Health Professions at University of Western States

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

Western States Chiropractic College is located in Portland, Oregon and approximately 1,195 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 182 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.

Western States Chiropractic College Health Professions Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Western States Chiropractic College

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? Western States Chiropractic College offers distance education options for health professions at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

Western States Chiropractic College Health Professions Rankings

There were 160 students who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #177 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at Western States Chiropractic College

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

Western States Chiropractic College Health Professions Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 182 health professions majors earned their master's degree from Western States Chiropractic College. Of these graduates, 23% were men and 77% were women.

Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from Western States Chiropractic College, 54% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	98
International Students	24
Other Races/Ethnicities	43

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 Western States. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Chiropractic	158
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services	148
Allied Health Professions	40
Mental & Social Health Services	4
Other Health Professions	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 OR, the home state for University of Western States.

Occupation	Jobs in OR	Average Salary in OR
Registered Nurses	36,020	$91,080
Personal Care Aides	31,510	$26,980
Software Applications Developers	15,610	$101,940
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	14,310	$57,600
Medical Secretaries	13,580	$40,000

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 Bbadgett under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.