2025 Best Health & Medical Administrative Services Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

Health & Medical Administrative Services is of the hottest master's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #15 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 20 schools in the Plains States Region to determine which ones were the best for health & medical administrative services students pursuing a master's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 1,566 master's degrees in health & medical administrative services to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Health & Medical Administrative Services School for Your Master's Degree

The health & medical administrative services master's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality health & medical administrative services program can vary widely even among the top schools. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on health & medical administrative services students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of health & medical administrative services students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for health & medical administrative services to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized health & medical administrative services related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for health & medical administrative services students working on their master's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Health & Medical Administrative Services Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Health & Medical Administrative Services in the Plains States Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in health & medical administrative services.

10 Top Plains States Region Schools for a Master's in Health & Medical Administrative Services

1

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN

68 Annual Graduates

$85,293 Median Starting Salary

It is difficult to beat University of Minnesota - Twin Cities if you wish to pursue a master's degree in health & medical administrative services. Located in the large city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public university with a very large student population.

Health & Medical Administrative Services master's degree recipients from University of Minnesota - Twin Cities receive an earnings boost of around $11,750 above the average income of health & medical administrative services graduates.

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2

Saint Louis University
Saint Louis, MO

54 Annual Graduates

$71,748 Median Starting Salary

It is hard to beat Saint Louis University if you want to pursue a master's degree in health & medical administrative services. SLU is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Saint Louis.

Master's graduates who receive their degree from the health & medical administrative services program earn about $71,748 for their early career.

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3

Rasmussen University - Minnesota
St. Cloud, MN

62 Annual Graduates

Rasmussen University - Minnesota is one of the best schools in the country for getting a master's degree in health & medical administrative services. Rasmussen University - Minnesota is a moderately-sized private for-profit university located in the city of St. Cloud.More information about a master’s in health & medical administrative services from Rasmussen University - Minnesota

4

University of Missouri - Columbia
Columbia, MO

58 Annual Graduates

$71,622 Median Starting Salary

University of Missouri - Columbia is one of the best schools in the country for getting a master's degree in health & medical administrative services. Mizzou is a fairly large public university located in the city of Columbia.

Master's graduates who receive their degree from the health & medical administrative services program earn around $71,622 in their early career salary.

More information about a master’s in health & medical administrative services from University of Missouri - Columbia

5

University of St Thomas Minnesota
Saint Paul, MN

13 Annual Graduates

Located in the large city of Saint Paul, UST MN is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a master’s in health & medical administrative services from University of St Thomas Minnesota

6

University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS

16 Annual Graduates

$74,853 Median Starting Salary

KU is a very large public university located in the city of Lawrence.

Students who graduate with their master's from the health & medical administrative services program state that they receive average early career income of $74,853.

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7

Maryville University of Saint Louis
Saint Louis, MO

51 Annual Graduates

$83,437 Median Starting Salary

Located in the large suburb of Saint Louis, Maryville U is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population.

Those health & medical administrative services students who get their master's degree from Maryville University of Saint Louis receive $9,894 more than the standard health & medical administrative services graduate.

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8

The College of Saint Scholastica
Duluth, MN

30 Annual Graduates

$77,930 Median Starting Salary

Located in the city of Duluth, St. Scholastica is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Those health & medical administrative services students who get their master's degree from The College of Saint Scholastica earn $4,387 more than the standard health & medical administrative services graduate.

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9

Rockhurst University
Kansas City, MO

35 Annual Graduates

Rockhurst is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Kansas City.More information about a master’s in health & medical administrative services from Rockhurst University

10

Bellevue University
Bellevue, NE

33 Annual Graduates

$81,308 Median Starting Salary

Bellevue University is a large private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Bellevue.

Those health & medical administrative services students who get their master's degree from Bellevue University make $7,765 more than the standard health & medical administrative services grad.

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Best Health & Medical Administrative Services Colleges by State

Explore the best health & medical administrative services schools for a specific state in the Plains States Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Missouri	193	416
Minnesota	174	989
Iowa	154	54
Kansas	149	111
Nebraska	123	80
North Dakota	115	1

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Health & Medical Administrative Services Related Rankings by Major

Health & Medical Administrative Services is one of 34 different types of Health Professions programs to choose from.

Health & Medical Administrative Services Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Health Care Management	1,336
Health Information Management	86
Hospital & Health Care Facilities Administration/Management	85
Other Health & Medical Administrative Services	45
Medical/Health Management & Clinical Assistant/Specialist	7
Healthcare Innovation	7

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Nursing	7,167
Mental & Social Health Services	2,934
Public Health	1,075
Allied Health Professions	1,054
Communication Sciences	737
Bioethics/Medical Ethics	734
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	464
Medical Illustration & Informatics	318
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services	230
Alternative Medicine & Systems	111

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard). More about our data sources and methodologies.