As the healthcare industry on Long Island and across the metropolitan New York City area continues its expansion, the management of these organizations continues to require more and better attention as it grows in complexity and scope.
Targeting the need for more professional managers within the healthcare field, the State University of New York at Old Westbury is launching a new Master of Science program in Healthcare Management. The first class of students in the program will enroll for Fall 2025.
“The highest priority of healthcare organizations must be patient wellness from the perspective of individual and community health and the quality of the services they provide,” said Shalei Simms, dean of the SUNY Old Westbury School of Business. “The constantly evolving landscape of financial and regulatory factors makes that challenging and requires more, better trained professionals who can step in to management positions and lead their organizations successfully.”
Offered as a 30-credit program, the M.S. in Healthcare Management program can be completed in one year of full-time study. The culminating experience for all students will be “Strategic Healthcare Management,” a supervised research project capstone. Through the capstone, students conduct a case study examining a health care organization applying the management, operational, and financial skills they’ve learned to a real-world setting.
“Along with being a pathway for business students seeking further specialization, we believe this program will be especially beneficial to students and working professionals who have backgrounds in health-related fields by increasing their business acumen and preparing them for expanded roles across the industry,” said Madeline Croccitto, chair of the Management, Marketing and Finance Department within the School of Business. “Graduates of our program will be ready to lead people and manage resources all while maintaining and improving the health of their neighbors and communities.”
According to Simms, between the relatively short one-year course of study and the program being offered at the low cost of SUNY tuition, the Old Westbury M.S. in Healthcare Management will be a more affordable vehicle for a greater number of talented students and professionals in the region.
“Affordable graduate education in business-related fields like healthcare management will benefit the region economically by increasing the graduates’ earning power while they, in turn, lift the region socially by contributing to the productivity of our healthcare providers,” said Simms.
Read more about the M.S. in Healthcare Management.