degree	21
Master’s Degree	117

What Long Term Care Admin/Management Majors Need to Know

Studies in Long Term Care Admin/Management emphasize a specific mix of knowledge, skills, and abilities — derived from O*NET surveys of workers in occupations that Long Term Care Admin/Management graduates commonly enter.

Knowledge Areas

According to O*NET, a major in Long Term Care Admin/Management emphasizes the following knowledge areas:

• Administration and Management — Importance 4.7 / 5; level 5.5 / 7.
• English Language — Importance 4.4 / 5; level 4.8 / 7.
• Customer and Personal Service — Importance 4.2 / 5; level 5.5 / 7.
• Personnel and Human Resources — Importance 4.1 / 5; level 5.0 / 7.
• Education and Training — Importance 3.9 / 5; level 5.5 / 7.

^{Importance is rated 1–5; level is 1–7. Source: ONET Online — weighted across related occupations.*}

Skills

The skill set built by a Long Term Care Admin/Management program reflects the day-to-day work of related occupations:

• Speaking — Importance 4.1 / 5; level 4 / 7.
• Critical Thinking — Importance 4.1 / 5; level 4.1 / 7.
• Social Perceptiveness — Importance 4 / 5; level 4 / 7.
• Active Listening — Importance 4 / 5; level 4.1 / 7.
• Writing — Importance 4 / 5; level 4 / 7.

Abilities

Innate abilities most relevant to Long Term Care Admin/Management careers — again drawn from O*NET surveys of related occupations:

• Oral Comprehension — Importance 4.2 / 5; level 4.9 / 7.
• Written Comprehension — Importance 4.1 / 5; level 4.4 / 7.
• Oral Expression — Importance 4 / 5; level 4.1 / 7.
• Written Expression — Importance 4 / 5; level 4.1 / 7.
• Deductive Reasoning — Importance 4 / 5; level 4 / 7.

Common Job Activities

Day-to-day, Long Term Care Admin/Management graduates report doing:

Activity	Frequency / Importance
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates	4.6 / 7
Working with Computers	4.6 / 7
Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards	4.5 / 7
Coaching and Developing Others	4.5 / 7
Getting Information	4.5 / 7
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships	4.4 / 7
Making Decisions and Solving Problems	4.4 / 7
Analyzing Data or Information	4.4 / 7
Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge	4.3 / 7
Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others	4.3 / 7

Technology Skills Used on the Job

Most frequently-cited tools used by Long Term Care Admin/Management professionals:

Tool / Software	Category	In-Demand
Google Docs	Word processing software	—
Intuit QuickBooks	Accounting software	—
Epic Systems	Medical software	—
Medical procedure coding software	Medical software	—
LinkedIn	Web page creation and editing software	—
CliniTrend	Analytical or scientific software	—
Yost Engineering EpiCoder	Categorization or classification software	—
Cerner ProFile	Medical software	—
Yost Engineering ABN Assistant	Categorization or classification software	—
Citrix cloud computing software	Access software	—
Yost Engineering EPStaffCheck	Compliance software	—
Adobe Acrobat	Document management software	—

^{Source: ONET Online technology skills, weighted across related occupations.*}

Sample Job Titles

Real job postings for Long Term Care Admin/Management graduates include:

• Hospital Superintendent
• Health Administrator
• Nurses Superintendent
• Medical Records Director
• Healthcare System Director
• Nursing Home Administrator
• Laboratory Director (Lab Director)
• Health Information Management Director (HIM Director)
• Clinical Informatics Director
• Assisted Living Administrator
• Clinical Director
• Dental Laboratory Manager (Dental Lab Manager)
• Assisted Living Manager
• Rehabilitation Director
• Medical Records Manager

Education Typically Required

Across the occupations open to Long Term Care Admin/Management graduates, the typical level of education actually held by current workers is distributed as:

Education Level	Share of Workers
Bachelor’s degree	46.4%
Master’s degree	21.4%
Associate’s degree (or other 2-year)	10.7%
Postsecondary certificate	7.1%
Some college courses	3.6%
First professional degree	3.6%
Post-doctoral training	3.6%
High school diploma or equivalent	3.6%

^{Source: ONET Online education / training / experience requirements.*}

Who Is Earning a Degree in Long Term Care Admin/Management?

Gender Distribution

This field skews predominantly female, with women earning 68.8% of Long Term Care Admin/Management degrees.

Gender	Graduates	Share
Women	97	68.8%
Men	44	31.2%

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

At the national level, the racial-ethnic distribution of Long Term Care Admin/Management graduates is as follows:

Race / Ethnicity	Graduates	Share
White	77	54.6%
Asian	8	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	17	12.1%
Black or African American	28	19.9%
Two or More Races	6	4.3%
Race Unknown	5	3.5%

^{See minority definition below.}

How Much Do Long Term Care Admin/Management Graduates Earn?

The U.S. Department of Education tracks median earnings of Long Term Care Admin/Management graduates 1, 4, and 5 years after completion. These numbers tend to grow steadily as graduates gain experience and move into mid-career roles.

Years Out	Median Earnings
1 year	$36,041
4 years	$36,054
5 years	$40,847

By year 5 out, median earnings rise to $40,847 — roughly 13% above the 1-year mark.

^{Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, field-of-study earnings tracker.}

Online Long Term Care Admin/Management Programs

Fully online options is reported by IPEDS for Long Term Care Admin/Management. The table below shows how many graduates earned at least some of their coursework online (Distance-Ed Available) versus completing the entire program online (Distance-Ed Only).

Award Level	Distance-Ed Available	Distance-Ed Only
Bachelor’s	5	1
Master’s	3	0

^{Distance-Ed Only = degrees completed entirely online; Distance-Ed Available = degrees including at least some online coursework. Source: IPEDS Completions by Distance Education status.}

Is a Degree in Long Term Care Admin/Management Worth It?

On the earnings side, the federal earnings tracker, Long Term Care Admin/Management graduates earn a median of $36,054 four years after completion — about 5% below the national median for workers with only a high school diploma (~$38,000). On earnings alone, this program does not show an income premium over the baseline; non-financial outcomes (career interests, certification requirements, advancement potential) are typically the stronger argument for fields in this range.

^{ROI estimate compares the program’s 4-yr median earnings against the 2023 BLS CPS median earnings for high-school-only workers. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard + BLS Current Population Survey.}

Related Programs

You may also be interested in these closely related fields of study:

Program	Annual Degrees Awarded
Health and Medical Administrative Services	90,166
Health/Health Care Administration/Management	28,347
Medical Insurance Specialist/Medical Biller	11,963
Health Information/Medical Records Technology/Technician	11,828
Medical Insurance Coding Specialist/Coder	10,171
Medical Administrative/Executive Assistant and Medical Secretary	7,771
Hospital and Health Care Facilities Administration/Management	3,494
Health and Medical Administrative Services, Other	3,168
Medical Office Management/Administration	2,900
Health Information/Medical Records Administration/Administrator	2,781
Health Services Administration	2,629
Community Health and Preventive Medicine	2,571

References

The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students and international students. This number is then divided by the total number of students to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics (IPEDS)
• O*NET Online
• U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
• U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard

More about our data sources and methodologies.