Create Business Solutions for Better Patient Care
Advance your clinical nursing foundation while incorporating high-level business concepts into your healthcare practice. The University of Texas at Tyler’s coordinated Master of Science in Nursing Administration and Master of Business Administration provides you with the combined skills to optimize patient care. Acquire specialized administrative knowledge, develop your supervising abilities and understand how economics, marketing, finance, leadership and organizational systems impact outcomes. Our top-rated online program prepares you for CENP and NE-BC certification exams and helps take your career to the next level or spark your interest in doctoral study.
Why Earn a Coordinated MSN-MBA From UT Tyler?
As the nation’s third-largest industry, healthcare represents 18.3% of the economy. As it continues to grow, employers require professionals who understand its specific financial and administrative realities and have care delivery expertise.
The coordinated MSN-MBA program equips you with in-demand business acumen and the skills to address patients’ unique needs. If you aim to influence executive healthcare administrative decisions, motivate and oversee staff, and innovate care delivery, this combined degree sets you on that path.
U.S. News & World Report names UT Tyler’s online MSN program as one of the top five best in the state for the following reasons:
- Flexible Online Format: Earn your degree from any location and within your own schedule with 100% online classes. Attend full or part time based upon existing obligations.
- Outstanding Faculty: Work with our faculty on business projects and clinical assignments to hone your skills further and receive one-on-one mentorship. In addition to being renowned leaders in their field, our faculty conduct original research and have years of teaching experience.
- Hands-on Learning: The curriculum blends classroom learning with practicum hours and one capstone project. Through this format, students gain advanced, practical experience across both disciplines.
- Personalized Program: Design an MBA course sequence that aligns with your unique professional goals under the guidance of a Soules College of Business graduate advisor.
- Highly Effective: Prepare for the American Nurses Credentialing Center Nurse Executive Certification and the American Organization of Nurse Executives Certified in Executive Nursing Practice exam through the program’s rigorous curriculum.
- Top Accreditation: The MBA program is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, earned by fewer than 5% of business schools around the world.
- Affordable: Our coordinated Master of Science in Nursing and MBA degree program is competitively priced comparable to other programs. Earn two degrees at a fraction of the cost of completing them separately.
Curriculum
The coordinated MSN-MBA degree requires a total of 63 credit hours, including 36 credit hours for the Master of Science in Nursing Administration and 36 credit hours for the Master of Business Administration with nine credit hours of shared electives between both programs. The shared MSN-MBA courses are Leadership in the Healthcare Environment; Legal, Regulatory and Financial Management; and Nursing Administration: Delivery of Care.
By the time you graduate, you will be equipped to:
- Examine, analyze and find strategic solutions to the complex healthcare issues faced by nursing administrators.
- Anticipate the legal, ethical, regulatory and fiscal factors that impact healthcare administration settings.
- Approach decision-making and business operations through data-based insights and accounting expertise.
- Design, implement and execute care delivery systems in regional, national and international healthcare organizations.
- Actively manage the finances and budgets of healthcare divisions and organizations.
- Apply advanced management, professional communication, organizational science and information technology concepts to lead staff across a variety of departments.
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Career Opportunities With an MSN-MBA
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts 28% greater demand for medical and health services managers by 2031 — much faster than average when compared to other professions. Employees in the field tend to be well-compensated, with a median wage of $101,340.
You can find our graduates working in hospitals and medical centers, home health companies, clinics, health insurance organizations, private industry, government agencies and consulting. Possible job titles include:
- Chief Nursing Officer
- Director of Care Management
- Director of Compliance
- Human Resources Manager
- Long-Term Care Coordinator
- Medical or Health Service Manager
- Quality Improvement Administrator
- Risk Management Administrator
- Vice President of Nursing Services
How to Apply
Interested candidates complete two separate applications. Apply to the MSN-Nursing Administration track through the School of Nursing and to the MBA program through the Soules College of Business.