Health Professions at Simmons University

If you plan to study health professions, take a look at what Simmons University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Simmons is located in Boston, Massachusetts and approximately 6,263 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 553 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.

Simmons Health Professions Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Simmons

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Simmons offers distance education options for health professions at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

Simmons Health Professions Rankings

There were 74 students who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #294 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at Simmons

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

Simmons Health Professions Master’s Program

Of the 553 health professions students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Simmons, about 9% were men and 91% were women.

Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from Simmons, 63% 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 Simmons University with a master's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	50
Black or African American	51
Hispanic or Latino	32
White	348
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	70

Concentrations Within Health Professions

Health Professions majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Simmons University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Nursing	571
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	37
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services	34
Public Health	13
Bioethics/Medical Ethics	11
Health & Medical Administrative Services	6

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 MA, the home state for Simmons University.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Registered Nurses	80,630	$92,140
Personal Care Aides	76,850	$29,080
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	39,360	$64,560
Nursing Assistants	39,100	$33,630
Software Applications Developers	29,110	$109,130

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 Daderot under License

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