Health Professions at Radford University

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

Radford is located in Radford, Virginia and approximately 10,695 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 138 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.

Radford Health Professions Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Radford

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

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

Radford Health Professions Rankings

There were 48 students who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #354 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at Radford

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

Radford Health Professions Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 138 health professions majors earned their master's degree from Radford. Of these graduates, 16% were men and 84% were women.

Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from Radford, 56% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	77
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	47

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 Radford University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	67
Allied Health Professions	41
Communication Sciences	31
Nursing	28
Health & Medical Administrative Services	11
Public Health	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 VA, the home state for Radford University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Registered Nurses	64,750	$69,790
Nursing Assistants	39,320	$28,770
Personal Care Aides	39,030	$21,240
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	38,820	$61,190
Software Applications Developers	38,110	$113,690

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 Matt under License

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