Health Professions at Southern New Hampshire University

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

SNHU is located in Manchester, New Hampshire and approximately 134,345 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 886 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.

SNHU Health Professions Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Health Professions

Online Classes Are Available at SNHU

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

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

• Associate’s Degree
• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

SNHU Health Professions Rankings

Health Professions Student Demographics at SNHU

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

SNHU Health Professions Master’s Program

Of the 886 students who earned a master's degree in Health Professions from SNHU in 2020-2021, 15% were men and 85% were women.

Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from SNHU, 60% 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 Southern New Hampshire University with a master's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	32
Black or African American	185
Hispanic or Latino	60
White	528
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	79

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 Southern New Hampshire University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Health & Medical Administrative Services	358
Public Health	236
Mental & Social Health Services	155
Nursing	145

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 NH, the home state for Southern New Hampshire University.

Occupation	Jobs in NH	Average Salary in NH
Registered Nurses	13,630	$72,760
Personal Care Aides	8,600	$26,900
Nursing Assistants	7,980	$32,200
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	7,780	$59,020
Software Applications Developers	6,540	$110,740

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 Kylejtod at en.wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.