Health & Medical Administrative Services at Western Governors University

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

WGU is located in Salt Lake City, Utah and approximately 147,866 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 1,991 students received their master's degree in health and medical administrative services.

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

• Master’s Degree in Health & Medical Administrative Services

Online Classes Are Available at WGU

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

WGU does offer online education options in health and medical administrative services for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

WGU Health & Medical Administrative Services Rankings

Health & Medical Administrative Services Student Demographics at WGU

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

WGU Health & Medical Administrative Services Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 1,991 students graduated with a master's degree in health and medical administrative services from WGU. About 26% were men and 74% were women.

Of the students who received a health and medical administrative services master's degree from WGU, 62% 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 and medical administrative services.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	123
Black or African American	192
Hispanic or Latino	134
White	1,244
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	296

Related Majors

• Bioethics/Medical Ethics
• Nursing

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 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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.