Greenville College
800 Maryville Centre Dr., Town & Country, MO, 63017
(800) 345-4440Greenville College was founded in 1892 by the Free Methodist Church with the intent to provide a distinctive, Christ-centered college education for men and women. The college’s first president, Wilson T. Hogue, used the motto “education for character” to describe the college’s purpose. Its mission 120 years later – empowering students for lives of character and service – echoes that purpose.
Degree Programs Offered
- Administration
- Medical
Careers
Accountants
Accountants help ensure that a hospital runs efficiently and its financial records are kept accurately. Accountants analyze and communicate financial information. They prepare, analyze and verify financial documents to provide information to hospital administrators. Many accountants also offer budget analysis, financial and investment planning.
Salary
$40—60K
Job Growth
5.90%
Education Required
Bachelor's Degree
Billing and Account Collectors
Billing and account collectors’ duties include keeping track of overdue accounts, receiving payment and posting payment to a patient’s account.
Salary
$25—40K
Education Required
High School diploma or equivalent
Bookkeeping and Accounting Clerks
Bookkeepers and accounting clerks perform a number of tasks, such as posting transactions in ledgers, correcting financial errors and preparing financial statements.
Salary
$25—40K
Education Required
High School diploma or equivalent
Chief Executives
Chief executive officers direct the hospital or health system and develop plans and policies to lead the organization. Chief executives also coordinate activities at the highest level of management with the help of managers and supervisors.
Salary
$100K
Education Required
Bachelor's Degree
Chief Legal Counsel
The chief legal counsel provides legal support to all levels and groups within the hospital. The interact daily with hospital key management to provide legal advice on matters relating to hospital operations including risk management issues, hospital-medical staff relationship issues (credentialing, bylaws, rules, and regulations, and peer review). They represent the hospital in all legal actions and work to minimize hospital and organizational liability.
Salary
$100K
Job Growth
10.00%
Education Required
Doctoral or professional degree
Clinical Data Managers
Clinical data managers are directly involved with clinical research for pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies and other public, private, and academic-related research centers. They oversee all aspects of program-related data, from design and framework to collection, processing, storage, retrieval, and more, maintaining compliance with FDA and other regulations.
Salary
$60—100K
Job Growth
27.00%
Education Required
Bachelor's Degree
Clinical Research Coordinators
Clinical research coordinators evaluate and analyze clinical data. They work with investigators of projects to evaluate research protocols, prepare for clinical trials and experiments, seek approval from regulatory and ethics committees, implement experiments and trials, collect data. They may supervise research analysts.
Salary
$60—100K
Job Growth
17.00%
Education Required
Bachelor's Degree
Compensation, Benefits and Job Analysis Specialists
Compensation, benefits and job analysis specialists conduct programs of compensation and benefits and job analysis for employer. They may specialize in specific areas, such as position classification and pension programs.
Salary
$40—60K
Job Growth
8.79%
Education Required
Bachelor's Degree
Executive Secretaries
Executive secretaries provide high-level administrative support by conducting research, preparing reports or handling requests for information. They also prepare correspondence, greet visitors, arrange conference calls and schedule meetings. Executive secretaries may also train or supervise lower-level clerical staff.
Salary
$40—60K
Education Required
High School diploma or equivalent
General and Operations Managers
General and operations managers plan, direct or coordinate the operations of an organization. They develop policies, manage operations and plan the use of material and human resources. They review financial statements and reports and may oversee staffing. An organization may also call this positions a chief operating officer or general manager.
Salary
$60—100K
Job Growth
9.49%
Education Required
Bachelor's Degree
Genetic Counselors
Genetic counselors help educate people about their chances of inheriting genetic disorders or diseases using information from a patient’s family medical history. They explain possible testing options and provide support to patients and family members. They also might educate other health care professionals, students and the public about genetic disorders.
Salary
$60—100K
Job Growth
22.00%
Education Required
Master's Degree
Health Care Marketing Managers
Health care marketing managers work in the public relations, communications or policy creation departments of hospitals, health care organizations, biotech companies and federal health agencies. They plan, direct or coordinate marketing policies and programs to determine the demand for services offered by a hospital.
Salary
$60—100K
Job Growth
17.90%
Education Required
Bachelor's Degree
Health Care Recruiters
Health care recruiters, also known as human resources specialists, assist in finding qualified professionals to fill positions in the health care industry. They may write and place job ads, participate in job fairs, review resumes and job applications, conduct interviews and check references for job applicants. Health care recruiters understand the health care field and are proficient in keeping track of the various applicants’ credentials, certifications and licensure.
Salary
$40—60K
Job Growth
13.73%
Education Required
Bachelor's Degree
Health Educators
Health educators provide and manage health education programs that help individuals, families, and their communities maximize and maintain healthy lifestyles. They collect and analyze data to identify community needs prior to planning, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating programs designed to encourage healthy lifestyles, policies, and environments. They may serve as a resource to assist individuals, other health care workers, or the community, and may administer fiscal resources for health education programs.
Salary
$25—40K
Job Growth
11.73%
Education Required
Bachelor's Degree
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary
Health specialties teachers teach courses in health specialties, in fields such as dentistry, laboratory technology, medicine, pharmacy, public health, therapy, and veterinary medicine.
Salary
$60—100K
Job Growth
34.70%
Education Required
Doctoral or professional degree
Hospital Billing Clerks
A hospital billing clerk is a hospital office employee responsible for coding and entering medical records, communicating with insurance companies and billing patients. Hospital billing clerks use computer software and knowledge of insurance and billing practices to correctly translate verbal descriptions of diagnoses and procedures into numerical codes.
Salary
$25—40K
Job Growth
9.64%
Education Required
High School diploma or equivalent
Human Resources Managers
Human resources (HR) managers maintain employee records, ensure proper compensation and work safety, and manage overall employee hiring, evaluation and labor relations. They also develop, implement and oversee training programs or procedures.
Salary
$60—100K
Job Growth
9.75%
Education Required
Bachelor's Degree
Human Resources Specialists
Human resources specialists maintain employee relations on behalf of a company. They screen, recruit, interview and place workers. They are charged with ensuring that employees are satisfied and work to the best of their ability.
Salary
$40—60K
Job Growth
9.07%
Education Required
Bachelor's Degree
Medical Secretaries
Medical secretaries perform secretarial duties using specific knowledge of medical terminology and hospital, clinic, or laboratory procedures. Your duties may include scheduling appointments, billing patients, and compiling and recording medical charts.
Salary
$25—40K
Job Growth
16.64%
Education Required
High School diploma or equivalent
Medical and Health Services Managers
Medical and health services managers plan, direct or coordinate medical and health services in hospitals, clinics, managed care organizations, or similar organizations. Through review and analysis, managers may help reduce risk and improve service.
Salary
$60—100K
Job Growth
18.36%
Education Required
Bachelor's Degree
Nurse Administrator/Nurse Executive
A nurse administrator creates work schedules, gives performance reviews and develops work policies. Other job duties include keeping up established ethical and legal standards for job performance, attending administrative personnel meetings and developing new employee training. Most of the work of a nurse administrator is done in an office and not on the care floor, so an administrator has little or no direct contact with patients. A nurse administrator may work in a hospital, nursing home, private doctor’s office, home health care organization or urgent care facility. Nurse executives are the top leaders responsible for leading overall nursing operations.
Salary
$60—100K
Job Growth
20.00%
Education Required
Bachelor's Degree
Pastoral Counselor
Pastoral counselors provide support and guidance to people of all ages and circumstances who are looking to approach their issues from a spiritual perspective. Pastoral counselors are trained in both psychology and theology and thus can provide psychological as well as spiritual guidance to patients and families in health care settings. They perform a variety of tasks including conducting religious masses, delivering religious rites and ordinances, and providing counseling and companionship to patients and family members. They also work with hospital staff to provide ethical and spiritual direction and instruction on religious practices and beliefs.
Salary
$40—60K
Job Growth
10.00%
Education Required
Bachelor's Degree
Physician Liaisons
The position of a physician liaison is relatively new in the medical field, but very important in the changing landscape of medicine. These liaisons are primarily responsible for developing relationships with physicians in order to facilitate beneficial referring practices for both health care companies and patients. They work with primary care doctors and instruct them regarding cardiologists in their network to whom patients should be referred; develop ways to consolidate and increase referrals, implement strategies to reduce red tape in receiving referrals, and create reports based on their work; and build relationships with physicians and other health care leaders to develop new client accounts, maintain existing accounts and develop long term relationships with current and prospective clients/physicians.
Salary
$58K
Education Required
Bachelor's Degree
Training and Development Specialists
Training and development specialists design and conduct training and development programs to improve individual and organizational performance. They also analyze training needs.
Salary
$40—60K
Job Growth
14.54%
Education Required
Bachelor's Degree
Gerontologist
A gerontologist studies the physical, cognitive, social, emotional, psychological, and societal effects of the aging process on the human body. Gerontologists are health care professionals who specialize in working with elderly patients. They provide their services to people in nursing homes, senior citizen centers, and other similar facilities.
Salary
$60—100K
Job Growth
5.00%
Education Required
Bachelor's Degree
Medical Assistants
Medical assistants perform administrative and certain clinical duties under the direction of a physician. Duties may include scheduling appointments, maintaining medical records, and billing and coding information for insurance purposes. Clinical duties may include taking and recording vital signs and medical histories, preparing patients for examinations and drawing blood.
Salary
$25—41K
Job Growth
17.24%
Education Required
Post secondary non-degree award or Associate's degree
Physician Assistants
Physician assistants provide health care services under a physician’s supervision. They perform tasks that are usually performed by doctors. They conduct physical exams and provide treatment, and counsel patients. Physician assistants may prescribe medications.
Salary
$60—100K
Job Growth
25.48%
Education Required
Master's Degree
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