Health Professions at Pacific Lutheran University

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

PLU is located in Tacoma, Washington and has a total student population of 2,907. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 45 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.

PLU Health Professions Degrees Available

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

PLU Health Professions Rankings

There were 23 students who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #447 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at PLU

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

PLU Health Professions Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 45 students earned a master's degree in health professions from PLU. About 87% of these graduates were women and the other 13% were men.

Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from PLU, 60% 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 40% of degree recipients. That is 5% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	27
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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 Pacific Lutheran University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Nursing	47
Mental & Social Health Services	21

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 WA, the home state for Pacific Lutheran University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Registered Nurses	56,290	$82,670
Software Applications Developers	53,860	$131,790
Personal Care Aides	47,240	$29,140
Nursing Assistants	32,690	$32,130
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	30,250	$65,190

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 Joe Mabel under License

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