The PhD degree in Administration-Health Services is designed to cultivate research skills for the purposes of developing and implementing novel approaches for understanding the delivery of health care services and ways to improve these services.

Graduates of the program are typically employed as:

• Research and teaching faculty in academic settings, most often in Schools of Health Professions, Schools of Public Health, and Schools of Business
• Researchers in academic medical centers or other health care organizations
• Researchers in contract research organizations
• Researchers in government agencies
• Consultants