Online Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Analytics

Total credit hours per program: 12 credit hours

Cost per credit hour: $750

Total cost with fees: $9,000

Our Lady of the Lake Health Innovation Scholarship 

Empowering Innovators to Transform Healthcare

 Are you ready to revolutionize healthcare? The Our Lady of the Lake Health Innovation Scholarship supports engineers, IT professionals, and healthcare professionals who are passionate about driving change through analytics and industrial engineering.

About the Scholarship

This opportunity is tailored for professionals pursuing LSU Online’s Healthcare Analytics or Healthcare System Engineering Graduate Certificates. 

Scholarship Benefits

• Financial Support: Covers 50% of the program cost, a $4,500 award for your 12 required credit hours!
• Flexible Completion: Support provided for one calendar year.

Who Can Apply?

This program is designed for professionals looking to impact healthcare innovation:

• Engineers
• Healthcare Professionals
• Information Technology Professionals

 A specific bachelor’s degree in science is not required. All you need is a passion for reshaping the healthcare landscape through advanced skills and knowledge.

How to Apply

Scholarship recipients will be chosen through a competitive application process. To apply, submit the following materials:

1. Interest Summary (1 page):

• • Explain your motivation for pursuing this graduate certificate.
  • Showcase your passion, career aspirations, and how the program aligns with your goals.
  • Clearly state the certificate program you intend to complete

     2. Resume or CV:

• • Provide a detailed overview of your academic background.
  • Highlight your professional accomplishments and relevant experiences that demonstrate your qualifications for this scholarship.

Submit your application package to Dr. Ben Hmida at benhmida@lsu.edu.

Important Tip: Apply early to secure funding and take the next step in advancing your career!

• IE 4362 - Advanced Engineering Statistics 
• IE 7361 - IE Research Methods | Credit Hours: 3
• IE 7429 - Analytics and Data Science | Credit Hours: 3
• ISDS 7301 - Analytics | Credit Hours: 3

The below course can be used as a substitute if an applicant has credit in ISDS 7301:

• ISDS 7302 – Predictive Analytics | Credit Hours: 3

The below course can be used as a substitute if an applicant has credit in IE 4362:

• IE 4120 – Healthcare Engineering | Credit Hours: 3

Total: 12 Credits

Although there are no restrictions regarding the major area of study pursued in the baccalaureate program, graduates of curricula outside the program area will be required to satisfy prerequisite requirements in the program area. This prerequisite work will not carry graduate credit but is intended to satisfy deficiencies. 

• Bachelor's degree from a regionally-accredited college or university or the equivalent from a foreign institution
• At least a 2.80 (on a 4.0 scale) GPA overall in their undergraduate courses and in any graduate work already completed
• Official transcripts of all previous college or university work
• Three letters of recommendation
• Professional resume
• Personal statement

Additional information about LSU Graduate admission requirements are located here.

• Business Intelligence Analyst
• Clinical Analyst
• IT Analyst
• Medical Manager
• Health Services Manager
• Computer and Information Research Scientists
• Computer and Information Systems Managers
• Computer Systems Analysts
• Data Scientist
• Data Solutions Architect
• Database Systems Administrators
• Health Informatics Data Analyst
• Healthcare Analytics Manager
• Healthcare Economist
• Information Security Analysts
• Medical and Health Services Managers
• Medical Records and Health Information Technicians
• Process Improvement Specialist

Students who earn an online healthcare analytics graduate certificate will learn to interpret and evaluate data to improve the quality of healthcare.

Topics covered in this program include:

• Linear regression and correlation, curvilinear regression, analysis of variance and factorial experiments
• The analysis of industrial engineering research and improvement initiatives through planned data collection using laboratory and field studies, basic approaches to data presentation and analysis, IRB, HIPAA and other regulatory policies, and practical aspects of experiment execution
• Analytics and machine learning techniques and applications within industrial engineering
• Data warehousing; use of big data in business; storage and retrieval of data in business; descriptive analytics for business; business intelligence tools

Job Skills and Software Knowledge:

• Mathematics and statistics
• Data storage and sharing methods such as data warehousing and mining
• Database programming languages such as R and SQL
• Database and reporting software such as Excel
• Python for data manipulation
• Data analytics tools such as Tableau and Sisense
• Data visualization tools such as dashboards
• Data management applications

Why choose LSU’s online Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Analytics?

Since healthcare is one of the fastest-growing industries in the country, there is ample opportunity to advance your career in this field. The online graduate certificate in healthcare analytics from LSU provides a convenient, affordable way for you to level up your skills without having to earn a new degree.