Health Professions at George Fox University

If you plan to study health professions, take a look at what George Fox University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

GFU is located in Newberg, Oregon and approximately 4,106 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 16 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.

GFU Health Professions Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at GFU

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? GFU offers distance education options for health professions at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

GFU Health Professions Rankings

There were 44 students who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #364 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at GFU

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

GFU Health Professions Master’s Program

Of the 16 health professions students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from GFU, about 19% were men and 81% were women.

Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from GFU, 75% 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 George Fox University with a master's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Concentrations Within Health Professions

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	44
Mental & Social Health Services	17

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 OR, the home state for George Fox University.

Occupation	Jobs in OR	Average Salary in OR
Registered Nurses	36,020	$91,080
Personal Care Aides	31,510	$26,980
Software Applications Developers	15,610	$101,940
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	14,310	$57,600
Medical Secretaries	13,580	$40,000

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 George Fox University under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.