Health Professions at Northeastern State University

Every health professions school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the health professions program at Northeastern State University stacks up to those at other schools.

NSU is located in Tahlequah, Oklahoma and has a total student population of 7,349. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 69 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.

NSU Health Professions Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at NSU

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

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

NSU Health Professions Rankings

There were 28 students who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #427 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at NSU

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

NSU Health Professions Master’s Program

Of the 69 health professions students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from NSU, about 9% were men and 91% were women.

Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from NSU, 61% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the health professions master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 38% of degree recipients. That is 2% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	42
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	20

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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Northeastern State University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Communication Sciences	28
Optometry	28
Bioethics/Medical Ethics	22
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	19

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 OK, the home state for Northeastern State University.

Occupation	Jobs in OK	Average Salary in OK
Registered Nurses	29,330	$63,080
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	21,570	$53,880
Nursing Assistants	17,120	$25,690
Personal Care Aides	13,820	$20,270
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	11,740	$41,260

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 CPacker under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.