Admission
The Healthcare Analytics program evaluates applicants using a holistic review process. All components of an application are reviewed prior to making an admission decision. Consideration will be given for appropriate work experience in a health-related field.
All applications should be submitted to Graduate Centralized Service (GradCAS).
Requirements for admission include:
- A bachelor’s degree in science or related fields awarded by a regionally accredited institution.
- A qualifying grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 or better (on a 4-point scale), taken from the highest of the following three possible calculations:
- Completed undergraduate GPA (foreign degrees considered on a case by case basis)
- Completed U.S. graduate degree GPA
- A replacement GPA computed from the most recent 30 semester credit hours of U.S. coursework. This is a one-time calculation based on the transcript and will not be re-calculated in spite of completing additional courses. Applicants without 30 semester credits completed in the U.S. will not qualify for a replacement GPA.
- An evaluation form from two individuals who can reasonably assess the applicant’s ability to successfully complete the program. The letters and evaluations should be completed electronically via GradCAS.
- A personal essay of approximately 300-500 words describing how this program will enhance the applicant’s academic and/or professional career goals.
- Current resume/CV documenting professional experience and educational achievements.
- Official transcripts from all institutions attended sent electronically directly to GradCAS. If you do not list or send official transcripts for all institutions attended, the processing of your application will be delayed.
- Official transcripts from each college/university attended, including an official transcript from any degree-granting institution that specified the date upon which the degree was issued must be sent electronically or by mail directly to GradCAS. Any official transcript sent to the program or the School of Health Professions Admissions and Enrollment department will not be accepted.
- GradCAS only accepts electronic transcripts from the following:
Sending transcripts by mail
- Download a transcript request form after you enter each institution in GradCAS.
- Send the transcript request form to the institution registrar to send transcript by mail to:
GradCAS Transcript Processing Center
P.O. Box 9217
Watertown, MA 02471
Additional Requirements for International Applicants
- English Proficiency Exams – Competitive applicants should achieve or surpass the following scores for the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL):
- 80 for the iBT (preferred)
- 213 for CBT
- 550 for the PBT
- Scores must have been obtained within two years of the application date. This requirement will be waived for applicants who have completed an undergraduate or graduate degree from a regionally accredited institution in the United States.
- In addition to official transcripts, applicants must provide both a transcript evaluation and translation, including a course-by-course evaluation and an overall GPA calculation:
- Sending International Transcripts to GradCAS:
- GradCAS will ONLY accept the evaluation report from the credentialing agency. DO NOT SEND your foreign transcript to GradCAS.
- All other foreign transcript evaluations from the credentialing agency must be sent directly to GradCAS to the following address:
GradCAS Transcript Processing Center
P.O. Box 9217
Watertown, MA 02471
GRE School Code: 5729 TOEFL School Code: B886
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Technical Standards
The essential abilities and skills that candidates and students must possess in order to complete the education and training associated with this program are referred to as technical standards.
1. Software Skills Technical Standard
1.1. Demonstrate advanced level of proficiency in MS Office products such as Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Previous academic or industrial experience in such areas as statistics or computer programming are helpful prerequisites for this program.
2. Observation Skills Technical Standard
2.1. Demonstrate sufficient attention and accuracy in observation skills (visual, auditory and tactile) in the lecture hall, in clinical and educational settings and online. Indicators include, but are not limited to, accurate visualization and discrimination of text, numbers, patterns, graphic illustrations and other imaging texts.
3. Communication Skills Technical Standard
3.1. Demonstrate effective communication skills with professionals of varying cultures, ethnicities and personalities.
3.2. Indicators include, but are not limited to, these examples:
• Clear, efficient and intelligible articulation of spoken English language.
• Legible, efficient and intelligible written English language.
• Accurate and efficient English language reading skills.
• Accurate and efficient, expressive and receptive communication skills.
• Ability to accurately follow directions (oral and written).
4. Critical Reasoning Skills Technical Standard
4.1. Demonstrate critical reasoning skills, including but not limited to intellectual, conceptual, integrative and quantitative abilities. Indicators include, but are not limited to, these examples:
• Demonstrate ability to measure, calculate, reason, analyze, integrate and synthesize information.
• Demonstrate ability to acquire, retain and apply new and learned information.
5. Motor and Sensory Function Technical Standard
5.1. Demonstrate sufficient motor and sensory function.
5.2. Indicators include, but are not limited to, these examples:
• Execute motor movements that demonstrate safety and efficiency in the various learning settings (i.e., classroom, online).
• Physical stamina sufficient to complete online didactic study, which will include prolonged periods of sitting.
6. Behavioral and Social Attributes Technical Standard
6.1. Demonstrate the behavioral and social attributes vital to participation in a graduate-level academic program.
6.2. Indicators include, but are not limited to, these examples:
• Possess the emotional health required for full utilization of mental faculties (judgment, orientation, affect and cognition).
• Ability to develop mature and effective professional relationships with faculty and other members of the educational and healthcare team.
• Possess personal qualities that facilitate effective therapeutic interactions (compassion, empathy, integrity, honesty, benevolence, confidentiality).
• Demonstrate impartial motives, attitudes and values in roles, functions and relationships.
• Ability to monitor and react appropriately to one’s own emotional needs and responses.
• Display appropriate flexibility and adaptability in the face of stress or uncertainty in teaching and learning environments.
• Compliance with standards, policies and practices set forth in the program handbook.
