Health & Medical Administrative Services at Western Michigan University

Every health and medical administrative services school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the health and medical administrative services program at Western Michigan University stacks up to those at other schools.

WMU is located in Kalamazoo, Michigan and approximately 19,887 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 111 students received a bachelor's degree in health and medical administrative services from WMU.

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.

WMU Health & Medical Administrative Services Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Health & Medical Administrative Services

Online Classes Are Available at WMU

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, WMU does offer online courses in health and medical administrative services for the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

WMU Health & Medical Administrative Services Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the health and medical administrative services progam at WMU 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 WMU 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 Schools	17
Most Popular Online Health/Medical Admin Services Schools	46
Best Value Health/Medical Admin Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools	114
Most Popular Health/Medical Admin Services Schools	130
Best Health/Medical Admin Services Schools	351

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

The median salary of health and medical administrative services students who receive their bachelor's degree at WMU is $32,204. 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 WMU

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

WMU Health & Medical Administrative Services Bachelor’s Program

Of the 111 health and medical administrative services students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from WMU, about 18% were men and 82% were women. The typical health and medical administrative services bachelor's degree program is made up of only 13% men. So male students are more repesented at WMU since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

About 68% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in health and medical administrative services at WMU 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 Michigan University with a bachelor's in health and medical administrative services.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	21
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	75
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

WMU 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.

Related Majors

• Medical Illustration & Informatics
• Alternative Medicine & Systems
• Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services
• Public Health
• Health Sciences & Services

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 MI, the home state for Western Michigan University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	33,490	$57,530
Medical Secretaries	26,790	$35,370
Medical Assistants	23,680	$32,540
Computer User Support Specialists	19,090	$50,640
Medical and Health Services Managers	11,960	$111,780

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 TheKuLeR under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.