MHA - Global Health
In as little as 24 months, you can have your MHA with Global Health Emphasis and be ready for the next step in your career.
Gain more experience in international health delivery through international travel.
MHA - Global Health program features

- Enjoy the flexibility of hi-flex class options, which is a blend of online and face-to-face delivery modes
- Classes take place on TWU’s Dallas and Houston campuses
- Small classes with accessible, knowledgeable and supportive faculty
- Degree completion in little as 2 years, or 51 credit hours*
- Extension of the standard MHA degree program: may add 9 credit hours*
*Individual requirements may vary.
Why TWU?
CAHME Accreditation
TWU's Accreditation Status by CAHME: Accredited with probation. Action plan in place.
Travel Abroad Opportunities
If you want a deeper understanding of international health issues, it helps to see them first-hand. TWU's MHA - Global Heath includes a required international travel component along with coursework related to international health systems and services.
Careers & salaries*
With this degree, you have multiple career opportunities including:
- Medical and Health Service Manager: $99,730 per year
- Administrative Service Manager: $96,180 per year
- Nonprofit Hospital Administrator: $86,511 per year
- Governmental Health Care Consultant: $75,183 per year
- FQHC Medical Practice Manager: $58,607 per year
*Median salaries, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and Payscale.com
Program requirements
- 45 semester credit hours in required courses including six elective hours (the six required elective hours may be used for the emphasis courses)
- A professional portfolio completed in your final semester and presented to faculty
- 9 credit hours for the Global Health emphasis. Six of the required electives credits can be substituted for 6 of the business analytics required credit hours.
Admission requirements
Admission to the Master of Healthcare Administration
Program Contact
Carla Stebbins, Ph.D.
Program Director
hca@twu.edu
The College of Business programs in Health Care Administration admits students on a continual basis.
International applicants are encouraged to apply far in advance.
Admission Requirements
- Resume
- Bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited institution.
- Foundational coursework may be required based on previous academic and/or professional experience
- Applicants with a GPA of 3.00 or higher in their last 60 hours of undergraduate coursework will be considered for unconditional admission. The GRE is not required.
- Applicants with GPAs between 2.5 and 2.99 in their last 60 undergraduate hours will be considered for conditional admission.
- After successful completion (grades of A or B) of 12 hours of graduate level courses (4 - 3 credit hours courses) the applicant will receive unconditional admission status.
The Healthcare Administration Program holds orientation for new students in the fall and spring semesters. It is a requirement that all new students attend one of these sessions. Information will be provided after your acceptance to the program.
How to Apply
Begin by finding your program in TWU's Program, Majors & Degrees listings to see if your program has additional admission requirements and application deadlines prior to applying. (This information is for all programs. The application deadline for your specific program will be listed in the Program Requirements. Use that deadline as it applies below. (Example: if a program only admits once a year and has a Fall deadline for 2023 of March 1, you would need to be looking to apply to the next deadline for Fall 2024.)
- Apply online.
Apply to Graduate Programs according to the start semester and application portals below:
- Spring 2024 - All programs apply via ApplyTexas EXCEPT applicants to the College of Business, Child Life, or Child Development master's programs or the Child Development and Early Education PhD program who should apply via the TWU Online Graduate Application Portal.
- Note: When applying through ApplyTexas, you will need to submit any required Documents directly to the program website.
- Summer & Fall 2024 - All graduate programs apply via the TWU Online Graduate Application Portal. Required documents will be asked for and uploaded into the application.
- Spring 2024 - All programs apply via ApplyTexas EXCEPT applicants to the College of Business, Child Life, or Child Development master's programs or the Child Development and Early Education PhD program who should apply via the TWU Online Graduate Application Portal.
- Pay the application fee.
The $50 fee, ($75 fee for International applicants), which applies to all new and returning applicants can be paid by:- Credit card - Online through the portal you applied on (either ApplyTexas or TWU's Online Graduate Application).
- Certified check or money order by mail or electronically - payable to TWU, sent by mail to:
TWU Admissions Processing, 301 Research Circle, Room 220; Denton, Texas 76204
(include your full name and ID number). - Cash (no personal checks) - Pay at the Bursar's Office. After paying, bring the receipt to Admissions Processing (2nd floor of GRB).
- Fee Waivers - Graduate applicants who are certified McNair Scholars are eligible for a McNair Scholar application Fee waiver. Submit the request using the Application Fee Waiver Submission Form.
- Submit transcripts to TWU.
- Domestic Applicants must submit official transcripts for each college or university attended, both undergraduate and graduate. See the Information on Transcripts website for more details.
- International Applicants are now required to provide an evaluation prepared by a NACES or AICE member evaluation service. International transcripts should not be sent directly to TWU. See the International Admission website for more details.
For more information on graduate admissions or to contact an admissions official, visit the Graduate Admissions website.
Students who wish to apply for a Graduate Assistantship must meet the General Criteria for Appointment of Graduate Assistants.
For more information
hca@twu.edu
940-898-2458
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