Health Professions at University of New Mexico - Main Campus

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

UNM is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico and has a total student population of 22,311. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 161 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.

UNM Health Professions Degrees Available

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

UNM Health Professions Rankings

There were 188 students who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #155 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at UNM

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

UNM Health Professions Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 161 health professions majors earned their master's degree from UNM. Of these graduates, 21% were men and 79% were women.

Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from UNM, 50% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the health professions master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 48% of degree recipients. That is 13% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	58
White	81
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

Concentrations Within Health Professions

If you plan to be a health professions major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of New Mexico - Main Campus. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Medicine	84
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	69
Nursing	66
Public Health	57
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	36
Communication Sciences	30
Allied Health Professions	17
Dental Support Services	4

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 NM, the home state for University of New Mexico - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in NM	Average Salary in NM
Personal Care Aides	27,300	$21,020
Registered Nurses	16,730	$71,730
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	9,720	$53,930
Nursing Assistants	6,200	$28,310
Medical Assistants	5,960	$30,750

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 PerryPlanet under License

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