The Health Care MBA Program at Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management offers the best in the health care sector and the best in business. It is designed to contribute to the successful evolution of our nation’s health care industry. You will find this program unlike others in both scope and opportunity.
This rigorous program combines fundamental business knowledge with active, real world learning through experience. Students have significant direct contact with health care experts, participate in the day-to-day realities of health care organizations, and work with companies to analyze important strategic issues. Health care executives, policymakers, university leaders, physicians, nurses, faculty, alumni, and students provided valuable input into the design and delivery of the program with the goal to ensure that we offer the best health care MBA program in the nation.
Why Vanderbilt?
- A world-class MBA program focused on business fundamentals. You’ll start with an exceptionally strong foundation -- Vanderbilt’s nationally ranked core MBA education, an intense and immediate immersion in the fundamentals of management. The program consistently produces top-notch strategic thinkers, financial managers, and team players.
- Nashville, a health care industry capital. You’ll be in the nation’s most dynamic health care industry capital, offering unmatched access to business leaders and policymakers. Nashville is home to more than 300 health care companies, including HCA, Caremark Rx and American Healthways. The Nashville health care industry not only impacts the local economy, but also shapes the national and international health care landscapes.
- Integrated with Vanderbilt University Medical Center, a renowned academic research hospital. The program incorporates abundant cross-campus educational opportunities with Vanderbilt University Medical Center, an international leader in health care services, education, and research. You’ll build a foundation of knowledge with active involvement in the clinical process.
- Active learning through real-world projects and experiences. The program engages students directly in the day-to-day realities of health care through a combination of strategic project work, lectures, and clinical experiences. By seeing the world from patient, physician, and management perspectives, you gain an extraordinary insight into the complexities and challenges of the health care environment.
- Graduates are productive from day one. According to health care industry leaders,MBA graduates new to the industry require two years on the job to become productive.The Vanderbilt Health Care MBA program provides you with a thorough working knowledge of this complex industry, allowing you to “hit the ground running.”
- A wealth of options to customize your experience. You’ll choose from a diverse selection of elective courses across a campus rich with opportunities. The modular curriculum permits taking more electives early, allowing MBA candidates to prepare for careers in industry sectors such as health services, medical devices, biotech, consulting, health care finance, pharmaceuticals, and managed care.
- An experienced team focused on your career success. Owen’s outstanding career management center staff offers customized assistance with job placement in a variety of sectors. Our graduates are rising leaders in the health care industry and are highly prized by recruiters. Vanderbilt’s large and powerful alumni network and the active student health care club provides additional networking and leadership opportunities in Nashville and beyond.
These unique advantages will provide you with the foundation to create real change in health care from your first day on the job. You will understand how consumers and physicians think. You will be firmly grounded in clinical practice, health care economics, ethics, technology, policy, and global issues. You will be committed to improving the health and well being of people worldwide, and possess the desire to continue learning and growing. You will be prepared like never before to take on the extraordinary challenges that lie ahead.
Myriad opportunities
“There’s a wealth of projects that come through Vanderbilt each semester, and students have numerous opportunities to attend seminars, luncheons, and events with Nashville-based health care organizations. Membership in the Owen Health Care Club is critical. It’s an especially great resource for students who want to become more familiar with the industry, including opportunities to network with leading industry executives.”
-Lesley Harper, MBA ’05, President, Owen Health Care Club
