Health Professions at Clemson University

If you plan to study health professions, take a look at what Clemson University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Clemson is located in Clemson, South Carolina and approximately 26,406 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 57 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.

Clemson Health Professions Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Clemson

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

Clemson 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 Clemson

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

Clemson Health Professions Master’s Program

Of the 57 students who earned a master's degree in Health Professions from Clemson in 2020-2021, 11% were men and 89% were women.

Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from Clemson, 77% 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 Clemson University with a master's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	44
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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 Clemson University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Nursing	49
Public Health	9
Medical Illustration & Informatics	7

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 SC, the home state for Clemson University.

Occupation	Jobs in SC	Average Salary in SC
Registered Nurses	44,350	$64,940
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	25,410	$52,690
Nursing Assistants	20,950	$25,390
Personal Care Aides	18,040	$20,990
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	10,560	$40,890

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 hager.angie under License

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