Health Professions at Kent State University at Kent

Every health professions school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the health professions program at Kent State University at Kent stacks up to those at other schools.

Kent State is located in Kent, Ohio and has a total student population of 26,822. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 356 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.

Kent State Health Professions Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Kent State

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? Kent State offers distance education options for health professions at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

Kent State Health Professions Rankings

There were 113 students who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #227 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at Kent State

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

Kent State Health Professions Master’s Program

The health professions program at Kent State awarded 356 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 17% of these degrees went to men with the other 83% going to women.

Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from Kent State, 85% 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 Kent State University at Kent with a master's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	16
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	301
International Students	12
Other Races/Ethnicities	15

Concentrations Within Health Professions

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Nursing	197
Medicine	87
Public Health	77
Mental & Social Health Services	54
Communication Sciences	41
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services	13
Medical Illustration & Informatics	12
Allied Health Professions	8
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	2
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 OH, the home state for Kent State University at Kent.

Occupation	Jobs in OH	Average Salary in OH
Registered Nurses	125,380	$66,820
Nursing Assistants	65,860	$27,570
Home Health Aides	55,490	$22,570
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	47,520	$56,870
Personal Care Aides	42,590	$23,530

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 JonRidinger under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.