Health & Medical Administrative Services at Southern Illinois University Carbondale

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

SIUC is located in Carbondale, Illinois and has a total student population of 11,366. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 85 students received a bachelor's degree in health and medical administrative services from SIUC.

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.

SIUC 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 SIUC

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

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

• Master’s Degree

SIUC Health & Medical Administrative Services Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks health and medical administrative services programs across the country. The following shows how SIUC 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 SIUC 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
Most Popular Health/Medical Admin Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools	39
Most Popular Health/Medical Admin Services Master’s Degree Schools	88
	101
Best Health/Medical Admin Services Master’s Degree Schools	108
Most Popular Health/Medical Admin Services Schools	117
Most Focused Health/Medical Admin Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools	132
Most Focused Health/Medical Admin Services Master’s Degree Schools	172
	205
Best Value Health/Medical Admin Services Master’s Degree Schools	265
Best Value Health/Medical Admin Services Schools	675
Most Focused Health/Medical Admin Services Schools	726
	827

In 2021, 38 students received their master’s degree in health and medical administrative services from SIUC. This makes it the #89 most popular school for health and medical administrative services master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of SIUC Health & Medical Administrative Services Graduates

The median salary of health and medical administrative services students who receive their bachelor's degree at SIUC is $39,696. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 4% higher than the national average of $38,040 for all health and medical administrative services bachelor's degree recipients.

Health & Medical Administrative Services Student Demographics at SIUC

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

SIUC Health & Medical Administrative Services Bachelor’s Program

Of the 85 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Health & Medical Administrative Services from SIUC in 2020-2021, 28% were men and 72% 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 SIUC since its program graduates 15% more men than average.

About 53% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in health and medical administrative services at SIUC 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 Southern Illinois University Carbondale with a bachelor's in health and medical administrative services.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	26
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	45
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

SIUC Health & Medical Administrative Services Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 38 students earned a master's degree in health and medical administrative services from SIUC. About 63% of these graduates were women and the other 37% were men. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 13% men graduate in health and medical administrative services each year. SIUC does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 24% more men than average.

In the health and medical administrative services master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 55% of degree recipients. That is 8% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	16
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	16
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

SIUC 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 Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Health Care Management	112
Health Information Management	9
Health Unit Manager/Ward Supervisor	2

Related Majors

• Public Health
• Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services
• Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions
• Dental Support Services
• Communication Sciences

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 IL, the home state for Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	40,540	$59,170
Computer User Support Specialists	24,920	$53,020
Medical Assistants	23,830	$35,910
Administrative Services Managers	16,950	$97,840
Medical Secretaries	16,260	$36,320

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 Mark Jaroski under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.