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 

Transforming healthcare through applied science, analytics and industrial engineering.

The purpose of this scholarship is to support industrial engineering graduate students completing either the Healthcare Analytics or Healthcare System Engineering Graduate Certificates, delivered via LSU online.

The scholarship will cover half of the cost ($4,500) of the 12 total credit hours required to complete either certificate for one calendar year.

Recipients will be chosen through a competitive application process, using the application package below. 

The package consists of:

One-page written summary
The applicant’s resume or CV
Interest Summary: Provide a one-page summary of your rational for pursing the graduate certificate and include the following information:Cycle to start award (first fall, second fall, first spring, second spring, first summer or second summer)
Name
Graduate Certificate pursuing
Applicant CV or Resume

To apply for this scholarship please click HERE

• 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. The number of courses required will depend on the student's background and preparation; such requisite courses may have prerequisites that need to be fulfilled prior to enrolling in those courses.

• 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.