Health Professions at Point Park University

If you are interested in studying health professions, you may want to check out the program at Point Park University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Point Park is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and approximately 3,591 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 12 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.

Point Park Health Professions Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Health Professions

Online Classes Are Available at Point Park

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

• Master’s Degree

Point Park Health Professions Rankings

Health Professions Student Demographics at Point Park

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

Point Park Health Professions Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 12 health professions majors earned their master's degree from Point Park. Of these graduates, 25% were men and 75% were women.

Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from Point Park, 75% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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 Point Park University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Health & Medical Administrative Services	12

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 PA, the home state for Point Park University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Registered Nurses	148,520	$70,390
Personal Care Aides	121,300	$24,880
Nursing Assistants	76,260	$30,630
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	68,240	$60,800
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	38,370	$48,120

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 J. James under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.