Health Professions at University of Memphis

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 Memphis stacks up to those at other schools.

UofM is located in Memphis, Tennessee and approximately 22,205 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 219 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.

UofM Health Professions Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at UofM

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.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? UofM offers distance education options for health professions at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

UofM Health Professions Rankings

There were 15 students who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #484 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at UofM

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

UofM Health Professions Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 16% of health professions master's degrees went to men and 84% went to women.

Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from UofM, 64% 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 Memphis with a master's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	15
Black or African American	42
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	141
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

Concentrations Within Health Professions

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Nursing	103
Communication Sciences	70
Public Health	38
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services	26
Health & Medical Administrative Services	25
Mental & Social Health Services	1
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	1

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 TN, the home state for University of Memphis.

Occupation	Jobs in TN	Average Salary in TN
Registered Nurses	60,360	$61,320
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	35,680	$56,600
Nursing Assistants	28,340	$26,400
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	24,410	$40,120
Personal Care Aides	21,100	$21,060

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 BenSherman under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.