Online Doctor of Behavioral Health – Management

Arizona State University’s Doctor of Behavioral Health with a concentration in management online prepares you for the rapidly changing medical care marketplace as a future health care manager. This program equips you with the knowledge and skills needed to tackle the most challenging issues in modern medicine.

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Quick facts

Next start date: 05/19/2025

Total classes: 13

Weeks per class: 7.5

Total credit hours: 60

Become a leader in improving patient and health care team experiences

In this Doctor of Behavioral Health, you’ll explore current issues in management and behavioral care in integrated primary care environments. You’ll also gain important health care administration skills needed to design, implement and evaluate integrated care programs and meet the needs of patients, providers and health care organizations. Upon graduation, you’ll be equipped with the tools, training and experience required to keep pace with new trends in behavioral intervention and pursue leadership roles in health care administration.

Coursework, hands-on internships and more: How you’ll learn in this DBH

This behavioral health management concentration focuses on preparing you for the rapidly evolving integrated care landscape. The curriculum features self-paced learning allowing you to set your own schedule and communicate with peers and professors in real time.

Throughout the behavioral health management curriculum, you’ll focus on:

Business entrepreneurship: Maximize your earning potential by identifying and adapting to organizational and market demands.
Integrated behavioral health programs: Learn how to improve patient experiences, support positive clinical outcomes and reduce health care costs and inefficiencies.
Quality and performance measurement: Improve health care delivery and patient outcomes by adopting the new Accountable Care Organization model.

In addition to your coursework, you’ll complete a 135-hour, real-world health care internship accompanied by live small group webinars with faculty members. This program culminates with a unique capstone research project where you’ll develop a comprehensive business plan that aligns with your personal and professional interests.

Will my diploma say ‘online’?

No, Arizona State University’s diplomas don’t specify whether you earn your degree online or in person. All diplomas and transcripts simply say “Arizona State University.”

Learn about the DBH degree with a management concentration.

DBH management courses

This program provides you with a wide range of specialized courses in health care administration. You’ll study important aspects of integrated health care management, such as finance, leadership and leading interdisciplinary teams, legal, ethical and professional health care issues, cost savings and return on investment.

The jobs a management DBH prepares you for

Upon graduating from this program, you’ll be prepared for many career opportunities and leadership roles that incorporate behavioral interventions into primary care spaces. Career examples include, but aren’t limited to:

Prestigious faculty

Our faculty bring a high-level of expertise to every research project. In addition to cutting-edge approaches to research, we’re focused on creating a better future for people. We’re lifelong learners with a goal to improve health outcomes for the communities we serve. Some of our research focuses on:

Discovering the impact of the environment and policy on food security and community health.
Exploring mechanisms involved in the development of diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
Harnessing big data to improve patient outcomes.
Incorporating advanced technology to monitor and promote healthy lifestyles.
Using state-of-the-art cognitive, behavioral and neuroscience techniques to study the components of human communication.

Prestigious faculty

Discovering the impact of the environment and policy on food security and community health.
Exploring mechanisms involved in the development of diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
Harnessing big data to improve patient outcomes.
Incorporating advanced technology to monitor and promote healthy lifestyles.
Using state-of-the-art cognitive, behavioral and neuroscience techniques to study the components of human communication.

How to apply

Applicants to the Doctor of Behavioral Health program with a management concentration must possess a master’s degree (in any field) from a regionally accredited institution and fulfill the requirements of both the Graduate College and the College of Health Solutions.

Developing the health workforce of the future

In the College of Health Solutions, students learn and prepare to become the health workforce of the future. Faculty and students also collaborate to research solutions to pressing global health challenges. Partnerships with the medical community offer students access to professional resources and networking opportunities with Mayo Clinic, Banner Health, HonorHealth, Dignity Health and more.

6,500+

students.

250+

Barrett honors scholars.

160+

faculty members.

$14.5 million

in research expenditures.

Tuition calculator

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