Health Professions at Dartmouth College

If you are interested in studying health professions, you may want to check out the program at Dartmouth College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Dartmouth is located in Hanover, New Hampshire and has a total student population of 6,292. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 137 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.

Dartmouth Health Professions Degrees Available

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

Dartmouth Health Professions Rankings

There were 100 students who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #245 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at Dartmouth

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

Dartmouth Health Professions Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 137 students earned a master's degree in health professions from Dartmouth. About 55% of these graduates were women and the other 45% were men. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 25% men graduate in health professions each year. Dartmouth does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 19% more men than average.

Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from Dartmouth, 53% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Dartmouth College with a master's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	20
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	73
International Students	12
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

Concentrations Within Health Professions

Health Professions majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Dartmouth College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Public Health	101
Medicine	99
Health & Medical Administrative Services	35
Other Health Professions	2

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 NH, the home state for Dartmouth College.

Occupation	Jobs in NH	Average Salary in NH
Registered Nurses	13,630	$72,760
Personal Care Aides	8,600	$26,900
Nursing Assistants	7,980	$32,200
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	7,780	$59,020
Software Applications Developers	6,540	$110,740

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 Kane5187 under License

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