Health & Medical Administrative Services at Appalachian State University

What traits are you looking for in a health and medical administrative services school? To help you decide if Appalachian State University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's health and medical administrative services program.

Appalachian State is located in Boone, North Carolina and approximately 20,023 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Health & Medical Administrative Services section at the bottom of this page.

Appalachian State Health & Medical Administrative Services Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Health & Medical Administrative Services

Online Classes Are Available at Appalachian State

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

For those who are interested in distance learning, Appalachian State does offer online courses in health and medical administrative services for the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

Appalachian State Health & Medical Administrative Services Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks health and medical administrative services programs across the country. The following shows how Appalachian State performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The health and medical administrative services major at Appalachian State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Health & Medical Administrative Services. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Health/Medical Admin Services Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	96
Best Value Health/Medical Admin Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools	207
Best Health/Medical Admin Services Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	209
Most Focused Health/Medical Admin Services Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	321
Most Popular Health/Medical Admin Services Trade Schools	345
	378
Best Health/Medical Admin Services Trade Schools	401
Best Value Health/Medical Admin Services Schools	795
Most Focused Health/Medical Admin Services Trade Schools	1,276
	1,316

Earnings of Appalachian State Health & Medical Administrative Services Graduates

The median salary of health and medical administrative services students who receive their bachelor's degree at Appalachian State is $34,283. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $38,040 for all health and medical administrative services students.

Health & Medical Administrative Services Student Demographics at Appalachian State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the health and medical administrative services majors at Appalachian State University.

Appalachian State Health & Medical Administrative Services Bachelor’s Program

Of the 43 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Health & Medical Administrative Services from Appalachian State in 2020-2021, 19% were men and 81% were women. The typical health and medical administrative services bachelor's degree program is made up of only 9% men. So male students are more repesented at Appalachian State since its program graduates 9% more men than average.

About 81% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in health and medical administrative services at Appalachian State are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Appalachian State University with a bachelor's in health and medical administrative services.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	35
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Appalachian State also has a doctoral program available in health and medical administrative services. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Health & Medical Administrative Services

The following health and medical administrative services concentations are available at Appalachian State University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Appalachian State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Health Care Management	43

Related Majors

• Allied Health Professions

Careers That Health & Medical Administrative Services Grads May Go Into

A degree in health and medical administrative services can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NC, the home state for Appalachian State University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	41,320	$55,560
Computer User Support Specialists	22,860	$52,510
Medical Assistants	18,340	$32,710
Medical Secretaries	16,020	$33,790
Managers	11,990	$121,500

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Clayhefner under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.