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Health Professions at Grand Canyon University

What traits are you looking for in a health professions school? To help you decide if Grand Canyon University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's health professions program.

Grand Canyon University is located in Phoenix, Arizona and has a total student population of 103,427. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 3,454 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.

Grand Canyon University Health Professions Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Grand Canyon University

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? Grand Canyon University offers distance education options for health professions at the following degree levels:

  • Bachelor’s Degree
  • Master’s Degree

Grand Canyon University Health Professions Rankings

There were 368 students who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #69 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at Grand Canyon University

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

Grand Canyon University Health Professions Master’s Program

87% Women
48% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The health professions program at Grand Canyon University awarded 3,454 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 13% of these degrees went to men with the other 87% going to women.

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In the health professions master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 48% of degree recipients. That is 13% better than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 271
Black or African American 801
Hispanic or Latino 472
White 1,583
International Students 11
Other Races/Ethnicities 316

Concentrations Within Health Professions

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

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Nursing 2,379
Mental & Social Health Services 1,251
Health & Medical Administrative Services 246
Public Health 112
Health Sciences & Services 12

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 AZ, the home state for Grand Canyon University.

Occupation Jobs in AZ Average Salary in AZ
Registered Nurses 54,690 $77,000
Personal Care Aides 47,610 $24,440
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors 36,130 $54,670
Medical Assistants 18,250 $33,410
Home Health Aides 17,570 $25,470

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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