Health Professions at Ferris State 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 Ferris State University stacks up to those at other schools.

Ferris is located in Big Rapids, Michigan and has a total student population of 11,165. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 38 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.

Ferris Health Professions Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Ferris

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

• Master’s Degree

Ferris Health Professions Rankings

There were 176 students who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #166 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at Ferris

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

Ferris Health Professions Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 38 students earned a master's degree in health professions from Ferris. About 89% of these graduates were women and the other 11% were men.

Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from Ferris, 84% 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 Ferris State University with a master's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	32
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Health Professions

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	137
Optometry	37
Nursing	21
Health & Medical Administrative Services	12
Public Health	7
Bioethics/Medical Ethics	3

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 MI, the home state for Ferris State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Registered Nurses	96,680	$71,330
Nursing Assistants	49,760	$30,130
Personal Care Aides	39,740	$24,230
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	33,490	$57,530
Software Applications Developers	29,540	$92,260

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 Michael Barera under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.