Health/Medical Prep Programs at Western Washington University

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

WWU is located in Bellingham, Washington and approximately 15,197 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 62 medical prep majors received their bachelor's degree from WWU.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Health/Medical Prep Programs section at the bottom of this page.

WWU Health/Medical Prep Programs Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Medical Prep

WWU Health/Medical Prep Programs Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the medical prep progam at WWU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 medical prep major at WWU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Health/Medical Prep Programs. 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
Best Value Health/Medical Prep Programs Bachelor’s Degree Schools	32
Most Focused Health/Medical Prep Programs Schools	128

How Much Do Medical Prep Graduates from WWU Make?

The median salary of medical prep students who receive their bachelor's degree at WWU is $26,408. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $27,902 for all medical prep students.

Medical Prep Student Demographics at WWU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the medical prep majors at Western Washington University.

WWU Health/Medical Prep Programs Bachelor’s Program

Of the 62 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in medical prep from WWU in 2021, 26% were men and 74% were women. The typical medical prep bachelor's degree program is made up of only 23% men. So male students are more repesented at WWU since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

About 76% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in medical prep at WWU 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 Washington University with a bachelor's in medical prep.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	47
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

WWU also has a doctoral program available in medical prep. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions
• Mental & Social Health Services
• Nursing
• Communication Sciences

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 Bobak Ha’Eri under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.