Health Care Management at Western Kentucky University

If you are interested in studying health care management, you may want to check out the program at Western Kentucky University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

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 Care Management section at the bottom of this page.

WKU Health Care Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Health Care Management

Online Classes Are Available at WKU

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

For those who are interested in distance learning, WKU does offer online courses in health care management for the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

WKU Health Care Management Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks health care management programs across the country. The following shows how WKU performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The health care management major at WKU 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 Online Health Care Management Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	34
Most Popular Online Health Care Management Trade Schools	38
Most Popular Health Care Management Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	62
Best Health Care Management Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	143
Best Value Health Care Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	183
Most Focused Health Care Management Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	220
Best Value Health Care Management Schools	235
Most Focused Health Care Management Trade Schools	251
	267
	329

Health Care Management Student Demographics at WKU

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

WKU Health Care Management Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 50 health care management majors earned their bachelor's degree from WKU. Of these graduates, 26% were men and 74% were women. The typical health care management bachelor's degree program is made up of only 18% men. So male students are more repesented at WKU since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

About 52% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in health care management 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 care management.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	26
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

WKU 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 Management
• Other Health & Medical Administrative Services

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 KY, the home state for Western Kentucky University.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
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
• Image Credit: By OPMaster under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.