by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is Health Care Management. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Health & Medical Administrative Services is a major offered under the health professions program of study at Western Carolina University. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the master’s degree program in health and medical administrative services, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, and more.
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Out-of-state part-time graduates at WCU paid an average of $1,174 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $410 per credit hour. The average full-time tuition and fees for graduate students are shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $4,435 | $14,842 |
| Fees | $2,979 | $2,979 |
The median early career salary of health and medical administrative services students who receive their master’s degree from WCU is $45,919 per year. That is 20% lower than the national average of $57,422.
Looking for online learning options? Good news, you can take online classes in the health and medical administrative services master’s degree program at WCU. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the WCU Online Learning page.
Women made up around 71.9% of the health and medical administrative services students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 73.0%.
Around 12.5% of health and medical administrative services master’s degree recipients at WCU in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 43%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 0 |
| Black or African American | 0 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 1 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 28 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 3 |
Health & Medical Administrative Services students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Health Care Management | 32 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to health and medical administrative services.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Communication Sciences | 24 |
| Nursing | 57 |
View All Health & Medical Administrative Services Related Majors >
*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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.