Health Professions at Salisbury University

Every health professions school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the health professions program at Salisbury University stacks up to those at other schools.

Salisbury is located in Salisbury, Maryland and has a total student population of 8,124. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 16 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.

Salisbury Health Professions Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Salisbury

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

• Master’s Degree

Salisbury Health Professions Rankings

There were 5 students who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #576 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at Salisbury

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

Salisbury Health Professions Master’s Program

Of the 16 health professions students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Salisbury, about 56% were men and 44% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 25% men graduate in health professions each year. Salisbury does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 31% more men than average.

Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from Salisbury, 56% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the health professions master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 38% of degree recipients. That is 2% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Other Health Professions	13
Nursing	6
Allied Health Professions	2

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 MD, the home state for Salisbury University.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Registered Nurses	54,080	$76,820
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	38,670	$62,680
Nursing Assistants	27,980	$31,310
Personal Care Aides	19,580	$26,910
Managers	14,450	$122,050

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 Kane5187 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.