Health Professions at Rockhurst University

What traits are you looking for in a health professions school? To help you decide if Rockhurst University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's health professions program.

Rockhurst is located in Kansas City, Missouri and has a total student population of 3,688. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 157 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.

Rockhurst Health Professions Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Rockhurst

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.

For those who are interested in distance learning, Rockhurst does offer online courses in health professions for the following degree levels:

• Associate’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

Rockhurst Health Professions Rankings

There were 47 students who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #358 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at Rockhurst

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

Rockhurst Health Professions Master’s Program

The health professions program at Rockhurst awarded 157 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 7% of these degrees went to men with the other 93% going to women.

Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from Rockhurst, 85% 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 Rockhurst University with a master's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	133
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	124
Nursing	45
Communication Sciences	35

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 MO, the home state for Rockhurst University.

Occupation	Jobs in MO	Average Salary in MO
Registered Nurses	71,770	$65,130
Personal Care Aides	60,330	$23,020
Nursing Assistants	38,560	$25,930
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	22,150	$57,800
Medical Secretaries	16,750	$34,270

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 JZSJ under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.