The Best Master's in Healthcare Administration in New York for 2026

NYU Wagner's Online MHA is a CAHME-accredited, part-time program built for working professionals, with no GRE or GMAT required for admission. Instruction runs through weekly live virtual sessions with faculty who hold senior management backgrounds at major healthcare systems and agencies, and the otherwise remote format requires an in-person immersion in New York City.

NYU's Hakia Score of 93.3 puts it fourth in this ranking, close behind Stony Brook. Its 88% graduation rate sits between Stony Brook's 76% and the mid-90s marks at Columbia and Cornell, and its 9% admit rate matches Cornell's, meaning NYU is just as selective as a residential Ivy League program despite the online delivery. Tuition is $62,796 flat, lower than Columbia's $66,722 and Cornell's $68,380, the only other private programs ranked among the top four here, though still well above Stony Brook's in-state rate. NYU fits a working professional who wants a CAHME-accredited credential and a New York City network without relocating full time, and who does not want to submit GRE or GMAT scores as part of the application.

Fordham's M.S. in Health Administration runs through the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences as a CAHME-accredited, one-year, accelerated-style program: 14 courses and 31 credits, with biweekly weekend classes held at the Lincoln Center campus in midtown Manhattan. Students study full-time within a cohort model, work through a yearlong case study project, and draw on the school's Global Healthcare Innovation Management Center, directed by Falguni Sen, for applied research in finance, operations, and health law.

The program carries a Hakia Score of 89, built on an 82% graduation rate and a 59% admit rate. Tuition runs $62,990 for every student, in-state or out, since Fordham charges one rate regardless of residency. Enrollment across the university sits at 16,150. The one-year, full-time-only structure suits someone who can step away from a job for twelve months and commute to or live near Manhattan; there is no part-time or fully online track on offer here.

The University of Rochester's Leadership in Health Care Systems program, housed in the School of Nursing, is a 31-credit hybrid-online master's built for working healthcare professionals. Coursework runs in the evenings, in person or online, and students can finish part-time in as little as five semesters. The curriculum centers on managing interdisciplinary teams within complex health systems, and it closes with a capstone project plus a mentored field placement alongside healthcare leaders across Western New York.

Rochester earns a Hakia Score of 87 on an 85% graduation rate and a 40% admit rate. Tuition is $65,870 for every student regardless of residency, though still below Cornell's $68,380 and Columbia's $66,722, against an enrollment of 11,946. The hybrid, evening-and-online format and five-semester part-time pace make this the pick for someone already working in healthcare who needs to keep a paycheck while studying, not someone looking for the fastest or cheapest route to the degree.

Hofstra University's Master of Health Administration is a 48-credit program students can complete on the Hempstead, Long Island campus or entirely online. The residential track is CAHME-accredited and pairs coursework with field-based experience, taught largely by practicing health service leaders; students get a faculty advisor and can move between full-time and part-time status, finishing in as little as two years. The online track runs asynchronously, with weekly recorded lectures, readings, and activities that students complete on their own schedule.

Hofstra's Hakia Score of 85.4 rests on a 69% graduation rate and a 68% admit rate, which ties Monroe for the second-most accessible in this ranking, behind only Clarkson's 77%. Tuition is $56,545 for all students, roughly $6,400 less than Fordham and over $9,300 less than Rochester, with enrollment at 10,685. The choice between an accredited in-person format and a fully online, asynchronous one makes this the flexible option for applicants who need to work around a job or location, though its 69% graduation rate is the second-lowest in this ranking, ahead of only Monroe's 57%.

Touro University's Graduate School of Business offers an MS in Healthcare Management, built to prepare students to manage both patient outcomes and organizational performance as healthcare costs and complexity keep rising. Touro's own program page is thin on details like credit count or format, but the school positions the degree around the operational and financial skills healthcare organizations need from their managers.

The program holds a Hakia Score of 85.2 on a 72% graduation rate and a 61% admit rate. Where it separates itself is cost: $19,472 in tuition against $56,545 at Hofstra, $62,990 at Fordham, and $65,870 at Rochester, a savings of roughly $37,000 to $46,000 depending on the comparison. Enrollment sits at 11,937. That price gap makes Touro the value play for a cost-conscious applicant willing to accept less published detail about the program's structure in exchange for a master's that costs a fraction of its New York peers.

Excelsior University's Master of Science in Health Care Administration is a 36-credit, fully online program built around 24 credits of core leadership coursework, including an Ethical Leadership course aimed at building data-driven decision-making skills for hospital, outpatient, and population-health settings. Applicants can transfer in up to 18 credits and the program does not require the GRE, two features aimed at working professionals already in the field. As of this profile, however, Excelsior's own program page states the MS in Health Care Administration is closed to new admissions; the school is steering prospective students toward its MS in Health Sciences with a Management concentration or its MBA with a Health Care Management concentration instead.

Excelsior earns a Hakia Score of 83.1, the basis for its rank among New York's best master's in healthcare administration programs for 2026, and it serves one of the largest student bodies on this list at 12,941 total enrollment, a scale that reflects its role as a large, adult-focused online university rather than a traditional campus program. No graduation rate, admit rate, or published tuition figure was available for this program at the time of scraping. Given the admissions closure, this profile is most useful for readers comparing Excelsior's broader online health-related credentials, or benchmarking against its sister MS in Health Sciences and health-care-focused MBA tracks.

Clarkson University offers its healthcare focus as an MBA in Healthcare Management through the David D. Reh School of Business rather than a standalone MHA, pairing a full business-administration core with health-sector coursework. The program's defining feature, per its own page, is dual accreditation: it is the only program in the Reh School accredited by both the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) and the Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education (CAHME). Clarkson notes that CAHME accreditation opens access to postgraduate administrative fellowships at some of the nation's top healthcare systems.

The numbers describe a highly accessible, mid-cost private program: a 75% graduation rate and a 77% admit rate, the highest of any program in this ranking, alongside flat tuition of $58,058 that applies whether a student is a New York resident or coming from out of state, a common trait of private universities. Clarkson's Hakia Score of 81.6 places it just behind Excelsior in this ranking of New York's best healthcare administration master's programs for 2026. With enrollment of 3,348 across the university, Clarkson runs smaller and more residential than the online-first schools on this list, making it a fit for students who want a traditional MBA credential with a health-sector concentration and dual programmatic accreditation, rather than a pure MHA.

Monroe University's MS in Health Care Administration runs through its King Graduate School in the Bronx, with online and hybrid study options built for students working while they finish the degree. The curriculum covers health care policy, law, and regulations, health care economics, research methods in health care, marketing and strategic planning, and health care information systems, taught by faculty the school describes as practicing leaders in the field. Monroe's page leans on the school's New York City location and its relationships with top-ranking medical facilities in the city as a placement and networking advantage, and it cites BLS projections of 28% growth for medical and health services manager roles, more than double the growth rate the school cites for the broader healthcare sector.

Monroe posts a 57% graduation rate and a 68% admit rate, figures that trail Clarkson's, and its Hakia Score of 80.6 is the lowest in this ranking of 11 New York programs, though still within reach of Clarkson's 81.6 just above it. The tradeoff is cost: tuition is flat at $16,344 whether a student is in-state or out-of-state, a fraction of Clarkson's $58,058, since Monroe is a private for-profit institution priced below most other programs in this ranking, trailing only Stony Brook's $7,070 in-state rate among schools with published tuition.