If you plan on majoring in health services administration, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #219 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 89 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Health Services Administration Schools ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 3,119 degrees in health services administration to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Health Services Administration School
Your choice of health services administration school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Health Services Administration School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Health Services Administration Rankings by Degree Level
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Health Services Administration Schools list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Health Services Administration in the United States
The schools below may not offer all types of health services administration degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer. Only those schools that rank in the top 15% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
Any student who is interested in health services administration has to look into Harvard University. Harvard is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Cambridge. A Best Colleges rank of #6 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Harvard is a great university overall.
There were approximately 13 health services administration students who graduated with this degree at Harvard in the most recent data year.
Every student who is interested in health services administration needs to look into Emory University. Located in the city of Atlanta, Emory is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #28 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Emory is a great university overall.
There were roughly 104 health services administration students who graduated with this degree at Emory in the most recent year we have data available.
It's hard to beat Vanderbilt University if you want to pursue a degree in health services administration. Vanderbilt is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Nashville. A Best Colleges rank of #19 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Vanderbilt is a great university overall.
There were roughly 27 health services administration students who graduated with this degree at Vanderbilt in the most recent data year.
Brown University is a wonderful choice for students pursuing a degree in health services administration. Located in the city of Providence, Brown is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #21 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Brown is a great university overall.
There were approximately 24 health services administration students who graduated with this degree at Brown in the most recent data year.
Boston U is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Boston. A Best Colleges rank of #54 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Boston U is a great university overall.
There were roughly 110 health services administration students who graduated with this degree at Boston U in the most recent year we have data available.
Rutgers New Brunswick is a fairly large public university located in the city of New Brunswick. This university ranks 3rd out of 44 colleges for overall quality in the state of New Jersey.
There were approximately 194 health services administration students who graduated with this degree at Rutgers New Brunswick in the most recent data year.
Tufts is a large private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Medford. A Best Colleges rank of #40 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Tufts is a great university overall.
There were approximately 23 health services administration students who graduated with this degree at Tufts in the most recent data year.
Iowa is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Iowa City. This university ranks 2nd out of 40 colleges for overall quality in the state of Iowa.
There were about 44 health services administration students who graduated with this degree at Iowa in the most recent year we have data available.
Tulane is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of New Orleans. A Best Colleges rank of #78 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Tulane is a great university overall.
There were about 24 health services administration students who graduated with this degree at Tulane in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #44 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Texas A&M College Station is a great university overall.
There were roughly 49 health services administration students who graduated with this degree at Texas A&M College Station in the most recent data year.
UMCP is a fairly large public university located in the large suburb of College Park. A Best Colleges rank of #42 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UMCP is a great university overall.
There were roughly 15 health services administration students who graduated with this degree at UMCP in the most recent data year.
U-M is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor. A Best Colleges rank of #29 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means U-M is a great university overall.
There were approximately 7 health services administration students who graduated with this degree at U-M in the most recent year we have data available.
Here are some additional great schools for Health Services Administration students that almost earned our Best Health Services Administration Schools award.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).