Health Care Management at Appalachian State University

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

Appalachian State is located in Boone, North Carolina and has a total student population of 20,023.

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.

Appalachian State Health Care Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Health Care Management
• Master’s Degree in Health Care Management

Online Classes Are Available at Appalachian State

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.

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

• Master’s Degree

Appalachian State Health Care Management Rankings

The health care management major at Appalachian State 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.

Health Care Management Student Demographics at Appalachian State

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

Appalachian State Health Care Management Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 31% of health care management bachelor's degrees went to men and 69% went to women. The typical health care management bachelor's degree program is made up of only 21% men. So male students are more repesented at Appalachian State since its program graduates 10% more men than average.

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in health care management at Appalachian State 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 Appalachian State University with a bachelor's in health care management.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	41
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Appalachian State Health Care Management Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 8% of health care management master's degrees went to men and 92% went to women.

Of the students who received a health care management master's degree from Appalachian State, 92% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Appalachian State University with a master's in health care management.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	22
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

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 NC, the home state for Appalachian State University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Medical and Health Services Managers	9,230	$117,650

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 Clayhefner under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.