Bachelor's Programs

There are three levels of membership in AUPHA available to Bachelor Programs in Healthcare Management / Administration wishing to access the benefits of AUPHA membership.  

Eligibility:  Any academic unit providing a degree at the bachelors level in healthcare management in a regionally accredited university. Any program / university campus / academic unit in the US or abroad may qualify for membership.

Associate Program Members of AUPHA receive the following benefits and services:

• Access to member-only information on the AUPHA Web site and Network, including teaching tools
• AUPHA Directory of Programs listing
• AUPHA Directory of Programs access for all member faculty
• Journal of Health Administration Education subscription to all member faculty
• Right to establish an Upsilon Phi Delta Chapter
• AUPHA Exchange subscription to all member faculty/staff
• AUPHA Network access to all member faculty and profile for each
• Access to the Studer Group partner-only resources via the AUPHA Partner Web site
• Discount for various partner publications and affiliated publications
• Meeting discount for all member faculty/staff
• Complimentary access to most AUPHA webinars for all member faculty/staff
• AUPHA publication discount for all member faculty/staff
• Employment advertising discount
• One complimentary set per year of AUPHA Program Director mailing labels

Eligibility:  Any academic unit providing a degree at the bachelors level in healthcare management in a regionally accredited university that has made a commitment to stand for AUPHA certification within 8 years of acceptance into Associate Undergraduate Candidate Membership. Programs will be required to submit a statement of progress toward the goal of certification each year in order to maintain Associate Undergraduate Candidate status.

Benefits:

In addition to all of the benefits offered to Associate Program Members, Associate Candidate Members

• David A. Winston Fellowship eligibility for all graduate students in university

Eligibility:  Bachelor degree programs that are certified by the Association of University Programs in Health Administration may be Full Certified Undergraduate Members of AUPHA.

Benefits:

In addition to all of the benefits offered to Associate Program Members, Full Undergraduate Program Members of AUPHA receive the following benefits and services:

• Bugbee Falk Book Award eligibility
• Thompson Prize eligibility
• Filerman Prize eligibility
• McGaw Scholarship allocation
• Right to use of AUPHA logo on printed and online materials
• Board of Directors eligibility for all member faculty
• One business meeting vote

Dues rates are based upon the type of membership and the number of students enrolled. Dues rates are as follows: