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Health & Medical Administrative Services at Western Kentucky University

30% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

WKU is located in Bowling Green, Kentucky and has a total student population of 17,517.

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.

WKU Health & Medical Administrative Services Degrees Available

Basic Certificate in Health & Medical Administrative Services (Less Than 1 Year)
Bachelor’s Degree in Health & Medical Administrative Services

Online Classes Are Available at WKU

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? WKU offers distance education options for health and medical administrative services at the following degree levels:

Bachelor’s Degree
Master’s Degree

WKU Health & Medical Administrative Services Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the health and medical administrative services progam at WKU 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 and medical administrative services major at WKU 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 Online Health/Medical Admin Services Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	33
Most Popular Online Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools	44
Most Popular Health/Medical Admin Services Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	58
Best Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools	136
Most Popular Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools	149
Best Value Health/Medical Admin Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools	246
	349
Best Value Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Schools	359
Best Health/Medical Admin Services Trade Schools	376
Most Focused Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools	401
	456
Most Popular Health/Medical Admin Services Associate Degree Trade Schools	668
Most Focused Health/Medical Admin Services Associate Degree Trade Schools	668
Best Value Health/Medical Admin Services Schools	870
Most Focused Health/Medical Admin Services Trade Schools	927
	1,245

Earnings of WKU Health & Medical Administrative Services Graduates

The median salary of health and medical administrative services students who receive their bachelor's degree at WKU is $35,676. 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 WKU

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

WKU Health & Medical Administrative Services Bachelor’s Program

78% Women

30% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

Of the 63 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Health & Medical Administrative Services from WKU in 2020-2021, 22% were men and 78% 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 WKU since its program graduates 13% more men than average.

About 56% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in health and medical administrative services at WKU 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 Kentucky University with a bachelor's in health and medical administrative services.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	35
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Health Care Management	50
Other Health & Medical Administrative Services	26
Health Information Management	13

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 KY, the home state for Western Kentucky University.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	20,930	$50,800
Medical Assistants	8,970	$31,900
Computer User Support Specialists	6,180	$48,700
Medical Secretaries	5,190	$32,220
Medical and Health Services Managers	5,000	$91,820

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
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