Health Professions at University of Lynchburg

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

Lynchburg is located in Lynchburg, Virginia and approximately 2,692 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 79 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.

Lynchburg Health Professions Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Lynchburg

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.

Lynchburg does offer online education options in health professions for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

Lynchburg Health Professions Rankings

There were 331 students who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #83 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at Lynchburg

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

Lynchburg Health Professions Master’s Program

Of the 79 students who earned a master's degree in Health Professions from Lynchburg in 2020-2021, 29% were men and 71% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 25% men graduate in health professions each year. Lynchburg does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 4% more men than average.

Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from Lynchburg, 70% 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 University of Lynchburg with a master's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	55
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Concentrations Within Health Professions

Health Professions majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Lynchburg. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Allied Health Professions	336
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	48
Health & Medical Administrative Services	43
Public Health	21
Mental & Social Health Services	10

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 VA, the home state for University of Lynchburg.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Registered Nurses	64,750	$69,790
Nursing Assistants	39,320	$28,770
Personal Care Aides	39,030	$21,240
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	38,820	$61,190
Software Applications Developers	38,110	$113,690

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 Imaginegod614 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.