Health & Medical Administrative Services at Missouri Western State University

If you plan to study health and medical administrative services, take a look at what Missouri Western State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Missouri Western is located in Saint Joseph, Missouri and has a total student population of 4,911. Of the 112 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Missouri Western State University in 2021, 11 of them were health and medical administrative services majors.

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.

Missouri Western Health & Medical Administrative Services Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Health & Medical Administrative Services

Missouri Western Health & Medical Administrative Services Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks health and medical administrative services programs across the country. The following shows how Missouri Western performed in these rankings.

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 health and medical administrative services major at Missouri Western 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
Best Value Health/Medical Admin Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools	230
Most Focused Health/Medical Admin Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools	252
Most Popular Health/Medical Admin Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools	264
Best Health/Medical Admin Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools	389
	392
Most Focused Health/Medical Admin Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools	769
Most Popular Health/Medical Admin Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools	769
Best Value Health/Medical Admin Services Schools	970
Most Popular Health/Medical Admin Services Schools	1,144
Most Focused Health/Medical Admin Services Schools	1,247
Best Health/Medical Admin Services Schools	1,329
	1,502

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

The median salary of health and medical administrative services students who receive their bachelor's degree at Missouri Western is $32,272. This is less than $38,040, which is the national average of all health and medical administrative services majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Health & Medical Administrative Services Student Demographics at Missouri Western

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

Missouri Western Health & Medical Administrative Services Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 health and medical administrative services majors earned their bachelor's degree from Missouri Western. Of these graduates, 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 Missouri Western since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

About 55% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in health and medical administrative services at Missouri Western 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 Missouri Western State University with a bachelor's in health and medical administrative services.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Missouri Western 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.

Concentrations Within Health & Medical Administrative Services

If you plan to be a health and medical administrative services 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 Missouri Western State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Health Information Management	11

Related Majors

• Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science
• Public Health
• Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services
• 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 MO, the home state for Missouri Western State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MO	Average Salary in MO
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	22,150	$57,800
Medical Secretaries	16,750	$34,270
Computer User Support Specialists	13,140	$47,600
Medical Assistants	10,260	$32,260
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators	7,250	$66,340

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 Americasroof under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.