The School of Health Professions and UAB Online are working together to offer you a Bachelor’s Degree in Health Care Management (HCM). This program prepares you for a mid-level management position in all types of health care organizations, including hospitals, ambulatory care centers, long term care facilities, and home health care agencies. You can become a part of people’s lives when they need help the most.

You will receive immediate benefits as a UAB student and eventually as an alumnus. You will be proud to say that you are a UAB student because UAB is a world class institution recognized all over the world for excellence in research, service and innovation. You will have immediate access to Lister Hill Library of the Health Sciences, Alabama's largest biomedical library. Lister Hill also provides services and resources for you with holdings related to medicine, nursing, optometry, dentistry, public health, health professions, and joint health sciences.You will also have access to The Sterne Library which houses more than one million items. Sterne also provides electronic access to the contents of more than 35,044 serials and 72,000 electronic books

What Career Opportunities Would I Have?

These are some of the career choices in which graduates of our Health Care Management Program have been successful:

  • Long term care
  • Managed care
  • Ambulatory care
  • Corporate health programs
  • Public health
  • Pharmaceutical sales
  • Medical equipment and supply firms
  • Consultant or vendor companies
  • Acute care
  • Physician practices