Personalized Placement

Our track record for placement of emerging leaders is excellent. In the last 10 years, 100 percent of our full-time, domestic students received fellowships or employment in April of their graduating year. We also provide help to participants in the part-time MHA for Working Professionals program who are seeking to advance in their professions.

Students are able to participate in:

• communications skills seminars;
• resumé development;
• videotaped mock interviews;
• mentoring program;
• professional conferences;
• networking with alumni;
• skill assessment and development;
• individual career counseling

Students in the full-time program begin placement activities when they enroll for their first semester of study. During fall semester of the first year, students attend a communications skills seminar, have individual resumé critiques, are matched with an alumni mentor, travel to professional conferences, and attend social functions with healthcare leaders.

During spring semester, full-time students begin to participate in the Leadership Edge, a program designed to help students assess their professional strengths and areas for development, formulate a professional development plan, and meet one-on-one with a professional coach.

Students begin their search for a fellowship or job upon their return from their summer residency. By this time, they have met individually with an executive coach to get feedback on the kinds of organizations where they are likely to be successful. Most students seek a one or two year fellowship opportunity following graduation to bridge the gap between being a student and becoming a junior executive. We solicit fellowship opportunities from our alumni on a national basis. Fellowships provide a guided experience for students to strengthen their management and leadership skills. Fellows work under the guidance of senior-level executives. Most fellowships lead to a permanent position in the organization.

The average salary in 2007 for administrative fellowships at graduation was $55,287; the average salary for jobs at graduation was $77,613.

See a list of administrative fellowships and employment placements for the MHA Class of 2007.

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