Today’s complicated healthcare environment demands leaders who combine world-class business skills with a deep understanding of the nuanced challenges facing the sector.
Booth offers you a vibrant community of students, alumni, and faculty who share your passion for healthcare. Through student-run groups and healthcare events, including events hosted by our Healthcare Initiative, you’ll meet industry leaders and build a deep network. And you’ll prepare for a dynamic career at the intersection of healthcare and business—including consulting, administration, venture capital, entrepreneurship, and much more.
If you’re looking to enter the field of health-care management and policy, you can earn a certificate in health administration studies from the University of Chicago through the Graduate Program In Health Administration and Policy.
Speaker 1: The reality of the world is that medicine is a business and in order to be a leader in that domain I wanted something that wasn't abstract. I wanted something that was, you know, technical and was really gonna push me to develop some new skills.
Speaker 2: Whatever your sector within healthcare, data is the driving force, so it makes sense to be here.
Speaker 3: I've taken Healthcare Data Analytics and that's helped me a lot, working with, I work with data morning to night at my job.
Speaker 2: We were able to use real life data and use a data science analytics platform to analyze big problems.
Speaker 3: I've also taken Healthcare Economics. That was really cool, kind of understanding how different incentive systems can give people different kind of motivations when they deliver care. So I was in the Chicago Booth Healthcare Club and it's other students in healthcare.
Speaker 1: We have people that I met who are working for dialysis clinics after graduation, people going into public policy, healthcare, consulting. There's all kinds of expertise and perspectives.
Speaker 3:And people that can tell me about their experiences and what it's like to work in their roles. And it really does kind of help me figure out kind of what direction I want to head in.
Speaker 1: The Healthcare Initiative has been excellent for me personally. And I know they're pulling together more and more with respect to health economics, more research into telehealth and these other kind of areas that are really emerging as kind of the next frontier for medicine. And I think the Healthcare Initiative is, you know, assembling itself around those kinds of ideas and moving forward.
Speaker 3: Coming to Booth I think has really helped me kind of open my eyes to the multitude of different career paths, you know, someone can head down.
Speaker 2: If a student came to me now to ask me about why healthcare and why Booth, I would say healthcare is the work of the now and the work of the future and Booth is the place to be.
At Booth, You Own Your MBA Experience
A Booth MBA is rooted in The Chicago Approach, the educational philosophy that sets Booth apart from every other business school in the world. Grounded in the fundamental scientific disciplines at the heart of business—economics, accounting, psychology, sociology, and statistics—this transformative approach teaches all Booth students how to use theoretical frameworks to help them define problems, ask better questions, and develop evidence-based solutions.
At the same time, the MBA curriculum for Full-Time and Part-Time MBA students is the most flexible among the world’s top business schools. At Booth, the level and sequence in which you take your foundational courses is not set in stone. We give you the opportunity to customize your education to support your career interests and goals, because we know there is no singular roadmap to career success. As our students and alumni will tell you, everyone’s journey to the career they want is different.
Listed below are just a few of the many MBA courses that dive deep into healthcare-related topics with faculty who are conducting cutting-edge, world-class research.
| Course | Short Description |
| Healthcare Business Analytics | This course investigates the underlying logic and calculations of value-based hospital reimbursement, outcomes measurement, and benchmarking, while working directly with patient-level claims datasets. |
| Healthcare Analytics Laboratory |
This course applies data-driven analytics and insights to identify and create healthcare delivery efficiencies, while working in teams on real-world improvement projects with prominent healthcare institutions. |
| Global Health and Social Policy |
This course uses case studies and topical events to emphasize specific health challenges facing populations in low resource settings (here in the US and globally) and the large-scale social, political, and economic forces that contribute to them. |
| Health Economics |
This course applies theoretical and empirical tools of microeconomics to the study of health insurance and the healthcare sector. The course covers topics including the demand for healthcare, design and financing of health insurance, role of competition in the healthcare market, sources of technological change in the sector, and effects of government regulations. |
To see more Booth MBA courses, visit our course catalog.
MBA Concentrations At Booth You Can Consider
Our flexible curriculum gives you the freedom to focus your MBA experience on a specific area of interest. Earning an MBA concentration gives you deep knowledge in a given field and sets you up for success in your career. Concentrations are available to Full-Time, Evening, and Weekend MBA students.
Several of our concentrations are of particular interest to students planning to pursue careers in healthcare. You can also earn a certificate in health administration studies from the University of Chicago through our Graduate Program In Health Administration and Policy (GPHAP).
Healthcare
Become a transformative leader in healthcare with the insight and skills gained through focused study at Booth.
Healthcare
Entrepreneurship
Build the practical tools and experiences you need to start your own business or embark on a career in private equity or venture capital.
Entrepreneurship
Operations Management
Learn to maximize value by managing resources effectively. This concentration gives you the strategic vision to operationalize any business.
Operations Management
MBA Student Groups in Healthcare
Joining a student-led group is an excellent way to add to your MBA journey. You will make connections, expand your community, and learn more about careers in a field of interest. Booth has a significant number of student groups, including some that are specifically focused on healthcare.
Designed for Full-Time MBA students, this group fosters connections in the healthcare industry and sponsors events such as an annual Health Care Conference and Lunch and Learn with industry leaders.
The Healthcare Club brings together Part-Time MBA students who are interested in business functions, trends, and careers in the healthcare sector. The club regularly hosts panel discussions and other events to provide insights and facilitate networking.
Join a Full-Time MBA Group
Get involved, develop new skills, and meet new people in a wide array of student-led groups.
Join a Full-Time MBA Group
Explore Part-Time MBA Student Groups
Pursue your interests and expand your network by joining a student-led group for Part-Time MBA students.
Explore Part-Time MBA Student GroupsDiscover Student Stories
Booth’s Healthcare Initiative
Current MBA student Matt Goldstein sits down for a Q&A with Matt Notowidigdo, co-director of the Healthcare Initiative and professor of economics.
Booth’s Healthcare Initiative
Spotlight on Student Clubs at Chicago Booth: Health Care Group
Current student Dylan Geary, co-chair of Health Care Group, what it’s like to be part of this student group.
Spotlight on Student Clubs at Chicago Booth: Health Care Group
Choose Your Path to Success
Tell us about yourself, and we will show you the value of a Booth education.
Discover Alumni Outcomes
Our alumni are working in healthcare all over the world—bringing medical care to the underserved, consulting on hospital operations, and funding startup ventures in the healthcare space.
Inclusive Health Care
Through the Polsky Accelerator program, two entrepreneurs are growing their startup to improve health-care access and quality for the LGBTQ+ community.
Inclusive Health Care
Catching Up With Mack Mazeski, '20
Booth alumnus and co-founder of DxTx Pain and Spine, Mack Mazeski, elaborates on his successful career outcomes in the healthcare industry, including recognition in Forbes 30 Under 30 list.
Catching Up With Mack Mazeski, '20Dig into Our Employment Reports
Booth alumni are pursuing careers in everything from biotech and life sciences to medical devices and healthtech. Explore our Employment Reports to see where they’re creating impact.
Booth Research Centers in This Area
Several of Booth’s research centers provide opportunities for future healthcare leaders to examine current issues in the field, connect with students and faculty, and explore a variety of careers.
Healthcare Initiative
The Healthcare Initiative serves as a center of gravity for the diverse disciplines that engage in healthcare research at Booth and across the university.
Healthcare Initiative
Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
The Polsky Center bridges the gap between knowledge and practice, idea and action, and research and impact through education, partnerships, and new venture creation.
Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
The Rustandy Center for Social Sector Innovation
Booth’s social impact hub harnesses the power of business to make the world more sustainable and equitable.
The Rustandy Center for Social Sector InnovationFaculty Research in Healthcare
Our faculty conduct transformative research on topics ranging from drug regulation and medical innovation to hospital quality ratings and resource allocation. Our research publication, Chicago Booth Review, captures their insights.
Is Health-Care M&A Hurting Patients?
When providers change ownership, patient health hangs in the balance—but there may be a prescription to address some of the problems associated with consolidation.
Is Health-Care M&A Hurting Patients?
New Competition Can Be the Best Antitrust Medicine
Research suggests that market dynamics can play an important role in undermining long-running collusion.
New Competition Can Be the Best Antitrust Medicine
Line of Inquiry: Devin G. Pope on How a Cold Day Can Make Doctors Prescribe More Medicine
Small factors make a big difference for medical decisions.
Line of Inquiry: Devin G. Pope on How a Cold Day Can Make Doctors Prescribe More MedicineLeverage Resources Across the University
You benefit from collaboration across the entire UChicago ecosystem (including the Med School, Law School, and Public Policy School) with healthcare-focused offerings spanning systems, service operations, delivery, law, policy, and more.
Some students also earn a certificate in US or Global Health tracks through the Graduate Program in Health Administration and Policy, while others use Booth's flexibility to explore electives across the University.
Public Policy courses, like Health Economics and Public Policy, analyze demand for health and medical, and consequences of public and private insurance, as well as supply of medical care, finance, and the consequences of technological changes in medicine.
Science courses, like Introduction to Biomedical Informatics, cover the fundamentals of informatics as it applies to healthcare and research; using clinical data for research; coding, security, and privacy; and human-computer interaction, among other things.
Law courses, like Health Law and Public Policy, explore various policies that underlie regulation of the provision of healthcare in the United States, including government programs, managed care organizations, and issues with the behavior of physicians, hospitals, and nursing homes.
MBA/MS in Biomedical Sciences
Business expertise with foundational knowledge in biomedicine will equip you to become a leader and innovator in the healthcare industry.
MBA/MS in Biomedical Sciences
Healthcare
Become a transformative leader in healthcare with the insight and skills gained through focused study at Booth.
HealthcareEngage Further with Us
MBA Life at Chicago Booth
See how the student experience comes to life for MBA students at Chicago Booth, and read about how our alumni are creating impact across the globe.
MBA Life at Chicago Booth
Admissions
We take a holistic approach to admissions at Chicago Booth. Explore the admissions process for MBA, PhD, and other Booth programs.
Admissions
Full-Time MBA Program
The Full-Time MBA Program provides you with freedom: academic freedom, freedom to take risks, and freedom to define your impact in the world.
Full-Time MBA Program
Part-Time MBA Programs
Our top-ranked Evening MBA and Weekend MBA Programs accommodate the schedules and lifestyles of working, goal-oriented professionals.
Part-Time MBA Programs