Degree opportunities related to health and healthcare

• Take courses that integrate technical tools and focus on skill-building for the health industry. 

• Attend seminars with industry experts and courses that blend theoretical thinking about health with pragmatic applications. 

• Level up core classes through specialized coursework considering health industry aspects such as service delivery, insurance, and analytics. 

• Engage with health-related projects through Olin’s Center for Experiential Learning for real-world experience and assure future employers of readiness for work. 

• Gain a deep understanding of the health industrial context, network creation, and nuanced evaluation of the unique aspects of health. 

• Consider a career in healthcare operations, health insurance firms, healthcare consulting, biotechnology product development, and life science investing. 

• Learn the ways that business theory and practice enhance how patients receive healthcare. 

• Hear from industry experts and scholars about up-to-date and relevant insights to leverage clinical expertise to change healthcare. 

• Engage with like-minded students and faculty around business considerations in healthcare. 

• Study the details of organizational behavior, finance, marketing, and strategy while adding coursework that outlines specific applications of these concepts in healthcare. 

• Focus on MD coursework until a natural point in the curriculum, then pivot to a year spent learning the academic side of business and its practical application.   

• Understand the connectedness of practicing medicine to the broader context of the industry. 

• Appreciate the vast range of healthcare-related business involvement — from entrepreneurship to consulting and administration to quality improvement. 

• Combine the breadth of an Olin business education with the depth offered by training within the School of Public Health. 

• See the potential for connecting social problems with business solutions to impact healthcare positively. 

• Go beyond a robust program in biostatistics, health policy, and health behavior to be exposed to the details of finance, marketing, and organizational science in a way that broadens the perspective of how healthcare can work. 

• Embrace practical learning through both degree programs and be exposed to academic and industry experts who bring to light a wide variety of career options. 

• Build depth of skill in analysis, communications, and strategic thinking. 

• Consider a career in healthcare administration, health insurance, healthcare consulting, life science investing, and public health. 

• Hone analytical skills, work with cutting-edge data science tools, and create far-reaching impact by leading firms to make better decisions that improve health. 

• Serve as data analysts for health insurance companies, business managers for large medical groups, or associate consultants in healthcare-focused firms. 

• Be prepared for a diverse set of jobs by focusing on mathematical modeling and technical skills, with particular attention to the contextual nuance of healthcare.  
• Consider a data-centered career in health insurance companies, government regulators, health systems, or financial firms specializing in health and life sciences. 

Learn more about the MS in Healthcare Analytics.

• Understand the basic framework of managing a business overlaid with contextual nuance relevant to the intricacies of healthcare.  

• Hear from experts in the health field through seminar courses. 

• Learn about the “macro” environment through health economics and policy courses. 

• Develop a deeper sense of the unique specifics of managing healthcare delivery.   

• Beyond simply using health-focused cases in their coursework, students will  

• Engage in conversations with healthcare experts about pragmatic issues specific to the healthcare field. 

• Be prepared for a wide variety of jobs by building skills in analysis, communication (verbal and written), and strategic thinking. 

• Consider a career in investment banking, consulting, and healthcare delivery management, or add extra context to graduate work in medicine, dentistry, and scientific research.   

Learn more about the BSBA in Healthcare Management.