Health Professions at University of Maryland - Baltimore

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

UMB is located in Baltimore, Maryland and has a total student population of 7,137. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 524 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.

UMB Health Professions Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at UMB

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

• Master’s Degree

UMB Health Professions Rankings

There were 630 students who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #18 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at UMB

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

UMB Health Professions Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 524 health professions majors earned their master's degree from UMB. Of these graduates, 26% were men and 74% were women.

Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from UMB, 54% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the health professions master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 36% of degree recipients. That is 1% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Maryland - Baltimore with a master's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	62
Black or African American	81
Hispanic or Latino	23
White	282
International Students	32
Other Races/Ethnicities	44

Concentrations Within Health Professions

The following health professions concentations are available at University of Maryland - Baltimore. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of Maryland - Baltimore. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	358
Nursing	322
Medicine	151
Dentistry	125
Health & Medical Administrative Services	100
Mental & Social Health Services	90
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	66
Allied Health Professions	57
Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences	43
Public Health	22
Health Sciences & Services	12
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services	10

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 MD, the home state for University of Maryland - Baltimore.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Registered Nurses	54,080	$76,820
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	38,670	$62,680
Nursing Assistants	27,980	$31,310
Personal Care Aides	19,580	$26,910
Managers	14,450	$122,050

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 Acroterion under License

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