Health Professions at University of Delaware

What traits are you looking for in a health professions school? To help you decide if University of Delaware is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's health professions program.

UD is located in Newark, Delaware and approximately 23,613 students attend the school each year.

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.

UD Health Professions Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at UD

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? UD offers distance education options for health professions at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

UD Health Professions Rankings

There were 64 students who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #319 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at UD

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

UD Health Professions Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 20% of health professions master's degrees went to men and 80% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 18% men graduate in health professions each year. UD does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 2% more men than average.

Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from UD, 69% 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 Delaware with a master's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	59
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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 University of Delaware. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	57
Communication Sciences	25
Public Health	21
Nursing	9
Health Sciences & Services	8
Allied Health Professions	7
Mental & Social Health Services	7
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services	4

Related Majors

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 DE, the home state for University of Delaware.

Occupation	Jobs in DE	Average Salary in DE
Registered Nurses	11,840	$74,800
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	5,130	$62,700
Personal Care Aides	4,930	$23,840
Nursing Assistants	4,850	$30,780
Software Applications Developers	4,790	$106,730

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 Ottawa80 at English Wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.