College of Health Sciences

Are you intrigued by the idea of working in a field related to healthcare or other medical industries?

Do you like to manage important information and keep detailed records? If so, a program in DeVry University's College of Health Sciences could be right for you.

DeVry seeks input from healthcare industry leaders to help build programs designed to produce graduates who can meet staffing needs. Our undergraduate certificate, associate and bachelor’s degree curricula offer you the chance to learn the computer applications and hands-on skills that healthcare employers often require – employers such as hospitals, clinics, research firms and teaching laboratories. Through DeVry’s approach to active, experiential learning, you also have the opportunity to gain the teamwork and problem-solving abilities that can help businesses grow.

Whether you’re interested in becoming a medical coder for a small practice or pursuing an administrator’s role in the health industry at large, read on to explore options for an associate or bachelor’s degree or an online undergraduate certificate from DeVry’s College of Health Sciences.

Whether in a lab, hospital or doctor’s office, employers today are looking for people who are comfortable with technology and have the kind of applied tech skills it takes to navigate the digital mesh we’re all living in – that dynamic interaction of smart machines, information, applications and human beings¹. That’s why at DeVry we created an innovative approach to learning – we call it TechPath. TechPath classes are project-based, technology-infused, and designed to teach you, through real, hands-on experience, how to connect people, processes, data and devices. And to help give you the problem-solving abilities and confidence to take on whatever comes your way.

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Associate Degree

• Health Information Technology: Combine your interests in health and technology with this degree program focused on information technology used in the healthcare industry. Learn how to manage systems and capture digital health information using current coding and chart management software. There are also opportunities for professional practice experience during two practicums.
  

Bachelor's Degree

• Healthcare Administration: Develop your knowledge of healthcare policy and the healthcare industry’s technological landscape as you take courses that teach key business and management concepts as applied in the health services sector. In the healthcare administration program you can study terminology and tools used in the healthcare system. You can also explore core learning areas such as health services finance, policy and information systems.

Healthcare Management Specialization: Gain an understanding of organizational structure, business analysis and other relevant topics to help prepare you for the healthcare management industry.

Undergraduate Certificate

• Medical Billing and Coding: Gain skills healthcare employers seek when searching for medical insurance billers and coders to fill the important role of recording, registering and tracking patient accounts. In this 10-course online undergraduate certificate program, you can learn the language of medical billing and coding with coursework covering health information areas like pharmacology, pathology, procedural terminology and more.

All students enrolled in site-based programs will be required to take some coursework online and, for some programs and locations, a substantial portion of the program may be required to be completed online.

You may also be interested in the following bachelor's degree programs outside the College of Health Sciences to prepare you to be part of the critical healthcare management and technology field.

• Biomedical Engineering Technology
• Health Information Management (Technical Management Program)
• Health Services Management (Business Administration, Management and Technical Management Program)

Explore below to learn why you should choose DeVry University for your health sciences degree program.