Career Information
In This Section:
- Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in HPA
- Minor in HPA
- Certificate Program
- Career Information
HPA Major Handbook- Supporting Course List
- Degree Requirements
- Honors Study in HPA
- Honors Students
- Student Activities
- Financial Aid and Tuition
- Penn State Web Application for Undergraduate Students
- About Penn State
- About State College, PA
HPA prepares students for management and policy positions in many settings, including hospitals and health systems, nursing homes, health maintenance organizations, health insurers, physician practices, and state and federal governments. Students have also used their HPA studies to prepare for graduate study in health or business administration, health law, medicine and clinical professions, health services research, and public health.
- Typical job titles include physician office manager, pharmaceutical sales representative, assistant nursing home administrator, information systems manager, reimbursement analyst, patient representative, provider relations assistant, health care consulting associate, and marketing associate.
- The most recent survey of HPA graduates showed that 100% of graduates were employed or in graduate school within three months of completing their degree.
- The median starting salary for new graduates in 2007 was between $40,000 and $49,999.
- The Bureau of Labor Statistics forecasts health service employment will rise by 25% over the next ten years.
- Medical and health services management employment is expected to grow by more than 20% over the next ten years, making it one of the five fastest growing management occupations.
- The Road to 2005: Update on Pennsylvania reports that health care organizations employ nearly 1 million Pennsylvanians, and the health care sector adds 10,000 to 20,000 new jobs in Pennsylvania each year.
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