Health Services
Do you see yourself managing a medical practice for a group of physicians? How about coordinating medical services for a specific clinical area, department, or insurance company? How about working as a healthcare recruiter or educator?
Health services managers, also called health care executives or health care administrators, plan and direct medical and health services across a variety of settings. The health services program in the College of Allied Health Sciences鈥� Department of Allied Health Professions prepares students for a variety of pathways.
果冻传媒 is Georgia鈥檚 Health Sciences Center of Excellence, and we offer an experience like no other. Join us to become tomorrow鈥檚 health care professional today.
Health Services is for you if you consider yourself
Life-Changing
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Education
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Coursework
In the Health Services program, you will learn about health care economics, health care management, issues and challenges to public health, and innovation and technology in health care.
Focal Points
Concentrations
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Pre-Speech Language Pathology
Experience-based Education
Outside the Classroom
The Health Services program offers community engagement opportunities through its Health Services Society and internships.
The required capstone project synthesizes information and experience into a resume-enhancing addition to your portfolio.
Research, internships, and other forms of experiential learning offer opportunities to deepen your knowledge, explore career options, and make meaningful connections with the people who can support your career journey.
Research & Innovation
Whether you're an undergrad or graduate student, you'll have opportunities to create your own research projects or work with faculty to tackle some of the world's most complex and pressing challenges.
Academic Health Center
Academic health centers teach tomorrow's health care professionals, and the only way to do this is to stay on top of the latest treatments and tools for a culture of continuous learning.
Your Future
Career Options
Graduates from the Health Services program can pursue a diverse offering of careers in a variety of different health care settings. They can work in hospitals or in physician practices, with home health agencies or pharmaceutical companies, with insurance companies or with public health agencies
The U.S. Department of Labor projects that job opportunities for medical and health services management will increase by 23% in Georgia and 29% nationwide, with a starting salary around $40,000 and median pay for health managers and health services administrators being $110,680.
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Student Stories
Why Augusta?
As Georgia鈥檚 only academic health center and the state鈥檚 only Health Sciences Center of Excellence, students are exposed to the full spectrum of health care.
The interdisciplinary nature of the program provides a variety of perspectives that can positively inform an individual鈥檚 understanding of the workplace.
Professor, students receive awards at annual convention
果冻传媒 announces 2026 Distinguished Alumni, Outstanding Young Alumni
