Health Professions at University of Connecticut

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 University of Connecticut stacks up to those at other schools.

UCONN is located in Storrs, Connecticut and approximately 27,215 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 135 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.

UCONN Health Professions Degrees Available

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

UCONN Health Professions Rankings

There were 310 students who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #89 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at UCONN

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

UCONN Health Professions Master’s Program

The health professions program at UCONN awarded 135 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 21% of these degrees went to men with the other 79% going to women.

Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from UCONN, 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 University of Connecticut with a master's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	10
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	90
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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 University of Connecticut. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Public Health	143
Medicine	107
Nursing	87
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	83
Dentistry	47
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	34
Communication Sciences	31
Health & Medical Administrative Services	30
Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences	15
Health/Medical Prep Programs	7
Allied Health Professions	5
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	2
Medical Science	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 CT, the home state for University of Connecticut.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT
Registered Nurses	31,400	$81,220
Personal Care Aides	26,360	$27,300
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	25,510	$66,800
Nursing Assistants	22,150	$33,390
Software Applications Developers	11,540	$105,500

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.