Health Care Management at Western Illinois University

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

WIU is located in Macomb, Illinois and has a total student population of 7,490. Of the 98 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Western Illinois University in 2021, 19 of them were health care management majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Health Care Management section at the bottom of this page.

WIU Health Care Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Health Care Management

WIU Health Care Management Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the health care management progam at WIU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 care management major at WIU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Health Care Management. 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 Care Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	69
Best Value Health Care Management Schools	142
Most Popular Health Care Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	149
Best Health Care Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	189
	241
Most Focused Health Care Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	250
Most Popular Health Care Management Schools	279
Best Health Care Management Schools	296
Most Focused Health Care Management Schools	409
	426

Health Care Management Student Demographics at WIU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the health care management majors at Western Illinois University.

WIU Health Care Management Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 19 students earned a bachelor's degree in health care management from WIU. About 84% of these graduates were women and the other 16% were men.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 18% more racial-ethnic minorities in its health care management bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Western Illinois University with a bachelor's in health care management.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	5
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

WIU also has a doctoral program available in health care management. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Health Care Management Grads May Go Into

A degree in health care management 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 Western Illinois University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Medical and Health Services Managers	14,050	$121,900

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 IlliniGradResearch under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.