Health Professions at DePaul 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 DePaul University stacks up to those at other schools.

DePaul is located in Chicago, Illinois and has a total student population of 21,922. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 247 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.

DePaul Health Professions Degrees Available

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

DePaul Health Professions Rankings

There were 33 students who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #407 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at DePaul

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

DePaul Health Professions Master’s Program

Of the 247 students who graduated with a master’s in health professions from DePaul in 2021, 15% were men and 85% were women.

Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from DePaul, 53% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the health professions master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 40% of degree recipients. That is 5% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	33
Black or African American	30
Hispanic or Latino	26
White	130
International Students	10
Other Races/Ethnicities	18

Concentrations Within Health Professions

The following health professions concentations are available at DePaul University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from DePaul University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Nursing	235
Public Health	24
Medical Illustration & Informatics	23

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 IL, the home state for DePaul University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Registered Nurses	129,400	$73,890
Nursing Assistants	61,140	$28,810
Personal Care Aides	50,970	$24,600
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	40,540	$59,170
Home Health Aides	33,990	$25,370

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
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More about our data sources and methodologies.