Health Professions at Florida Southern College

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

Florida Southern is located in Lakeland, Florida and has a total student population of 3,413. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 66 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.

Florida Southern Health Professions Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Health Professions

Online Classes Are Available at Florida Southern

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.

Florida Southern does offer online education options in health professions for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Master’s Degree

Florida Southern Health Professions Rankings

There were 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #668 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at Florida Southern

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

Florida Southern Health Professions Master’s Program

The health professions program at Florida Southern awarded 66 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 11% of these degrees went to men with the other 89% going to women.

Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from Florida Southern, 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 44% of degree recipients. That is 9% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	14
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	35
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

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 Florida Southern College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Nursing	74

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 FL, the home state for Florida Southern College.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Registered Nurses	177,600	$66,210
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	107,150	$55,680
Nursing Assistants	89,860	$26,840
Medical Assistants	55,330	$32,870
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	47,540	$44,400

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 Ebyabe under License

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