Capella’s online master’s degree programs are designed to deliver the knowledge, skills, and experience you need to succeed in such fields as:

• Counseling.
• Education.
• Human resource management.
• Human services.
• Information technology
• Leadership.
• Psychology.
• Public safety.

Our accomplished faculty members bring both academic credentials and current experience in their field, providing you with opportunities to benefit from their on-the-job expertise as well as the relevant, rigorous curriculum.

An MBA is a versatile, business-focused degree that can enhance your management capabilities and career advancement opportunities in a variety of corporate, government, education, and nonprofit settings, and within a variety of business functions.

Capella's online MBA features:

• Practical content focused on relevant skills and job-related behaviors critical for success in today's competitive business world.
• Access to a professional coach to help you set and achieve professional goals and transfer courseroom knowledge to the workplace.
• A program designed to be completed in two years when enrolled full-time.

Advance your health care career by earning a master’s degree, the standard credential for most health care leadership positions.

Capella’s online Master of Health Administration (MHA) features:

• A curriculum designed around the National Center for Healthcare Leadership (NCHL) Competency Model™.
• Collaborative, practice-based learning that incorporates industry best practices and the knowledge and skill sets expected by leading health care organizations.
• Simulations, group problem-solving, and real-time coaching sessions to strengthen the collaboration and communication skills needed by health care leaders.
• An assessment at the beginning and end of your program, which helps you focus on skills you can strengthen to improve your success as a health administrator.

Review of this program is pending in AZ, KS, KY, ND, SC, and TN.

Capella's MPA is designed to strengthen both the theoretical knowledge and practical skills you need to be an effective public service leader. It features:

• A curriculum developed around national public administration curriculum standards.
• Participation in a rich, global network of experienced faculty and professional peers.
• A multidisciplinary approach that includes insights from professionals in related fields, such as public safety and health care, who often collaborate with public administrators on complex public challenges.

Capella's online MPH features:

• An in-depth exploration of public health theories and practices.
• A focus on enhancing the communication and collaboration skills you need to develop and implement effective public health programs and actions across professions and within communities.
• A curriculum developed around national public health education standards.

The curriculum covers such areas as:

• Health promotion.
• Injury, disease, and epidemic prevention.
• Environmental hazard identification.
• Disaster response.
• Health management.
• Population-based research.
• Community public health practices.

The curriculum incorporates the Essentials of Master’s Education for Advanced Practice Nursing established by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, with a focus on nursing education.

Topics covered in Capella’s MSN include:

• Advanced nursing concepts, theories, research, and practice.
• Health care policy and regulations.
• Health care information systems and technology.
• Management and leadership in professional nursing practice.
• Ethical and legal standards in health care.