Health Care Management at Virginia Commonwealth 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 Virginia Commonwealth University stacks up to those at other schools.

VCU is located in Richmond, Virginia and approximately 29,070 students attend the school each year.

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.

VCU Health Care Management Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at VCU

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? VCU offers distance education options for health care management at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

VCU Health Care Management Rankings

There were 3 students who received their doctoral degrees in health care management, making the school the #19 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Care Management Student Demographics at VCU

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

VCU Health Care Management Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of health care management master's degrees went to men and 67% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 21% men graduate in health care management each year. VCU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 12% more men than average.

Of the students who received a health care management master's degree from VCU, 60% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	29
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

Related Majors

• Healthcare Innovation

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 VA, the home state for Virginia Commonwealth University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Medical and Health Services Managers	7,650	$116,770

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 user:mentes under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.