Health Professions at George Washington University

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

GWU is located in Washington, District of Columbia and approximately 27,017 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 1,193 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.

GWU Health Professions Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at GWU

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

For those who are interested in distance learning, GWU does offer online courses in health professions for the following degree levels:

• Associate’s Degree
• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

GWU Health Professions Rankings

There were 249 students who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #114 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at GWU

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

GWU Health Professions Master’s Program

The health professions program at GWU awarded 1,193 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 19% of these degrees went to men with the other 81% going to women.

In the health professions master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 46% of degree recipients. That is 11% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	203
Black or African American	188
Hispanic or Latino	104
White	536
International Students	22
Other Races/Ethnicities	140

Concentrations Within Health Professions

If you plan to be a health professions major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from George Washington University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Public Health	568
Health & Medical Administrative Services	290
Nursing	213
Medicine	164
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	79
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	79
Allied Health Professions	76
Communication Sciences	55
Health/Medical Prep Programs	49
Mental & Social Health Services	18
Medical Science	6
Bioethics/Medical Ethics	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 DC, the home state for George Washington University.

Occupation	Jobs in DC	Average Salary in DC
Managers	19,910	$147,460
Computer Workers	18,040	$117,540
Registered Nurses	11,110	$92,350
Home Health Aides	6,420	$29,290
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	5,060	$81,120

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 Michiel1972 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.