Health Care Management at Ferris State University

If you plan to study health care management, take a look at what Ferris State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Ferris is located in Big Rapids, Michigan and approximately 11,165 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Health Care Management section at the bottom of this page.

Ferris Health Care Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Health Care Management

Online Classes Are Available at Ferris

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.

Ferris does offer online education options in health care management for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Master’s Degree

Ferris Health Care Management Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the health care management progam at Ferris compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 care management major at Ferris is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Health Care Management. 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
Best Value Health Care Management Schools	81
	133
	179
Most Focused Health Care Management Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	225

Health Care Management Student Demographics at Ferris

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the health care management majors at Ferris State University.

Ferris Health Care Management Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 38 students earned a bachelor's degree in health care management from Ferris. About 87% of these graduates were women and the other 13% were men.

About 82% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in health care management at Ferris 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 Ferris State University with a bachelor's in health care management.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	31
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Ferris also has a doctoral program available in health care management. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Health Information/Medical Records Technology/Technician
• Health Information Management
• Long Term Care Administration/Management

Careers That Health Care Management Grads May Go Into

A degree in health care management can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MI, the home state for Ferris State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Medical and Health Services Managers	11,960	$111,780

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 Michael Barera under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.