Health Professions at University of Alabama in Huntsville

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

UAH is located in Huntsville, Alabama and approximately 9,999 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 171 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.

UAH Health Professions Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at UAH

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

• Master’s Degree

UAH Health Professions Rankings

There were 37 students who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #392 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at UAH

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

UAH Health Professions Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 171 health professions majors earned their master's degree from UAH. Of these graduates, 12% were men and 88% were women.

Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from UAH, 77% 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 University of Alabama in Huntsville with a master's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	131
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	18

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 University of Alabama in Huntsville. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Nursing	216
Bioethics/Medical Ethics	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 AL, the home state for University of Alabama in Huntsville.

Occupation	Jobs in AL	Average Salary in AL
Registered Nurses	49,490	$59,470
Nursing Assistants	22,590	$24,110
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	19,240	$54,030
Personal Care Aides	14,310	$19,250
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	12,190	$38,230

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 Spyder_Monkey under License

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