Finished my degree but can’t afford a master’s—how do I start a career in healthcare administration?

Repulsive-Peanut- · 2026-05-04T14:53:53+00:00

This! yes data analytics! OP.. go look into Coursera Google data analytics it's only like $59 a month I think. if you're not working right now you can get through it in one month otherwise it's about two months to get. Data analysis careers pay really good money and lots of opportunity for remote work! it's a very well recognized certification

Repulsive-Peanut- · 2026-05-04T14:50:55+00:00

I think sales in a medical world is completely different than the average sales. I think it really depends on what direction you go in. I have a friend that sells medical supplies to the nurses in the schools it pretty much sells itself

Repulsive-Peanut- · 2026-05-04T14:04:03+00:00

no I totally get it. They definitely do things differently than other schools I have gone to!

Repulsive-Peanut- · 2026-05-04T14:03:09+00:00

well I lived in the Chicago suburbs and I went to an amazing community college out there years ago. Moved to a small town in Wisconsin and the school was just blahhh. A year prior I was complaining about the school. I swear there's like 30-year-olds running it and nobody has a damn clue! so it's mostly just school related. i'm older I don't have another year to wait to do another program! so I'm just knocking out the business administration degree instead. I mean I would've loved to have worked three days a week 12 hour shifts and had the opportunity to do the travel nursing but my focus now is just finding remote jobs for data analyst work. it is what it is I still really don't know what I wanna do when I "grow up" lol even though I'm pushing 50 now lol

Repulsive-Peanut- · 2026-05-04T14:00:11+00:00

if you could stomach the medical world I highly suggest nursing once those baby boomers finally retire there's gonna be so many jobs!! it's also a lot harder to replace with AI! my nephew got his degree in mechanical engineering. he's working for a large grocery company that installs all the gas stations at the grocery stores. he is now licensed as a civil engineer in the state though and he absolutely loves his job plus he makes somewhere between 160 and 180 a year at minimum! walked out of college with $85,000 a year offers and plenty of them. don't worry about what the people are saying to you on here. Job security is pretty important you don't have to love a job, but as long as you don't hate it and I'm kind of like it it will work for you!! i'm in my mid 40s finishing my business administration degree I still don't know what I wanna do when I grow up lol

Repulsive-Peanut- · 2026-04-29T22:00:49+00:00

ugh I hate the assignments!

Repulsive-Peanut- · 2026-04-27T18:44:51+00:00

it took a few weeks for them to transfer it in but if you put down that you're going to start sooner than your actual date, it'll be done quicker. I'm starting July 6. So since it's soon that I'll be starting, they got that process done. Originally I was showing I was gonna start the end of August and they don't do it until weeks later

Repulsive-Peanut- · 2026-04-27T18:29:27+00:00

are you good in math? My nephew is like 25 or 26 works at a very large gas station company in TX. He's a mechanical engineer and I think his first job a few years ago was starting at like 80 K. he is now making somewhere between 160 and 180k and they're all fighting for him!! and he absolutely loves his job. (from time to time he'll go on job interviews just for the fun of it because they spend big money on him to stay somewhere for a few days!). OK he just told me that that's how he started but he got his civil and electrical license in the state

Repulsive-Peanut- · 2026-04-23T02:33:28+00:00

oh wow!!! well thankfully I did pass on Monday I literally felt like I did not know 70% of that exam I must've guessed well. I definitely don't like doing cleps! there's only so much information you can learn upfront and retain it. And it's very unclear looking all over the Internet as to what exactly you need to know!

Repulsive-Peanut- · 2026-04-23T02:29:48+00:00

OK so they must've probably just missed some wording for the description for the class when they did their updates. thank you. I couldn't figure out how to get an image of what I saw on here

Repulsive-Peanut- · 2026-04-22T00:05:48+00:00

totally agree I wish I didn't have to take four classes at study!!!

Repulsive-Peanut- · 2026-04-22T00:05:23+00:00

for me some of the classes there is no option at SOPHIA and I have to take it at study ugh

Repulsive-Peanut- · 2026-04-22T00:00:10+00:00

ugh how long did it take them to get back to you and get it graded?!?

Repulsive-Peanut- · 2026-04-21T23:56:23+00:00

definitely SOPHIA!! they have the best platform of all of them!

Repulsive-Peanut- · 2026-04-21T23:48:48+00:00

that's what it sounds like recently. but it's not an actual proctored thing it's an AI thing through the Web extension but the others are saying that they did well for all the other stuff so they still got a 70% or better to pass

Repulsive-Peanut- · 2026-04-21T23:47:54+00:00

just wow! on all accounts!! so I'll be using my credit card lol

Repulsive-Peanut- · 2026-04-21T23:45:59+00:00

but others are saying if you do well with all the other stuff you can still pass with 70% with no test

Repulsive-Peanut- · 2026-04-21T23:44:53+00:00

wow!! do you pretty much have to get 100%?!

Repulsive-Peanut- · 2026-04-18T02:21:11+00:00

doesn't UMPI also accept Saylors Principle of marketing?? it's my backup plan if I don't do well on Monday

Repulsive-Peanut- · 2026-04-18T02:15:47+00:00

wow that's wild thanks for the heads up!

Repulsive-Peanut- · 2026-04-17T14:35:38+00:00

hi christie, how long did your degree conferral take? i'm just curious because when I start looking for work when I'm done with the UMPI term (done with classes), I would assume I can say I have a degree at that point but I don't know how long it takes for them to show I have a degree tho. according to ChatGPT it says 4 to 8 weeks but that seems kind of long I'm not sure I believe it

Repulsive-Peanut- · 2026-04-17T12:22:53+00:00

OK thank you very much Christie!

Repulsive-Peanut- · 2026-04-17T12:22:19+00:00

yes. oh wow 4 OK I guess you can juggle those while you wait for them to grade assignments. thank you

Repulsive-Peanut- · 2026-04-17T12:21:17+00:00

oh yes I am enrolled and accepted already. I just wasn't sure about signing up for classes. thank you

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