Health Professions at Pacific University

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

Pacific is located in Forest Grove, Oregon and approximately 3,808 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 126 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.

Pacific Health Professions Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Pacific

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.

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

• Bachelor’s Degree

Pacific Health Professions Rankings

There were 293 students who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #94 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at Pacific

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

Pacific Health Professions Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 126 students graduated with a master's degree in health professions from Pacific. About 25% were men and 75% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	18
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	48
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	52

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	93
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	89
Optometry	88
Allied Health Professions	72
Communication Sciences	58
Health & Medical Administrative Services	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 OR, the home state for Pacific University.

Occupation	Jobs in OR	Average Salary in OR
Registered Nurses	36,020	$91,080
Personal Care Aides	31,510	$26,980
Software Applications Developers	15,610	$101,940
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	14,310	$57,600
Medical Secretaries	13,580	$40,000

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 M.O. Stevens under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.