Health Administration (MHA)

• Resume
  • Education
  • Work experience
  • Honors and/or memberships in school, profession and service organizations
• Letter of intent
  • 2-3 page personal statement
  • Describe reasons for seeking degree in Health Administration;
  • Career objectives;
  • Any other information you feel is pertinent to your admissions
• Two letters of recommendation
• GRE Waiver Option 
  • Applicants that feel they qualify for one of the waiver options below will need to email the Graduate Program Director at applymha@unf.edu with a statement identifying how you qualify for a GRE waiver. If approved for a waiver, the Graduate Program Director will notify the Graduate School.
    • GRE waiver options: 
      • Applicants with an earned bachelor's in a health administration discipline from a US accredited institution with at least a 3.0 GPA in the last 60 credit hours from an accepted institutional accreditor.
      • Students with an earned bachelor's degree with at least a 3.0 GPA in the last 60 credit hours
      • Applicants with an earned advanced degree (defined as a Master Degree at the minimum) from an accepted institutional accreditor.
  • Applicants not qualifying for a GRE waiver may be admitted based upon a composite score consisting of an index formula that includes both the last 60 undergraduate hours GPA, and test score (taken within the last 5 years) from either GRE (minimum of 300) or GMAT (minimum of a 470). Based upon an evaluation of the applicants' transcripts, the UNF MHA Program will determine the accepted student's program of study.  
    • The appropriate formulaic score for admission is as follows:
      • GRE: (200 x GPA) + GRE total score = 900 or higher
      • GMAT: (200 x GPA*) + GMAT total score = 1070 or higher
  • Applicants failing to qualify for admission as defined in the above options may be considered for provisional acceptance by the MHA Program. Provisional acceptances are at the discretion of the MHA Program and are considered after a complete evaluation that may include the following:
    
    • A required interview and any additional information as requested by the MHA Program,
    • Experience in the healthcare industry,
    • An evaluation of the applicants' transcripts,
    • Provisionally admitted MHA students must remain in good academic standing (overall UNF Graduate Program GPA above a 3.00) throughout their course of study at UNF

• A GPA of 3.0 or higher in all work attempted in the last 60 credit hours of undergraduate study

No specific undergraduate major is required. However, applicants are expected to have completed the following courses, or their equivalent:

• Principles of Financial Accounting

• Statistics

All applicants are required to use our online system to create an account and submit an application. The application opens approximately one year in advance and is only good for the term and program in which it is submitted. Applicants who have submitted their application and wish to change their admission term or major/concentration may submit a new application and associated aplpication fee. If you would like to cancel an open application, please contact us.

All applicants must provide transcripts from a U.S. institution accredited by an accepted institutional accreditor or its equivalent from a non-US institution that awarded the bachelor’s degree and master’s degree, if applicable, and transcripts from institutions where any post-baccalaureate and/or graduate credits were earned.

All international transcripts will require a course-by-course evaluation by an approved third-party credential evaluation agency unless a graduate program has established an alternative credential evaluation procedure that is approved by the graduate school. To be accepted, the evaluation must be:

1. Translated to English and be the U.S. equivalent
2. Evaluated course-by-course
3. Include the overall academic GPA
4. Be from an approved third-party accredited evaluation service. Recommended evaluation agencies: 
   • SpanTran. They have created a custom application for UNF that will make sure you select the right kind of evaluation at a discounted rate. You can access their application through the SpanTran Application - UNF Graduate School portal.
   • Josef Silny & Associates, Inc.
   • World Education Services

• The UNF Graduate School cannot request transcripts on an applicants behalf.
• Unofficial transcript copies are accepted for admissions but must clearly state the institution name, student name, course information, terms, grades, and credits. Degree audits are not accepted. Admitted students will be prompted to provide official transcripts. 
• If currently enrolled in courses, an incomplete transcript must be submitted before the posted deadline. 
• Applicants who also have to apply through systems such as ATCAS or PTCAS, must submit separate transcripts to UNF. 
• When requesting college transcripts, please verify with your institution(s) whether or not they are able to submit electronic transcripts in the proper EDI format. Institutions can submit transcripts via e-mail to graduateschool@unf.edu from an approved vendor such as ScriptSafe, Credentials, or Parchment. 
• Former or current UNF students should not request UNF transcripts. After application submission, the UNF requirement will be updated to a "waived" status.
• If prompted to submit official transcripts they must meet the following requirements to be considered official:
  • Must be less than one year old from the date of printing
  • Must be submitted in a sealed envelope from your institution, or emailed through official electronic means.

The immigration processing deadline is for international students who are required to submit documents for immigration processing. It is encouraged to submit all documents for immigration by the dates below. Please direct questions to the International Center.

Fall...........May 1
Spring......October 1
Summer...February 1

According to U.S. immigration regulations, F-1/J-1 students cannot pursue online degree programs, part-time enrollment, or certificate programs. Therefore, the University of North Florida is not allowed to issue F-1/J-1 student immigration documents to these applicants. Immigration documents can only be issued for students who are fully admitted to a full-time, on-campus, in-person, degree-seeking program. Please contact the International Center for more information.

If you have a scholarship which requires you to be enrolled in face-to-face (in-person) classes each semester, contact the Graduate Program Director for more information regarding availability of face-to-face (in-person) classes.

UNF International Center
1 UNF Drive 
Jacksonville , FL 32224-2659 

intlctr@unf.edu

The Affidavit is a legal document which is signed by the sponsor (the person who will be providing the funds) stating the amount of funds that she/he will provide for the educational expenses of the student applicant and then certified by a bank official that the sponsor does have that amount of funds in their account. This form represents an obligation on the part of the sponsor to provide the required amount of funds as indicated on the form. Please review the Estimated Costs of Attendance for International Students to determine the amount of funds needed to be written on the Affidavit.