College of Architecture and Environmental Design
www.kent.edu/caed


About This Program

The Health Systems and Facilities Designs graduate certificate is catered to professionals from various fields and backgrounds. The purpose of the certificate is to develop an understanding of how healthcare operations and quality are implicated by design strategies. Given that the healthcare industry is prominent as an economic driver in the United States, as well as the increasing demand in health services, providing a human-centered environments is essential. This invaluable area of expertise helps students participate in facility development that will maximize efficiency and quality of patient care, all in an effort to raise the standard of healthcare facilities. This flexible online program for working professionals typically takes two semesters to finish.

Contact Information

Program Delivery

  • Delivery:
    • Fully online

Examples of Possible Careers and Salaries*

Architects, except landscape and naval

  • 0.8% little or no change
  • 129,900 number of jobs
  • $82,320 potential earnings

Architectural and engineering managers

  • 2.6% slower than the average
  • 198,100 number of jobs
  • $149,530 potential earnings

Architecture teachers, postsecondary

  • 5.1% faster than the average
  • 8,500 number of jobs
  • $90,880 potential earnings

Interior designers

  • -4.9% decline
  • 77,900 number of jobs
  • $57,060 potential earnings

* Source of occupation titles and labor data comes from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Outlook Handbook. Data comprises projected percent change in employment over the next 10 years; nation-wide employment numbers; and the yearly median wage at which half of the workers in the occupation earned more than that amount and half earned less.