Redefine your career.
Reshape healthcare.
Accelerate your career in less than a year with an Executive MBA that combines online with on-campus learning.
Program Overview
We empower professionals like you to drive innovation and change in their organizations and within the healthcare industry. An Executive MBA – Healthcare Leadership from the University of Tennessee Knoxville’s Haslam College of Business develops leaders equipped with the business acumen and skills to be trailblazers in a new era of healthcare. This year-long program offers you the following:
Immediate Application. Through in-person and online learning sessions coupled with assignments, you will gain knowledge quickly and apply it immediately within your organization.
Hybrid Model. The one-year program* combines distance learning with four residence periods to include on-campus sessions in addition to one in Washington D.C. for a total of four weeks in person.
*Varies based on the number of credits taken each semester.
Residency Periods for 2025.
RP1: January 18-26, 2025 (Optional Excel Boot Camp 1/17/2025)
RP2: April 2-4, 2025 (Washington, DC) and April 26-30, 2025 (Knoxville)
RP3: August 2-9, 2025
RP4: December 4-13, 2025 (Graduation Date: 12/13/2025)
Leadership Development. An executive coach will empower you to create and implement a leadership development plan for a truly transformational experience. You will gain a clear understanding of your own personal leadership style through personal assessments, 360-degree feedback, group exercises and role playing.
Networking Opportunities. Broaden your network with classmates and alumni from the industry and around the world. Look to these instant connections as a resource for ideas and new perspectives.
Rankings
#1
Largest Among U.S. Public Institutions
Modern Healthcare, 2021
#2
U.S. Public Institution for Alumni Satisfaction
Financial Times, 2021
#1
Worldwide in Custom Executive Education Facilities & Program Support
Financial Times, 2020
Class Profile
Our EMBA – Healthcare Leadership is shaped by our students who bring real-world experience to the classroom and arrive ready to discuss and address the challenges they face on a day-to-day basis in the healthcare environment. To maintain a supportive learning environment and allow for close faculty connections, our program consists of a maximum of 30 students from across the industry and around the world. Below is a snapshot of a typical class profile.
- Typical years of experience between 6 and 30
- Age range of 28 to 59
- Salary ranges from $69,000 to $450,000
A One Year Investment. A Lifetime of Dividends.
Transformational Change
Fundamentally change your approach in thought and leadership with a broader understanding of the business of healthcare and its intersection with policy.
Expanded Network
Gain a valuable, diversified network of connections with classmates, alumni and faculty who will prove to be an integral asset throughout your career. You will find these mutually beneficial relationships to be foundational in your long-term success.
Career Growth
In addition to earning an Executive MBA degree, you will gain a more well-rounded understanding and appreciation of healthcare, driving industry and organizational change through confidence in new ideas.
Frequently Asked Questions
The Executive MBA – Healthcare Leadership program takes just under one year to complete and requires that you be on campus 9 days once a quarter. We utilize the weekends around a work week to maximize our time with you and minimize your time away from work.
No. The GRE/GMAT is not required to apply. Email our team or call 865-357-8957 for further information on admission requirements.
No, our Executive MBA – Healthcare Leadership program attracts students from across the country and around the world. This provides a rich learning environment when you hear colleagues voice their unique organizational challenges and regional influences. The internationally based cohort provides students with a comprehensive picture of the current state of healthcare in the United States and around the world.
The Executive MBA – Healthcare Leadership program employs a mix of in-person and online activities designed for working healthcare professionals. There are four residence periods that include three sessions on the University of Tennessee, Knoxville campus and one healthcare policy immersion trip to Washington, D.C. Students participate in online distance learning sessions for two hours approximately 2 to 3 times a month, scheduled during evening hours.
Residency Periods for 2025.
RP1: January 18-26, 2025 (Optional Excel Boot Camp 1/17/2025)
RP2: April 2-4, 2025 (Washington, DC) and April 26-30, 2025 (Knoxville)
RP3: August 2-9, 2025
RP4: December 4-13, 2025 (Graduation Date: 12/13/2025)
You will receive a Master of Business Administration.
The Executive MBA – Healthcare Leadership program does not have concentrations; however, you have the ability to individually customize your experience through the Organizational Action Project by choosing an area of interest upon which to focus your project. You will also have the opportunity to customize the leadership development component of the program to adapt to and address your particular needs and career goals.
Yes. There are federal student loans and other need-based financial aid for eligible graduate students.