Extensive Placement Support

Our track record for placement of emerging leaders is excellent. The full-time MHA Program provides unmatched support of its students throughout the fellowship application process and boasts nearly 100% placement of its students by April 1 of their graduating year.

Students 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.

Recent Placements

MHA Class of 2011
34 graduates, 100% graduation rate
   – 27 placed in fellowships
   – 3 placed in jobs
   – 1 placed in military
   – 2 entered medical school
   – 1 entered MPH graduate program

• U.S. Navy, San Diego, Calif.
• Kaiser Permanente, Portland, Ore.
• NuHealth, East Meadow, N.Y.
• Iowa Health, Des Moines, Iowa
• St. Luke’s Health System, Boise, Idaho
• UW Health, Madison, Wis.
• Luther-Midelfort-Mayo Health System, Eau Claire, Wis.
• Allina Hospitals and Clinics, Minneapolis, Minn.
• Avera McKennan, Sioux Falls, S.D.
• Children’s Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Ill.
• Bon Secours Medical Group, Richmond, Va.
• North Memorial Hospital, Robbinsdale, Minn.
• Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa.
• Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.
• St. Alphonsus Medical Group (Trinity Health) Boise, Idaho
• University of Minnesota Physicians, Minneapolis,
• Minn.
• Fairview Health Services, Minneapolis, Minn.
• Children’s Mercy, Kansas City, Mo.
• Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Mass.
• Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, Mo.
• Mercy Health System, Janesville, Wis.
• University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview, Minneapolis, Minn.
• St. Luke’s Health System, Boise, Idaho
• Boston Scientific, St. Paul, Minn.
• Salem Hospital, Portland, Ore.
• Sentara, Norfolk, Va.
• Park Nicollete, St. Louis Park, Minn.
• St. Joseph Health System, Santa Rosa, Calif.
• The Children’s Hospital, Denver, Colo.
• Sutter Health, Northern California
• Stony Brook University Medical Center, New York, N.Y.

MHA Class of 2010
33 graduates, 100% graduate rate
   – 28 placed in fellowships
   – 4 placed in jobs
   – 1 did not seek employment or fellowship

• Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, Minn.
• Allina Hospital & Clinics, Minneapolis, Minn.
• Avera McKennan, Sioux Falls, S.D.
• Bon Secours Health, Richmond, Va.
• CentraCare, St. Cloud, Minn.
• Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn.
• Christus Health System, Shreveport, La.
• HealthEast Care System, St. Paul, Minn.
• HealthPartners, St. Paul, Minn.
• Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, Mich.
• Kaiser Permanente-Northwest, Portland, Ore.
• Legacy Health, Portland, Ore.
• Maple Grove Hospital, Maple Grove, Minn.
• Mercy Health System, Janesville, Wis. (2)
• Orange Regional Medical Center, New York
• Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, Ore.
• Oschner Health System, Baton Rouge, La.
• SMDC Health System, Hospital Division, Duluth, Minn.
• St. Luke’s Episcopal Health System, Houston, Texas (2)
• St. Luke’s Health System, Boise, Idaho
• St. Luke’s Health System, Kansas City, Mo.
• Sutter-Alta Bates, California
• Trinity Health, Boise, Idaho
• University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minn.
• University of Minnesota Physicians, Minneapolis, Minn.
• University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pa.
• Valley Neuroscience Institute, Glendale, Calif.