Health Professions at Michigan State University

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

Michigan State is located in East Lansing, Michigan and has a total student population of 49,695. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 267 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.

Michigan State Health Professions Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Michigan State

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

• Master’s Degree

Michigan State Health Professions Rankings

There were 498 students who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #35 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at Michigan State

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

Michigan State Health Professions Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 267 health professions majors earned their master's degree from Michigan State. Of these graduates, 13% were men and 87% were women.

Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from Michigan State, 78% 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 Michigan State University with a master's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	12
Black or African American	21
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	209
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	12

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 Michigan State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Medicine	467
Mental & Social Health Services	172
Public Health	41
Nursing	40
Communication Sciences	32
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	12
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	5
Medical Science	3

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 MI, the home state for Michigan State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Registered Nurses	96,680	$71,330
Nursing Assistants	49,760	$30,130
Personal Care Aides	39,740	$24,230
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	33,490	$57,530
Software Applications Developers	29,540	$92,260

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 Jeffness under License

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