Health & Medical Administrative Services at NorthWest Arkansas Community College

What traits are you looking for in a health and medical administrative services school? To help you decide if NorthWest Arkansas Community College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's health and medical administrative services program.

NWACC is located in Bentonville, Arkansas and has a total student population of 7,411.

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.

NWACC Health & Medical Administrative Services Degrees Available

• Undergrad Certificate in Health & Medical Administrative Services (1 - 4 Years)
• Associate’s Degree in Health & Medical Administrative Services

Online Classes Are Available at NWACC

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.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? NWACC offers distance education options for health and medical administrative services at the following degree levels:

• Associate’s Degree

NWACC Health & Medical Administrative Services Rankings

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Health & Medical Administrative Services Student Demographics at NWACC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the health and medical administrative services majors at NorthWest Arkansas Community College.

NWACC Health & Medical Administrative Services Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 18% of health and medical administrative services associate's degrees went to men and 82% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in health and medical administrative services only graduates about 13% men each year. The program at NWACC may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 5% more women than average.

NWACC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in health and medical administrative services graduates 7% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from NorthWest Arkansas Community College with a associate's in health and medical administrative services.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at NorthWest Arkansas Community College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Health Information/Medical Records Technology/Technician	11

Related Majors

• Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services
• Allied Health Professions
• 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 AR, the home state for NorthWest Arkansas Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in AR	Average Salary in AR
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	14,280	$48,850
Medical and Health Services Managers	4,900	$85,290
Computer User Support Specialists	3,890	$42,180
Medical Assistants	3,790	$30,320
Medical Secretaries	3,480	$32,380

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.