Health Professions at Columbia University in the City of New York

If you are interested in studying health professions, you may want to check out the program at Columbia University in the City of New York. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Columbia is located in New York, New York and approximately 30,135 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 844 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.

Columbia Health Professions Degrees Available

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

Columbia Health Professions Rankings

There were 473 students who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #40 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at Columbia

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the health professions majors at Columbia University in the City of New York.

Columbia Health Professions Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 844 students earned a master's degree in health professions from Columbia. About 83% of these graduates were women and the other 17% were men.

In the health professions master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 42% of degree recipients. That is 7% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Columbia University in the City of New York with a master's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	178
Black or African American	68
Hispanic or Latino	89
White	381
International Students	70
Other Races/Ethnicities	58

Concentrations Within Health Professions

The following health professions concentations are available at Columbia University in the City of New York. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Columbia University in the City of New York. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Public Health	625
Nursing	510
Medicine	155
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	123
Dentistry	94
Health & Medical Administrative Services	84
Bioethics/Medical Ethics	70
Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences	43
Mental & Social Health Services	11
Medical Science	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 NY, the home state for Columbia University in the City of New York.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Personal Care Aides	199,060	$27,640
Home Health Aides	191,820	$26,240
Registered Nurses	182,490	$85,610
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	112,510	$70,770
Nursing Assistants	91,400	$37,010

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 Nandaro under License

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