Health Professions at Maharishi International University

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

MIU is located in Fairfield, Iowa and approximately 2,015 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 37 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.

MIU Health Professions Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Health Professions

Online Classes Are Available at MIU

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.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? MIU offers distance education options for health professions at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

MIU Health Professions Rankings

Health Professions Student Demographics at MIU

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

MIU Health Professions Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 37 students graduated with a master's degree in health professions from MIU. About 27% were men and 73% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 25% men graduate in health professions each year. MIU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 2% more men than average.

Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from MIU, 57% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	21
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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 Maharishi International University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Alternative Medicine & Systems	37

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 IA, the home state for Maharishi International University.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
Registered Nurses	33,770	$59,130
Nursing Assistants	20,890	$29,120
Personal Care Aides	18,520	$25,050
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	11,970	$56,970
Software Applications Developers	6,990	$88,570

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 Wiki User: Keithbob under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.