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Program Information
Jonathan McCosh
Professor
School of Business & Social Sciences
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jonathan.mccosh@colby-sawyer.edu
Healthcare Administration Student Achievement
Accreditation Matters
Colby-Sawyer’s Business Administration undergraduate programs, including the Healthcare Administration major, are approved by the Accreditation Council for Business School and Programs (ACBSP) since 2016, ensuring that Colby-Sawyer’s programs provide you with the skills employers want. As a leading specialized accreditation association for business education, ACBSP supports, celebrates and rewards teaching excellence and certifies that the teaching and learning processes within the college’s business programs meet rigorous educational standards.
Key Performance Measures
When choosing an undergraduate healthcare administration program, student comparison data from a variety of programs may help you in the decision process. At Colby-Sawyer, student success is regularly assessed through internship evaluations, learning outcome assessment, and the rate at which students secure jobs or go on to graduate school.
Healthcare Administration Performance Measures Internship Preparation:
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Performance Measure Measurable goal What is your goal? |
What is your measurement instrument or process? (Indicate length of cycle) |
Current Results What are your current results? |
Analysis of Results What did you learn from the results? |
Action Taken or Improvement made What did you improve or what is your next step? |
Insert Graphs or Tables of Resulting Trends |
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Internship sites will state our healthcare administration students are better than those from other institutions with a scope exceeding 4.0 on a 5.0 scale |
End of course surveys Scale: 1=Much better 2=Somewhat better 3=About the same 4=Less prepared 5=Unprepared |
Four Years of Stable Data (there were none in 2021; Data for 2025 not yet available.) |
Students are general well prepared for internships compared to interns from other colleges |
Meets Goal on average for the three years. |  Referenced below |
Graduate Outcomes:
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Performance Measure Measurable goal What is your goal? |
What is your measurement instrument or process? (Indicate length of cycle) |
Current Results What are your current results? |
Analysis of Results What did you learn from the results? |
Action Taken or Improvement made What did you improve or what is your next step? |
Insert Graphs or Tables of Resulting Trends |
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Healthcare Administration graduates employed or in graduate school within six months after graduation will exceed 90% |
Harrington Center for Career and Academic Advising Survey + Faculty Advisor Survey for 2025 Graduates |
Five Years of Stable Data (There were no graduates in 2021, 2022 & 2024) |
All graduates surveyed were either employed full-time or in graduate school. |
Exceeds Target |
 Referenced below |
Graduate School or employed 6 months post-graduation:
HCA
2023 N=2 100% Employed