Health Professions at Appalachian State University

What traits are you looking for in a health professions school? To help you decide if Appalachian State University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's health professions program.

Appalachian State is located in Boone, North Carolina and approximately 20,023 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 93 students received their master's degree in health professions.

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

Appalachian State Health Professions Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Health Professions

Online Classes Are Available at Appalachian State

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

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

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

Appalachian State Health Professions Rankings

Health Professions Student Demographics at Appalachian State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the health professions majors at Appalachian State University.

Appalachian State Health Professions Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 93 students earned a master's degree in health professions from Appalachian State. About 91% of these graduates were women and the other 9% were men.

Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from Appalachian State, 88% 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 Appalachian State University with a master's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	82
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Health Professions

The following health professions concentations are available at Appalachian State University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Appalachian State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services	44
Communication Sciences	30
Mental & Social Health Services	25
Health & Medical Administrative Services	11
Nursing	9
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	3

Careers That Health Professions Grads May Go Into

A degree in health professions can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NC, the home state for Appalachian State University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Registered Nurses	102,500	$64,850
Nursing Assistants	63,010	$25,570
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	41,320	$55,560
Software Applications Developers	30,580	$103,280
Personal Care Aides	30,170	$21,660

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 Clayhefner under License

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