Health Professions at Olivet Nazarene 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 Olivet Nazarene University stacks up to those at other schools.

Olivet Nazarene is located in Bourbonnais, Illinois and has a total student population of 3,764. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 95 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.

Olivet Nazarene Health Professions Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Health Professions

Online Classes Are Available at Olivet Nazarene

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.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Olivet Nazarene offers distance education options for health professions at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

Olivet Nazarene Health Professions Rankings

Health Professions Student Demographics at Olivet Nazarene

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

Olivet Nazarene Health Professions Master’s Program

Of the 95 students who earned a master's degree in Health Professions from Olivet Nazarene in 2020-2021, 16% were men and 84% were women.

Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from Olivet Nazarene, 58% 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 37% 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 Olivet Nazarene University with a master's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	14
Black or African American	13
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	55
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

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 Olivet Nazarene University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Nursing	91
Bioethics/Medical Ethics	10

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 Olivet Nazarene 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

More about our data sources and methodologies.