Whether you'd like to advance in your current role or embark on a new path, our online B.P.S. gives you the leadership and management skills you need to stand out. Apply your professional studies degree to jobs in education, finance, healthcare, manufacturing, retail, technology services and more. With your professional studies degree, job opportunities are diverse and rewarding.
Management occupations in the U.S. are growing faster than the average for other occupations, and this growth will add over a million job openings per year from 2022 to 2032.1 Winthrop's B.P.S. program prepares you to take advantage of this growth through career-ready skills. Target your ideal leadership position with a concentration in Organizational Leadership or Organizational Operations.
With concentrations in Health Informatics and Community and Health Services, the professional studies degree program can also start your journey toward healthcare management or administration jobs, which are growing much faster than average. About 54,700 new jobs for medical and health services managers are projected each year, on average, from 2022 to 2032.2 As electronic health records continue to rise in popularity, so will the demand for managers with health informatics expertise.
Choose a Concentration That Aligns With Your Career Goals
The online B.P.S. offers four concentrations:
- Community and Health Services: Develop community health, nutrition, and healthcare management knowledge and skills. Prepare to become a medical and health services manager, healthcare administrator or practice manager
- Health Informatics: Analyze and evaluate how data-driven solutions are utilized in healthcare systems. Explore clinical decision support, arrangement of care, patient privacy, medical record-keeping and more. You could become a health informaticist, health informatics specialist or medical records specialist
- Organizational Leadership: Cultivate ethical leadership practices as you learn to enhance talent and retention. You'll also develop coaching and mentoring skills. This concentration can lead to a role as a human resource professional, management consultant, nonprofit manager, general manager and more
- Organizational Operations: Analyze the role that operations, inventory, data analytics and supply chain processes play in providing economic and financial value to an organization. Become a supply chain manager, operations manager, project manager, logistics manager or production manager
The Value of a Bachelor's Degree
On average, individuals who possess a bachelor's degree will earn significantly higher income over their lifetimes.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that, in 2022, individuals with a bachelor's degree were earning a median weekly pay of $1,432; Those without a college degree but some college experience earned a median weekly pay of $935 or under.3
Careers You Could Pursue
The B.P.S. program provides a broad background in leadership to prepare you for a variety of roles, such as:
- Business analyst
- Healthcare administrator
- Health informatics specialist
- Human resource professional
- Management analyst or consultant
- Medical records specialist
- Nonprofit manager
- Office manager
- Operations manager
- Practice manager
- Project manager
- Quality analyst
- Supply chain manager
Gain the knowledge you need to advance your career with an online B.P.S. from Winthrop University. Contact a program manager toll-free at 833/257-1704 to learn more or request more information today.
1Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor. Occupational Outlook Handbook. "Management Occupations." April 17, 2024. Retrieved July 10, 2024, from https://www.bls.gov/ooh/Management/home.htm
2Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor. Occupational Outlook Handbook. "Medical and Health Services Managers." April 17, 2024. Retrieved July 5, 2024, from https://www.bls.gov/ooh/management/medical-and-health-services-managers.htm
3Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor. "Data on Display: Education Pays, 2022." May 2023. Retrieved July 30, 2024, from https://www.bls.gov/careeroutlook/2023/data-on-display/education-pays.htm
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