Health Professions at University of Mississippi

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

Ole Miss is located in University, Mississippi and approximately 21,014 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 152 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.

Ole Miss Health Professions Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Ole Miss

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

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

Ole Miss Health Professions Rankings

There were 413 students who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #57 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at Ole Miss

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

Ole Miss Health Professions Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 152 students graduated with a master's degree in health professions from Ole Miss. About 8% were men and 92% were women.

Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from Ole Miss, 76% 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 Mississippi with a master's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	21
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	116
International Students	10
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	154
Medicine	137
Nursing	90
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	82
Communication Sciences	38
Dentistry	35
Health & Medical Administrative Services	26
Mental & Social Health Services	11
Allied Health Professions	10
Public Health	6
Medical Science	3
Other Health 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 MS, the home state for University of Mississippi.

Occupation	Jobs in MS	Average Salary in MS
Registered Nurses	29,860	$58,490
Nursing Assistants	13,850	$23,100
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	12,410	$47,000
Personal Care Aides	9,610	$20,800
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	9,520	$37,930

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 Dudemanfellabra under License

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