DHA Doctor of Health Administration General Health Administration specialization
Career Outcomes & Job Titles
People who choose an online general health administration degree often pursue executive positions in the health care industry.
Potential Employment Settings
- Ambulatory health care service
- Community care facility for the elderly
- Dental office
- Federal government health care facility
- Health care consulting firm
- Health clinic
- Health system
- Home health care service
- Hospital
- Insurance company
- Medical and diagnostic laboratory
- Nursing or residential care facility
- Offices of other health care practitioner
- Outpatient care center
Common Job Titles/Positions*†
- Chief executive officer
- Chief nursing officer
- Chief operations officer
- Clinic manager
- Department or division director
- Department or division manager/supervisor
- Health care consultant
- Health care financial manager
- Health services manager
- Hospital administrator
- Medical records manager
- Mental health program manager
- Nurse manager
- Nursing director
- Office manager
- Program manager
*These examples are intended to serve as a general guide. Many factors determine what position an individual may attain and Capella can't guarantee a graduate will secure any specific job title.
Doctoral degree graduates
Data from graduates across all doctoral programs have been combined for these Career Outcomes results.
Capella University doctoral graduates report satisfaction with salary, benefits, and responsibilities. Half of the graduates surveyed work in higher education and another 12 percent hold positions in the P–12 environment.
Percentage of respondents who answered "satisfied" or "very satisfied"
Source: Responses to the Alumni Outcomes Survey one year after graduation. The data were collected during Q3 2011 – Q2 2012.
Doctoral graduates report receiving salary increases and getting recognition from employers for their Capella degrees. Around half those surveyed have advanced in their careers and just over a third have presented at a professional conference or worked as a consultant.
Percentage of respondents who indicated they had accomplished each item
Source: Responses to the Alumni Outcomes Survey one year after graduation. The data were collected during Q3 2011 – Q2 2012.