Master's Programs

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

Eligibility:  Any academic unit providing a degree at the masters 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 Graduate Members of AUPHA receive the following benefits and services:

• Access to member-only information on the AUPHA website and Network, including teaching tools
• HAMPCAS (centralized grad program application) participation for all graduate program members
• AUPHA Directory of Programs Listing
• AUPHA Directory of Programs access for to all member faculty
• Journal of Health Administration Education subscription to all member faculty
• Right to establish an Upsilon Phi Delta Chapter
• Winston Scholarship eligibility for all students
• 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 website
• 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 in healthcare management at the bachelors or masters level in a regionally accredited university that has made a commitment to stand for CAHME Accreditation within 8 years of acceptance into Associate Graduate Candidate Membership. Programs will be required to submit a statement of progress toward the goal of accreditation each year in order to maintain Associate Graduate Candidate status.

Associate Graduate Candidate Member Benefits:

In addition to all of the benefits offered to Associate Program Members, Associate Candidate Members also have the following benefits:

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

Eligibility:  Masters degree programs that are accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education may be Full Graduate Members of AUPHA. Full Graduate Program Member Benefits:

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

• McGaw Scholarship Allocation
• David A. Winston Fellowship Eligibility
• Bugbee Falk Book Award Eligibility
• Thompson Prize Eligibility
• Filerman Prize Eligibility
• HCA Corris Boyd Scholarship Eligibility for all incoming minority students (Graduate Programs)
• Right to use of AUPHA Logo on printed and online materials
• Additional faculty included in base dues (see below)
• 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: