<p>Hi, I am a high school senior. I am considering a career in medecine; I wanna be either a doctor or a hospital administrator. (The second one appeals to me more because I don't like "cutting" people). What schools (undergraduate and graduate) should I go if I wanna be a hospital administrator?? Will I be able to achieve my dream right after I graduated from grad school? Or do I HAVE TO become a doctor first??</p>
<p>If you want to go into hospital administration, an MPH or masters in health services administration is probably going to be the best place to start off and will likely be your ticket into some low or mid-level hospital admin jobs to start off.
While doctors are certainly involved in hospital administration, a physicians training and primary purpose is patient care. If you want hospital administration, work directly towards that goal.</p>