Health Professions at Cedar Crest College

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

Cedar Crest is located in Allentown, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 1,433. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 19 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.

Cedar Crest Health Professions Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Health Professions

Online Classes Are Available at Cedar Crest

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.

Cedar Crest does offer online education options in health professions for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

Cedar Crest Health Professions Rankings

There were 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #668 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at Cedar Crest

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the health professions majors at Cedar Crest College.

Cedar Crest Health Professions Master’s Program

The health professions program at Cedar Crest awarded 19 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 5% of these degrees went to men with the other 95% going to women.

Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from Cedar Crest, 74% 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 Cedar Crest College with a master's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	14
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Health Professions

Health Professions majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Cedar Crest College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services	31
Nursing	23
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 PA, the home state for Cedar Crest College.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Registered Nurses	148,520	$70,390
Personal Care Aides	121,300	$24,880
Nursing Assistants	76,260	$30,630
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	68,240	$60,800
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	38,370	$48,120

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 CyberXRef under License

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