Health/Medical Prep Programs at Central Washington University

If you plan to study health/medical prep programs, take a look at what Central Washington University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

CWU is located in Ellensburg, Washington and has a total student population of 11,174. In 2021, 64 medical prep majors received their bachelor's degree from CWU.

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.

CWU Health/Medical Prep Programs Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Medical Prep

CWU Health/Medical Prep Programs Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks medical prep programs across the country. The following shows how CWU performed in these rankings.

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 medical prep major at CWU 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
Most Popular Health/Medical Prep Programs Bachelor’s Degree Schools	14
Best Value Health/Medical Prep Programs Bachelor’s Degree Schools	37
Most Popular Health/Medical Prep Programs Schools	38
	42
Best Health/Medical Prep Programs Bachelor’s Degree Schools	47
Most Focused Health/Medical Prep Programs Bachelor’s Degree Schools	50
Best Health/Medical Prep Programs Schools	95
Most Focused Health/Medical Prep Programs Schools	112
	135
Best Value Health/Medical Prep Programs Schools	141

Medical Prep Student Demographics at CWU

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

CWU Health/Medical Prep Programs Bachelor’s Program

Of the 64 medical prep students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from CWU, about 34% were men and 66% were women. The typical medical prep bachelor's degree program is made up of only 23% men. So male students are more repesented at CWU since its program graduates 12% more men than average.

About 53% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in medical prep at CWU are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Central Washington University with a bachelor's in medical prep.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	34
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

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

Concentrations Within Health/Medical Prep Programs

If you plan to be a medical prep major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Central Washington University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies	40
Pre-Nursing Studies	14
Pre-Pharmacy Studies	5
Pre-Dentistry Studies	4
Other Health/Medical Preparatory Programs	1

Related Majors

• Allied Health Professions
• Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services
• Public Health

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.