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.

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

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

66% Women

37% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 34% of health professions master's degrees went to men and 66% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 18% men graduate in health professions each year. Dartmouth does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 16% more men than average.

Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from Dartmouth, 54% 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 Dartmouth College with a master's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	24
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	74
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

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
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