MHI Healthcare Innovation at Arizona State University

Programme overview

The fully online Master of Health Care Innovation program prepares you to build and sustain cultures of innovation. You learn from multiple perspectives: personal competence for innovation, use of evidence in decision-making, remodeling system infrastructures, financing, communication and policymaking. You study change theory, leadership, entrepreneurship, technology and system design, and you develop competence in the design, application and testing of innovative processes and products.

What you will study

34 credit hours including the required capstone course (HCI 563) Required Core (5 credit hours) HCI 538 Innovation and the Individual (3) HCI 561 Innovation Methods (2) Electives (6 credit hours) Other Requirements (18 credit hours) HCI 540 Understanding and Applying Principles of Evidence-Based Practice (3) HCI 542 Systems Thinking in a Complex Environment (3) HCI 544 Information Technology (IT) for Health Care Innovation (3) HCI 548 Advanced Principles and Concepts of Innovation (3) HCI 550 Health Care Policy and Innovation (3) HCI 552 Financing for Innovation (3) Culminating Experience (5 credit hours) HCI 563 Capstone: Final Innovation Project (5)

Career pathways

Graduates are equipped to drive change and innovation in the evolving health care industry. Career examples: health administration, health care consultants, health information technicians, health technologists, medical and health service managers.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Applicants must fulfill the requirements of both the Graduate College and the Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation. Applicants are eligible to apply to the program if they have earned a bachelor's or master's degree from a nationally recognized, regionally accredited academic institution. Applicants must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.00 (scale is 4.00 = "A") in the last 60 hours of their first bachelor's degree program, or applicants must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.00 (scale is 4.00 = "A") in an applicable master's degree program. All applicants must submit graduate admission application and application fee official transcripts current resume proof of English proficiency Additional Application Information An applicant whose native language is not English must provide proof of English proficiency regardless of their current residency.

Domestic applicants: USD 13,327 a year (2026-27). Arizona resident tuition. Tuition only for the graduate on-campus (Tempe/Downtown Phoenix/Polytechnic/West Valley) rate band in the ASU tuition estimator, 2026-27: Fall 2026 plus Spring 2027 term tuition summed (full-time flat rate; part-time credit loads Source

International applicants: USD 24,780 a year (2026-27). International tuition. Tuition only for the graduate on-campus (Tempe/Downtown Phoenix/Polytechnic/West Valley) rate band in the ASU tuition estimator, 2026-27: Fall 2026 plus Spring 2027 term tuition summed (full-time flat rate; part-time credit loads ar Source

Entry terms: Fall, Spring and Summer; the terms available for each programme are listed in Degree Search.

Graduate application deadlines are set by each programme office and listed in Degree Search; the application opens almost a year before the start term. The nonrefundable application fee is $75 for U.S. citizens, permanent residents, DACA and international online students outside the U.S., and $120 for international students on a nonimmigrant visa studying in the U.S. Apply with ASU's graduate application (Law applicants use the law college's site); GRE/GMAT requirements vary by programme.

Apply through the official page: https://admission.asu.edu/apply/graduate/admission

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