Health Administration (MHA)

University Requirements

Application and Fee

Prospective students 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 application fee. If you would like to cancel an open application, please contact us.

A $30 (USD) application fee is required regardless of previous enrollment. The application fee is non-refundable and cannot be waived. Undergraduate application fees cannot be used for a graduate application, and vise versa. The application fee must be submitted prior to the review of an application.

Current students who would like to add or change a major, concentration or certificate should submit the Change of Concentration or Major form.

College Transcripts

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 admits must provide official transcripts.

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. 
• Official transcripts must:
  • 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.
• 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.

Where do I send transcripts and test scores?

UNF Graduate School
1 UNF Drive
Jacksonville, FL 32224

graduateschool@unf.edu

GRE: institutional code 5490
GMAT: institutional code CF3QB51

Program Requirements

Specific Requirements

• 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

The UNF MHA Program embraces holistic admission practices by considering multiple sources of information when making an admission decision, including a statement of interest, recommendation letters, academic transcripts and test scores. All admission materials are reviewed and while no one item is determined to be the sole indicator of academic potential, the Committee will focus on the academic rigor of an applicant’s curriculum and their ability to successfully convey that they are prepared for graduate education.

Program Requirements

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

• Principles of Financial Accounting

• Statistics

Applicants who have not completed the required prerequisites may be considered as a provisional acceptance until the prerequisites are complete, no later than the first semester of admittance. Provisional admit applicants who fail to complete their prerequisites will be dismissed from the program.