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Health Professions at University of Wyoming

If you are interested in studying health professions, you may want to check out the program at University of Wyoming. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UW is located in Laramie, Wyoming and approximately 11,829 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 53 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.

UW Health Professions Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at UW

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

UW Health Professions Rankings

There were 59 students who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #327 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at UW

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

UW Health Professions Master’s Program

79% Women
17% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 53 students graduated with a master's degree in health professions from UW. About 21% were men and 79% were women.

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Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from UW, 75% 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 Wyoming with a master's in health professions.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 6
White 40
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 6

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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of Wyoming. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences 51
Public Health 25
Nursing 19
Communication Sciences 17
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 9

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 WY, the home state for University of Wyoming.

Occupation Jobs in WY Average Salary in WY
Registered Nurses 5,010 $67,360
Nursing Assistants 3,310 $30,910
Personal Care Aides 2,420 $26,780
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors 1,710 $53,990
Medical Secretaries 1,460 $34,760

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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