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Health Professions at Midwestern University - Downers Grove

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Health Professions at Midwestern University - Downers Grove

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

Midwestern University - Downers Grove is located in Downers Grove, Illinois and approximately 2,980 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 133 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.

Midwestern University - Downers Grove Health Professions Degrees Available

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

Midwestern University - Downers Grove Health Professions Rankings

There were 648 students who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #17 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at Midwestern University - Downers Grove

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

Midwestern University - Downers Grove Health Professions Master’s Program

84% Women
19% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2020-2021 academic year, 133 students earned a master's degree in health professions from Midwestern University - Downers Grove. About 84% of these graduates were women and the other 16% were men.

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Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from Midwestern University - Downers Grove, 77% 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 Midwestern University - Downers Grove with a master's in health professions.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 10
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 9
White 103
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 10

Concentrations Within Health Professions

If you plan to be a health professions major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Midwestern University - Downers Grove. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Medicine 202
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences 171
Dentistry 129
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 105
Allied Health Professions 83
Communication Sciences 50
Optometry 41

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 IL, the home state for Midwestern University - Downers Grove.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
Registered Nurses 129,400 $73,890
Nursing Assistants 61,140 $28,810
Personal Care Aides 50,970 $24,600
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors 40,540 $59,170
Home Health Aides 33,990 $25,370

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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