Health Professions at University of Vermont

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

UVM is located in Burlington, Vermont and has a total student population of 13,292. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 98 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.

UVM Health Professions Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at UVM

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

• Master’s Degree

UVM Health Professions Rankings

There were 170 students who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #172 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at UVM

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

UVM Health Professions Master’s Program

Of the 98 health professions students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from UVM, about 29% were men and 71% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 25% men graduate in health professions each year. UVM does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 3% more men than average.

Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from UVM, 83% 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 Vermont with a master's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	81
International Students	1
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 Vermont. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Medicine	110
Public Health	51
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	35
Medical Science	34
Nursing	25
Communication Sciences	15
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services	5
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	3
Health & Medical Administrative 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 VT, the home state for University of Vermont.

Occupation	Jobs in VT	Average Salary in VT
Personal Care Aides	6,730	$30,750
Registered Nurses	6,460	$69,160
Nursing Assistants	3,040	$30,730
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	2,080	$59,240
Medical Secretaries	1,850	$39,440

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 AlexiusHoratius under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.