Health Professions at Catholic University of America

Every health professions school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the health professions program at Catholic University of America stacks up to those at other schools.

CUA is located in Washington, District of Columbia and approximately 5,366 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 21 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.

CUA Health Professions Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at CUA

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

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

CUA Health Professions Rankings

There were 8 students who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #533 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at CUA

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

CUA Health Professions Master’s Program

Of the 21 health professions students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from CUA, about 14% were men and 86% were women.

Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from CUA, 67% 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 Catholic University of America with a master's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	14
International Students	3
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 completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Catholic University of America. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Nursing	26
Public Health	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 DC, the home state for Catholic University of America.

Occupation	Jobs in DC	Average Salary in DC
Managers	19,910	$147,460
Computer Workers	18,040	$117,540
Registered Nurses	11,110	$92,350
Home Health Aides	6,420	$29,290
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	5,060	$81,120

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 Gryffindor under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.