Health Professions at Saint Xavier University

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

SXU is located in Chicago, Illinois and approximately 3,764 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 62 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.

SXU Health Professions Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Health Professions

Online Classes Are Available at SXU

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, SXU does offer online courses in health professions for the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

SXU Health Professions Rankings

Health Professions Student Demographics at SXU

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

SXU Health Professions Master’s Program

Of the 62 students who earned a master's degree in Health Professions from SXU in 2020-2021, 10% were men and 90% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	21
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	26

Concentrations Within Health Professions

The following health professions concentations are available at Saint Xavier University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Saint Xavier University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Communication Sciences	40
Nursing	22
Bioethics/Medical Ethics	17

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 IL, the home state for Saint Xavier University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Registered Nurses	129,400	$73,890
Nursing Assistants	61,140	$28,810
Personal Care Aides	50,970	$24,600
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	40,540	$59,170
Home Health Aides	33,990	$25,370

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 Brendanriley under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.