The courses and learning opportunities available to students are designed to provide them with the information and skills needed to understand administrative and policy making issues in the public and private health sectors. The faculty works in the areas of economic analysis of health systems, local and state health department administration, state and county public health policy, as well as management of public health agencies and private organizations in the United States and abroad. This concentration is directed by the School of Health Administration and Policy in the College of Business at Arizona State University, in cooperation with the University of Arizona. Students may complete the program on a full or part-time basis. While students may choose to reside in either the Phoenix or Tucson metropolitan areas, a number of the required concentration courses are offered in Phoenix only, requiring some level of commuting for students who reside in Tucson.
Students complete the program in no more than four academic years from the point of matriculation.