Health Professions at North Park University

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

North Park is located in Chicago, Illinois and approximately 2,831 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 36 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.

North Park Health Professions Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at North Park

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

• Bachelor’s Degree

North Park Health Professions Rankings

There were 2 students who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #633 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at North Park

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

North Park Health Professions Master’s Program

Of the 36 students who graduated with a master’s in health professions from North Park in 2021, 17% were men and 83% were women.

In the health professions master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 15% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	11
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	16
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Concentrations Within Health Professions

The following health professions concentations are available at North Park University. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at North Park University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Nursing	35
Allied Health Professions	5

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 North Park University.

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By NPPyzixBlan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.