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Health Care Management at Western Governors University

23% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

What traits are you looking for in a health care management school? To help you decide if Western Governors University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's health care management program.

WGU is located in Salt Lake City, Utah and has a total student population of 147,866.

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.

WGU Health Care Management Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Health Care Management

Online Classes Are Available at WGU

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? WGU offers distance education options for health care management at the following degree levels:

Bachelor’s Degree
Master’s Degree

WGU Health Care Management Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The health care management major at WGU 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
Most Popular Health Care Management Trade Schools	2
Most Popular Health Care Management Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	2
Most Popular Online Health Care Management Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	2
Most Popular Online Health Care Management Trade Schools	2
Best Value Health Care Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	3
Best Value Health Care Management Schools	7
Best Health Care Management Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	16
Best Health Care Management Trade Schools	16
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Most Focused Health Care Management Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	150
Most Focused Health Care Management Trade Schools	169

Health Care Management Student Demographics at WGU

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

WGU Health Care Management Bachelor’s Program

78% Women

23% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 22% of health care management bachelor's degrees went to men and 78% went to women. The typical health care management bachelor's degree program is made up of only 18% men. So male students are more repesented at WGU since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

About 68% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in health care management at WGU 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 Western Governors University with a bachelor's in health care management.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	27
Black or African American	71
Hispanic or Latino	70
White	601
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	109

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

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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 UT, the home state for Western Governors University.

Occupation	Jobs in UT	Average Salary in UT
Medical and Health Services Managers	3,560	$104,770

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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