Health & Medical Administrative Services at Pacific University

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

Pacific is located in Forest Grove, Oregon and approximately 3,808 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 students received a bachelor's degree in health and medical administrative services from Pacific.

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.

Pacific Health & Medical Administrative Services Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Health & Medical Administrative Services
• Master’s Degree in Health & Medical Administrative Services

Online Classes Are Available at Pacific

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? Pacific offers distance education options for health and medical administrative services at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

Pacific Health & Medical Administrative Services Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the health and medical administrative services progam at Pacific compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The health and medical administrative services major at Pacific 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 Health/Medical Admin Services Master’s Degree Schools	19
	22
Best Health/Medical Admin Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools	25
Best Health/Medical Admin Services Schools	61
Most Popular Health/Medical Admin Services Graduate Certificate Schools	119
Most Popular Online Health/Medical Admin Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools	136
	139
Most Focused Health/Medical Admin Services Master’s Degree Schools	142
Most Popular Health/Medical Admin Services Master’s Degree Schools	168
Best Value Health/Medical Admin Services Master’s Degree Schools	200
Most Popular Health/Medical Admin Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools	298
Best Value Health/Medical Admin Services Schools	970
Most Focused Health/Medical Admin Services Schools	1,015

In 2021, 19 students received their master’s degree in health and medical administrative services from Pacific. This makes it the #169 most popular school for health and medical administrative services master’s degree candidates in the country.

Health & Medical Administrative Services Student Demographics at Pacific

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

Pacific Health & Medical Administrative Services Bachelor’s Program

Of the 8 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Health & Medical Administrative Services from Pacific in 2020-2021, 38% were men and 63% 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 Pacific since its program graduates 25% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% more racial-ethnic minorities in its health and medical administrative services bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Pacific University with a bachelor's in health and medical administrative services.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Pacific Health & Medical Administrative Services Master’s Program

The health and medical administrative services program at Pacific awarded 19 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 16% of these degrees went to men with the other 84% going to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 13% men graduate in health and medical administrative services each year. Pacific does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 3% more men than average.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Pacific University with a master's in health and medical administrative services.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

Pacific 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

Health & Medical Administrative Services majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Pacific University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Health Care Management	27

Related Majors

• Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services
• Public Health
• Dental Support Services
• Communication Sciences
• Allied Health Professions

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 OR, the home state for Pacific University.

Occupation	Jobs in OR	Average Salary in OR
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	14,310	$57,600
Medical Secretaries	13,580	$40,000
Medical Assistants	12,960	$38,260
Computer User Support Specialists	7,980	$53,380
Managers	7,850	$94,400

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 M.O. Stevens under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.