Health Professions at Arkansas Tech University

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

ATU is located in Russellville, Arkansas and approximately 10,829 students attend the school each year.

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.

ATU Health Professions Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Health Professions (Less Than 1 Year)
• Undergrad Certificate in Health Professions (1 - 4 Years)
• Associate’s Degree in Health Professions
• Bachelor’s Degree in Health Professions
• Master’s Degree in Health Professions

Online Classes Are Available at ATU

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? ATU offers distance education options for health professions at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

ATU Health Professions Rankings

Health Professions Student Demographics at ATU

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

ATU Health Professions Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 29% of health professions master's degrees went to men and 71% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 18% men graduate in health professions each year. ATU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 11% more men than average.

Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from ATU, 86% 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 Arkansas Tech University with a master's in health professions.

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

Concentrations Within Health Professions

If you plan to be a health professions major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Arkansas Tech University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Health & Medical Administrative Services	9
Nursing	3

Related Majors

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 AR, the home state for Arkansas Tech University.

Occupation	Jobs in AR	Average Salary in AR
Registered Nurses	25,380	$60,780
Nursing Assistants	18,060	$25,080
Personal Care Aides	16,820	$21,390
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	14,280	$48,850
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	12,060	$39,570

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 Valis55 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.