Health & Medical Administrative Services at Western Governors University

27% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

WGU is located in Salt Lake City, Utah and approximately 147,866 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.

WGU Health & Medical Administrative Services Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Health & Medical Administrative Services
Master’s Degree in Health & Medical Administrative Services

WGU Health & Medical Administrative Services Rankings

The health & medical administrative services major at WGU 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.

Health & Medical Administrative Services Student Demographics at WGU

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

WGU Health & Medical Administrative Services Bachelor’s Program

82% Women

27% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 18% of health & medical administrative services bachelor's degrees went to men and 82% went to women. The typical health & medical administrative services bachelor's degree program is made up of only 12% men. So male students are more repesented at WGU since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

About 62% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in health & medical administrative services 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 & medical administrative services.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	41
Black or African American	106
Hispanic or Latino	112
White	687
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	169

WGU Health & Medical Administrative Services Master’s Program

74% Women

29% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 26% of health & medical administrative services master's degrees went to men and 74% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 12% men graduate in health & medical administrative services each year. WGU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 14% more men than average.

Of the students who received a health & medical administrative services master's degree from WGU, 61% 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 Western Governors University with a master's in health & medical administrative services.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	113
Black or African American	195
Hispanic or Latino	139
White	1,094
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	255

Concentrations Within Health & Medical Administrative Services

Health & Medical Administrative Services majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Western Governors University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Health Care Management	2,869
Health Information Management	292

Careers That Health & Medical Administrative Services Grads May Go Into

A degree in health & 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 UT, the home state for Western Governors University.

Occupation	Jobs in UT	Average Salary in UT
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	14,660	$52,470
Computer User Support Specialists	9,440	$50,000
Medical Assistants	7,020	$33,000
Medical and Health Services Managers	3,560	$104,770
Medical Secretaries	3,540	$33,090

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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