Earn a Healthcare Degree Online From GCU

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As the population ages, the need for professionals with healthcare management skills continues to rise. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, “employment of medical and health services managers is projected to grow 24 percent from 2025 to 2035, much faster than the average for all occupations.”⁴ GCU looks to address the needs of for-profit and nonprofit organizations by offering a variety of healthcare leadership degree programs that are designed to give you the skills you need to effectively manage and lead contemporary healthcare systems.

Online² Healthcare Master’s Degrees at GCU:

• Master of Public Health
• MS in Exercise Physiology
• MS in Health Administration
• MS in Health Administration: Health Care Quality and Patient Safety
• MS in Health Informatics
• MS in Nutrition and Dietetics

In addition to the master's degrees, GCU also offers a Graduate Certificate in Public Health.

Earning a Doctor of Health Administration (DHA) in Operational Leadership or an EdD in Organizational Leadership: Health Care Administration can help prepare you to be an innovator in the field of healthcare administration. These programs allow learners to design innovative, quantitative or qualitative approaches to healthcare operations that address efficiency, quality, safety and outcome. Learners can acquire the skills to apply theoretical and research knowledge to practical situations and settings in order to influence and improve existing practices and policies.

Online⁵ Healthcare Doctoral Degrees at GCU:

• EdD in Organizational Leadership: Health Care Administration (Quantitative Research)
• EdD in Organizational Leadership: Health Care Administration (Qualitative Research)
• DHA: Operational Leadership (Quantitative Research)
• DHA: Operational Leadership (Qualitative Research)

Online Healthcare Degree Programs

If you'd like to work in the healthcare field in a clinical or non-clinical capacity, GCU's College of Nursing and Health Care Professions can help you develop professional skills focusing on wellness, safety and quality care.

Healthcare organizations value our graduates because our curriculum connects classroom theories to working scenarios and advances critical thinking, professionalism, accountability and ethical decision-making by combining science and health theories with Christian values.

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Online Bachelor's Degrees - Healthcare

Pursue a career you may find rewarding in the healthcare field with a bachelor's degree from Grand Canyon University's College of Nursing and Health Care Professions. With a long tradition of preparing students to fill evolving roles in the healthcare industry, we offer a variety of undergraduate healthcare degree programs to help you find your purpose.

Online² Healthcare Bachelor’s Degrees at GCU:

• BS in Health Care Administration
• BS in Health Information Management
• BS in Health Sciences
• BS in Occupational Therapy Assistant³
• BS in Public Health

Online Master's Degrees - Healthcare

Online Doctoral Degrees - Healthcare

Earn a Healthcare Degree Online From GCU

Pursue a career in a healthcare field with an online degree from Grand Canyon University’s College of Nursing and Health Care Professions.

Grand Canyon University's online programs offer convenience, providing a quality education to help you navigate today's complex world.

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² Clinical, practicum and immersion hours completed locally.

³ The baccalaureate degree level occupational therapy assistant program has applied for accreditation and has been granted Candidacy Status by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE) of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA), located at 7501 Wisconsin Ave., Suite 510E, Bethesda, MD 20814. ACOTE’s telephone number c/o AOTA is 301-652-6611 and its web address is acoteonline.org.

⁴ COVID-19 has adversely affected the global economy and data from 2020 to 2023 may be atypical compared to prior years. Accordingly, data shown is effective August 2025, which can be found here: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Outlook Handbook, Medical and Health Services Managers , retrieved September 2026.

⁵ Program has residencies that take place on or near GCU's campus.

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GCU is a private Christian university. We are dedicated to helping our students change their lives through education. Our knowledgeable faculty and staff will be with you every step of the way to help you reach your goals.