Health Professions at Messiah University

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

Messiah is located in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 3,370. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 123 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.

Messiah Health Professions Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Messiah

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

• Master’s Degree

Messiah Health Professions Rankings

There were 3 students who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #618 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at Messiah

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

Messiah Health Professions Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 123 students earned a master's degree in health professions from Messiah. About 88% of these graduates were women and the other 12% were men.

Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from Messiah, 86% 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 Messiah University with a master's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	106
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Health Professions

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Other Health Professions	84
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	46
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services	11
Nursing	10
Bioethics/Medical Ethics	1

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 PA, the home state for Messiah University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Registered Nurses	148,520	$70,390
Personal Care Aides	121,300	$24,880
Nursing Assistants	76,260	$30,630
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	68,240	$60,800
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	38,370	$48,120

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 Badagnani under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.