Health Professions at University of New Hampshire - Main Campus

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

UNH is located in Durham, New Hampshire and approximately 14,348 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 142 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.

UNH Health Professions Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at UNH

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

UNH 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 UNH

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the health professions majors at University of New Hampshire - Main Campus.

UNH Health Professions Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 142 students graduated with a master's degree in health professions from UNH. About 11% were men and 89% were women.

Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from UNH, 91% 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 New Hampshire - Main Campus with a master's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	129
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

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 New Hampshire - Main Campus. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Nursing	102
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	67
Communication Sciences	32
Public Health	15
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services	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 NH, the home state for University of New Hampshire - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in NH	Average Salary in NH
Registered Nurses	13,630	$72,760
Personal Care Aides	8,600	$26,900
Nursing Assistants	7,980	$32,200
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	7,780	$59,020
Software Applications Developers	6,540	$110,740

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 Kylejtod under License

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