Health Care Management at Western Kentucky University

If you are interested in studying health care management, you may want to check out the program at Western Kentucky University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

WKU is located in Bowling Green, Kentucky and has a total student population of 17,517. Of the 391 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Western Kentucky University in 2021, 50 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.

WKU Health Care Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Health Care Management
• Master’s Degree in Health Care Management

Online Classes Are Available at WKU

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? WKU offers distance education options for health care management at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

WKU Health Care Management Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The health care management major at WKU 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
Most Popular Online Health Care Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	34
Most Popular Online Health Care Management Schools	41
Best Health Care Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	143
Best Health Care Management Master’s Degree Schools	219
Most Focused Health Care Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	220
	267
Best Value Health Care Management Schools	363

In 2021, 15 students received their master’s degree in health care management from WKU. This makes it the #160 most popular school for health care management master’s degree candidates in the country.

Health Care Management Student Demographics at WKU

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

WKU Health Care Management Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 50 health care management majors earned their bachelor's degree from WKU. Of these graduates, 26% were men and 74% were women. The typical health care management bachelor's degree program is made up of only 22% men. So male students are more repesented at WKU since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

About 52% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in health care management at WKU 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 Western Kentucky University with a bachelor's in health care management.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	26
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

WKU Health Care Management Master’s Program

Of the 15 students who earned a master's degree in Health Care Management from WKU in 2020-2021, 20% were men and 80% were women.

Of the students who received a health care management master's degree from WKU, 80% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	12
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

WKU 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

• Health Information Management

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 KY, the home state for Western Kentucky University.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
Medical and Health Services Managers	5,000	$91,820

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 OPMaster under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.