Health & Medical Administrative Services at Western Illinois University

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

WIU is located in Macomb, Illinois and approximately 7,490 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.

WIU Health & Medical Administrative Services Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Health & Medical Administrative Services

WIU Health & Medical Administrative Services Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks health and medical administrative services programs across the country. The following shows how WIU 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 WIU 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
Best Value Health/Medical Admin Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools	96
Most Popular Health/Medical Admin Services Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	193
Best Health/Medical Admin Services Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	245
Most Focused Health/Medical Admin Services Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	310
	319
Best Value Health/Medical Admin Services Schools	482
Best Health/Medical Admin Services Trade Schools	500
Most Popular Health/Medical Admin Services Trade Schools	704
	1,149
Most Focused Health/Medical Admin Services Trade Schools	1,256

How Much Do Health & Medical Administrative Services Graduates from WIU Make?

The median salary of health and medical administrative services students who receive their bachelor's degree at WIU is $37,077. 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 WIU

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

WIU Health & Medical Administrative Services Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 19 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in health and medical administrative services from WIU. About 16% were men and 84% 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 WIU since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 14% more racial-ethnic minorities in its health and medical administrative services bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	5
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

WIU 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 Western Illinois University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Western Illinois University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Health Care Management	19

Related Majors

• Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science
• 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 IL, the home state for Western Illinois University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	40,540	$59,170
Computer User Support Specialists	24,920	$53,020
Medical Assistants	23,830	$35,910
Administrative Services Managers	16,950	$97,840
Medical Secretaries	16,260	$36,320

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 IlliniGradResearch under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.