Health Professions at Ithaca College

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

Ithaca is located in Ithaca, New York and approximately 5,354 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 67 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.

Ithaca Health Professions Degrees Available

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

Ithaca Health Professions Rankings

There were 82 students who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #271 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at Ithaca

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

Ithaca Health Professions Master’s Program

Of the 67 students who earned a master's degree in Health Professions from Ithaca in 2020-2021, 4% were men and 96% were women.

Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from Ithaca, 82% 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 Ithaca College with a master's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	55
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Ithaca College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	137
Communication Sciences	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 NY, the home state for Ithaca College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Personal Care Aides	199,060	$27,640
Home Health Aides	191,820	$26,240
Registered Nurses	182,490	$85,610
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	112,510	$70,770
Nursing Assistants	91,400	$37,010

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 Mr Senseless under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.