Health Professions at Northern Arizona University

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

NAU is located in Flagstaff, Arizona and has a total student population of 29,566. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 190 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.

NAU Health Professions Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at NAU

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

NAU does offer online education options in health professions for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Master’s Degree

NAU Health Professions Rankings

There were 143 students who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #196 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at NAU

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

NAU Health Professions Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 190 health professions majors earned their master's degree from NAU. Of these graduates, 16% were men and 84% were women.

Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from NAU, 54% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the health professions master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 45% of degree recipients. That is 9% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	10
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	48
White	102
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	25

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 Northern Arizona University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	139
Allied Health Professions	66
Communication Sciences	60
Nursing	53
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services	13
Public Health	9

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 AZ, the home state for Northern Arizona University.

Occupation	Jobs in AZ	Average Salary in AZ
Registered Nurses	54,690	$77,000
Personal Care Aides	47,610	$24,440
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	36,130	$54,670
Medical Assistants	18,250	$33,410
Home Health Aides	17,570	$25,470

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 Teksaz227 under License

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