Health Professions at San Diego State 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 San Diego State University stacks up to those at other schools.

SDSU is located in San Diego, California and has a total student population of 36,334. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 176 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.

SDSU Health Professions Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at SDSU

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

SDSU Health Professions Rankings

There were 61 students who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #324 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at SDSU

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

SDSU Health Professions Master’s Program

Of the 176 health professions students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from SDSU, about 19% were men and 81% were women.

In the health professions master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 47% of degree recipients. That is 12% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	23
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	37
White	79
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	22

Concentrations Within Health Professions

Health Professions majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from San Diego State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Public Health	121
Mental & Social Health Services	86
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	65
Communication Sciences	55
Nursing	12
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	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 CA, the home state for San Diego State University.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Personal Care Aides	558,350	$27,210
Registered Nurses	294,510	$106,950
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	166,870	$62,560
Software Applications Developers	148,550	$127,950
Nursing Assistants	99,440	$35,220

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 Wikipedia User:Geographer under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.