Health Professions at California State University - Long Beach

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

CSULB is located in Long Beach, California and approximately 40,069 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.

CSULB Health Professions Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Health Professions
• Master’s Degree in Health Professions

CSULB Health Professions Rankings

There were 33 students who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #407 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at CSULB

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

CSULB Health Professions Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 23% of health professions master's degrees went to men and 77% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 18% men graduate in health professions each year. CSULB does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 5% more men than average.

In the health professions master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 73% of degree recipients. That is 29% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from California State University - Long Beach with a master's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	66
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	72
White	46
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	20

Concentrations Within Health Professions

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Nursing	219
Health & Medical Administrative Services	35
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	33
Public Health	27
Communication Sciences	22
Bioethics/Medical Ethics	5

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 CA, the home state for California State University - Long Beach.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Personal Care Aides	558,350	$27,210
Registered Nurses	294,510	$106,950
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	166,870	$62,560
Software Applications Developers	148,550	$127,950
Nursing Assistants	99,440	$35,220

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 Summum under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.