Department of Health Administration and Policy
Our Objective
Our objective is to prepare highly skilled professionals who will become exemplary leaders in hospitals, healthcare systems, public health organizations and throughout the health industry.
Programs and Alumni
The department offers two administrative degrees, the Master of Public Health (MPH) and the Master of Health Administration (MHA).
The MPH is a 44 credit hour program of study that prepares graduates for careers in the development, implementation and evaluation of programmatic activity in health services organizations. The College of Public Health and the MPH program offered by the DHAP are accredited by the Council on Education in Public Health (CEPH). The MPH program may be completed by full or part-time students and is offered in Oklahoma City and Tulsa. Graduates of the program are placed in fellowships or appointed to administrative positions in health organizations and state or county health departments. Graduates also occupy positions such as program directors, administrators, consultants, quality officers, department heads, systems and policy analysts, compliance officers and project directors
The MHA is a 60 credit hour program that prepares the graduate for a career as a senior administrator of a health service organization. All students are required to complete an internship and a defense of the internship report. The MHA Program is accredited by CEPH and the Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education (CAHME). Following graduation, most of our students are placed in a fellowship, a post graduate activity that enables the individual to gain administrative experience. Among the organizations that sponsored a fellowship for our graduates are the Cleveland Clinic, Moses Cone Health System, Alegent Health System, ACHE Corporate Headquarters, Washington Hospital Medical Center, Duncan Regional Health System and VAMC. Graduates of the program also occupy a senior or leadership position such as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO, President, President and Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer (CFO0 and Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Vice President. For example, our graduates occupy the following positions...
| Executive Director | Integris Health-Metro |
| President & CeO | Aegis Group |
| CEO | Solara Healthcare |
| CEO | Carnegie Tri County Hospital |
| President & CeO | Rosewood Retirement Center |
| Corporate Controller | Corporate HQ,HCA |
| CEO | SSMHC |
| CEO | Lake Granbury Medical Center |
| CEO | Greenview Regional Hospital |
| CEO | Flandreau Medical Center |
| CEO & President | Cloic, Inc |
| President & CeO | Page Memorial Hospital & Health Systems |
| CEO | Tyler Health Care Center |
| CEO | Solara Hospital |
| Corporate Director | HCA |
| COO | HMA |
| COO | University Health System |
| COO | St. Joseph's Hospital |
| COO | Baylor Health Care System |
| COO | Sebastian River Medical Center |
| COO | HCA |
| COO | Watsonville Community Hospital |
| CFO | Sutter Coast Hospital |
| CFO | Kaiser Permanete |
| Vice President | Oklahoma Health Network |
| Administrator | Page Memorial Hospital |
| Administrator | Shawnee Care Center |
| Administrator | Parkland Health & Hospital |
| Administrator | Arbor House Assisted Living |
| Administrator | Kaiser Permanente |
The Faculty
The faculty members assigned to the DHAP hold terminal degrees awarded from internationally prominent universities. Cumulatively faculty members also have in excess of 50 years of experience as senior executives or leaders in the health industry.
You may reach us by phone at:
(405) 271-2114
For information regarding application to the program call the College of Public Health Office of Student Services at 405-271-2308.
By Mail:
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
College of Public Health
Department of Health Administration & Policy
P.O. Box 26901
Oklahoma City, OK 73190
