Health Professions at Central Michigan University

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 Central Michigan University stacks up to those at other schools.

Central Michigan is located in Mount Pleasant, Michigan and approximately 17,311 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 224 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.

Central Michigan Health Professions Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Central Michigan

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

• Bachelor’s Degree

Central Michigan Health Professions Rankings

There were 183 students who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #158 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at Central Michigan

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

Central Michigan Health Professions Master’s Program

Of the 224 health professions students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Central Michigan, about 21% were men and 79% were women.

Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from Central Michigan, 71% 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 Central Michigan University with a master's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	34
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	160
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	13

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 Central Michigan University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Health & Medical Administrative Services	112
Medicine	90
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	66
Communication Sciences	51
Mental & Social Health Services	43
Allied Health Professions	40
Public Health	22

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 MI, the home state for Central Michigan University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Registered Nurses	96,680	$71,330
Nursing Assistants	49,760	$30,130
Personal Care Aides	39,740	$24,230
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	33,490	$57,530
Software Applications Developers	29,540	$92,260

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 cjh1452000 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.