Health Professions at The University of West Florida

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

UWF is located in Pensacola, Florida and has a total student population of 13,061. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 213 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.

UWF Health Professions Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Health Professions

Online Classes Are Available at UWF

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

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

UWF Health Professions Rankings

Health Professions Student Demographics at UWF

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

UWF Health Professions Master’s Program

Of the 213 health professions students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from UWF, about 16% were men and 84% were women.

Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from UWF, 67% 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 The University of West Florida with a master's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	32
Hispanic or Latino	19
White	143
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

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 completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from The University of West Florida. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Nursing	87
Mental & Social Health Services	56
Public Health	46
Health & Medical Administrative Services	24

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 FL, the home state for The University of West Florida.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Registered Nurses	177,600	$66,210
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	107,150	$55,680
Nursing Assistants	89,860	$26,840
Medical Assistants	55,330	$32,870
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	47,540	$44,400

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 Ebyabe under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.