Health Professions at Georgia Southern University

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

GaSou is located in Statesboro, Georgia and approximately 26,949 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 100 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.

GaSou Health Professions Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at GaSou

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.

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

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

GaSou Health Professions Rankings

There were 85 students who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #266 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at GaSou

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

GaSou Health Professions Master’s Program

Of the 100 health professions students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from GaSou, about 14% were men and 86% were women.

Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from GaSou, 62% 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 Georgia Southern University with a master's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	19
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	62
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Concentrations Within Health Professions

Health Professions majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Georgia Southern University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Public Health	77
Nursing	44
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	40
Communication Sciences	17
Health & Medical Administrative Services	9
Allied Health Professions	6
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services	6

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 GA, the home state for Georgia Southern University.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Registered Nurses	76,640	$68,950
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	48,300	$56,540
Nursing Assistants	36,780	$25,870
Software Applications Developers	30,440	$105,240
Personal Care Aides	29,080	$22,540

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 Richardelainechambers at English Wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.