Candidates in booming industries like healthcare, information technology, and finance often require post-secondary education for entry-level jobs. The increased demand from employers for degree-holding professionals is putting new pressure on colleges and universities. Shifts in student demographics, learning technology, complex policy, and public scrutiny are increasing the need for innovative, fiscally responsible leaders who can balance student demands with organizational needs.

Southern New Hampshire University's Master of Science in Higher Education Administration prepares you for the enterprise of higher education and the complex challenges that go along with it. Learn how strategic leadership, a student success culture, and data-driven resource management can advance colleges and universities in the 21st century. These essential skills will prepare you to guide innovation, address institutional needs and shape the higher education conversation.

Learn how to:

- Strategize ways to address challenges in higher ed using research and data

- Evaluate program effectiveness in serving the needs of all students especially those underrepresented

- Assess the relationship between higher education and institutional, local, and national policy

- Use industry standards to guide institutional decisions

- Facilitate effective communication, collaboration, and continuous improvement methods as an institutional leader

- Utilize budgeting and resource allocation skills to fund a school's mission, vision, and strategic goals

Glean deep insight into the history and theory that have shaped higher learning in the U.S. while gaining the know-how to take action confidently with your MS in Higher Education Administration. In this 36-credit master's in higher education administration program, you'll learn the communication, leadership, organization, and technical skills required of today's leaders in higher education.

Some courses may include:

- Contemporary Issues in Higher Education: Examine issues in higher education today. You'll look specifically at changing demographics, technology, and intellectual shifts to understand how they affect the modern student.

- Program Evaluation: Evaluate programs using industry-standard theory and processes. Analyze data to suggest programmatic changes that serve an institution's mission. You'll also dig into basic project management.

- Enrollment Management and Marketing: Learn methods of attracting, admitting, and retaining students as part of the enrollment management process. You'll be exposed to concepts in admissions marketing, admissions outcome prediction, and financial aid's influence on enrollment behavior.

- Budget and Financial Management in Higher Education: Use quantitative data to make business decisions related to financial management. Study tuition and fee revenue models to make informed budgetary decisions.

- Leading Change in Higher Education: Gain skills needed to navigate major internal and external forces while strategically driving change. Apply data, quality improvement principles, and creative problem solving to manage and back up your decisions. More than a best practices degree, this graduate program expands the boundaries of higher education success by teaching students the skills required to make empirical data-based decisions.

"Students will analyze and work with a variety of datasets to derive and infer the effectiveness of education initiatives, draw data-based conclusions and apply research findings to solve real-world problems," said Dr. Kim Salgado, associate dean at SNHU. Our master's in higher education administration program was shaped by people who are passionate about advancing higher education."

SNHU takes its experience as one of the nation's fastest-growing online universities and combines it with insights from other innovative institutions. Institutional oversight, functional area leadership, and management professionals collaborated to create a curriculum that pushes educators to meet student and organizational challenges head-on.

Acceptance decisions are made on a rolling basis throughout the year for our 5 graduate terms. You can apply at any time and get a decision within days of submitting all required materials.

$150 Graduation Fee, Course Materials ($ varies by course)