Robbins Healthcare MBA – About
Why Earn a Robbins Healthcare MBA at Baylor?
Choosing to pursue your MBA is a significant decision. Choosing to specialize in healthcare at Baylor prepares you for a career of impact and service. Here’s why your journey should start here.
A Program That is Nationally Recognized and Accredited
The Robbins Healthcare MBA is nationally recognized for its excellence. We are one of over 140 programs to receive national accreditation by the Commission on the Accreditation for Healthcare Management Education (CAHME), a mark of quality that signals our commitment to the highest standards. Our program is also a designated CAHME Mentorship Circle Program, recognizing our dedication to advancing healthcare management education.
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A Proven Record of Success
Our program outcomes reflect our commitment to your success and the quality of our graduates.
- Completion Rate: 100%
- 90-day Placement Rate: 84%
- 180-day Placement Rate: 84%
Data represents a three-year average. For detailed and up-to-date program outcomes, please visit our CAHME Program Data page.
A Competency-Based Curriculum that Builds Leaders
Our competency-based curriculum is designed to develop you wholistically into a well-rounded leader. Developed and regularly updated by healthcare industry experts, it equips you with both the analytical and interpersonal skills necessary to excel. You will gain mastery in areas essential for modern healthcare leadership, preparing you to navigate complex financial, operational, and ethical challenges. To ensure your comprehensive growth, competencies are assessed throughout the program using both direct and indirect methods. Our methods include self-evaluations, a general healthcare body of knowledge exam, and a comprehensive oral board examination at the program's culmination. This ensures you are fully prepared to lead with confidence and integrity.
Robbins Healthcare MBA Core Competencies
A Program the Delivers Transformative Learning
At Baylor, we believe learning extends far beyond the classroom. The Robbins Healthcare MBA provides a rich landscape of integrative and experiential activities designed to build your competencies, broaden your perspective, and prepare you to lead with confidence.
In your first fall semester, you will participate in a global health immersion experience called Global Opportunities in Leadership Development (GOLD), offered in partnership with the McBride Center for International Business. This journey involves visits with public, private, and governmental healthcare organizations, offering a firsthand look at cross-cultural differences in healthcare delivery, management, and leadership. You also engage in several cultural experiences. Past destinations include San Jose, Costa Rica and Barcelona, Spain.
In your 1st spring semester, you will attend the annual American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) Congress on Healthcare Leadership, the nation’s largest gathering of healthcare executives. This event is an unparalleled opportunity to connect with senior leaders and peers, attend educational sessions led by industry experts, and build your professional network.
Throughout the fall and spring semesters, you will take part in site visits to local healthcare organizations. These visits allow you to gain firsthand insights into operations within a hospital setting as you rotate through different departments. You will translate your observations into a written report and a formal presentation, sharpening your analytical and communication skills.
Put your skills to the test through a series of case competitions. You will participate in the Hankamer School of Business Ethics Case Competition in the fall and an internal healthcare finance case competition in the spring. Selected students also have the opportunity to represent Baylor at national case competitions including the University of Alabama (UAB) Health Administration Case Competition, the Trinity University Healthcare PRISm Pitch Competition, the Business School Alliance for Health Management (BAHM) Case Competition, the Ohio State University First-Year Healthcare Case Competition, and the National Association of Health Services Executives (NAHSE) Case Competition.
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A Program that Supports Your Career
When you join our program, you become part of a powerful and supportive community. Our small cohort size ensures daily, meaningful interactions with faculty who are committed to helping you achieve your professional goals. You'll benefit from our robust network of industry partners, offering exceptional administrative residency opportunities in top-tier organizations across the country. Through the Executive Leadership Speaker Series, you'll engage directly with influential leaders, gaining insights and forging connections that will last a lifetime.
Program Mission
The mission of the Robbins MBA Healthcare Program is to promote the study of healthcare administration guided by the shared mission, Christian commitment, and values of Baylor University and the Hankamer School of Business. In this context, the program will:
- Provide early careerists who possess a passion for serving others with the requisite quantitative and qualitative skills to prepare them for executive positions in health industry organizations.
- Encourage program faculty to engage in scholarly activity, ongoing intellectual development, and community service to support and strengthen their primary responsibility of providing quality teaching.
- Promote professional development activities for students, alumni, faculty, and other program stakeholders.
- Develop a network of dedicated preceptors to provide students with the practical experience required for successful development as executive leaders in the health services industry.
- Contribute to state, regional, and national dialogues on health economics, health policy, and healthcare administration through participation and engagement in national and regional forums such as the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE), the Association of University Programs in Health Administration (AUPHA), the Business School Alliance for Health Management (BAHM), the Texas Hospital Association (THA), and national case competitions.
- Create a culture that fosters the development of strategic alliances and partnerships that further the program's mission. The vision of the Robbins MBA Healthcare Program is to be a reliable source of motivated, committed and highly trained executive leaders for service to the healthcare industry.
Program Vision
The Robbins MBA Healthcare Program aims to become a reliable source of motivated, committed, and highly-trained executive leaders for service to the health services industry. We seek to develop a program that is nationally recognized for the value of its academic preparation, the development of knowledge through quality scholarship, and a commitment to the highest ethical standards as reflected in Christian values.
Core Values
- Excellence
- Integrity
- Leadership
- Stewardship
- Respect
- Service
Ready to Lead with Purpose?
We seek driven early-career professionals and medical school students with a passion for making an impact and serving others. Learn more about what it takes to join our dynamic community. Learn about Admissions
