Health Professions at Medical University of South Carolina

If you plan to study health professions, take a look at what Medical University of South Carolina has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

MUSC is located in Charleston, South Carolina and has a total student population of 3,083. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 282 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.

MUSC Health Professions Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at MUSC

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

• Master’s Degree

MUSC Health Professions Rankings

There were 491 students who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #36 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at MUSC

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

MUSC Health Professions Master’s Program

Of the 282 health professions students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from MUSC, about 23% were men and 77% were women.

Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from MUSC, 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 Medical University of South Carolina with a master's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	14
Black or African American	23
Hispanic or Latino	15
White	198
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	25

Concentrations Within Health Professions

Health Professions majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Medical University of South Carolina. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Medicine	175
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	132
Nursing	110
Allied Health Professions	86
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	78
Dentistry	76
Health & Medical Administrative Services	58
Health/Medical Prep Programs	27
Public Health	10
Medical Science	9
Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences	8
Medical Illustration & Informatics	4
Other Health Professions	4

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 SC, the home state for Medical University of South Carolina.

Occupation	Jobs in SC	Average Salary in SC
Registered Nurses	44,350	$64,940
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	25,410	$52,690
Nursing Assistants	20,950	$25,390
Personal Care Aides	18,040	$20,990
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	10,560	$40,890

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 ProfReader under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.