Health Professions at University of Puget Sound

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

Puget Sound is located in Tacoma, Washington and approximately 2,130 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 47 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.

Puget Sound Health Professions Degrees Available

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

Puget Sound Health Professions Rankings

There were 35 students who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #398 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at Puget Sound

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

Puget Sound Health Professions Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 47 students earned a master's degree in health professions from Puget Sound. About 81% of these graduates were women and the other 19% were men.

In the health professions master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 51% of degree recipients. That is 16% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Puget Sound with a master's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	12
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	22
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	77
Mental & Social Health Services	5

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 WA, the home state for University of Puget Sound.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Registered Nurses	56,290	$82,670
Software Applications Developers	53,860	$131,790
Personal Care Aides	47,240	$29,140
Nursing Assistants	32,690	$32,130
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	30,250	$65,190

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 Joe Mabel under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.