Health Professions at University of North Georgia

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

UNG is located in Dahlonega, Georgia and has a total student population of 19,793. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 25 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.

UNG Health Professions Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at UNG

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.

UNG does offer online education options in health professions for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Master’s Degree

UNG Health Professions Rankings

There were 41 students who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #381 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at UNG

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

UNG Health Professions Master’s Program

Of the 25 students who earned a master's degree in Health Professions from UNG in 2020-2021, 8% were men and 92% were women.

Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from UNG, 92% 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 North Georgia with a master's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	23
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Health Professions

The following health professions concentations are available at University of North Georgia. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of North Georgia. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	36
Nursing	27
Allied Health Professions	3

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 GA, the home state for University of North Georgia.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Registered Nurses	76,640	$68,950
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	48,300	$56,540
Nursing Assistants	36,780	$25,870
Software Applications Developers	30,440	$105,240
Personal Care Aides	29,080	$22,540

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.