Health Professions at Villanova University

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

Villanova is located in Villanova, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 11,032. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 70 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.

Villanova Health Professions Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Villanova

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

Villanova Health Professions Rankings

There were 16 students who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #477 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at Villanova

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

Villanova Health Professions Master’s Program

Of the 70 health professions students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Villanova, about 11% were men and 89% were women.

Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from Villanova, 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 Villanova University with a master's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	58
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Health Professions

Health Professions majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Villanova University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Nursing	88
Health & Medical Administrative Services	9
Health Sciences & Services	2
Bioethics/Medical Ethics	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 PA, the home state for Villanova University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Registered Nurses	148,520	$70,390
Personal Care Aides	121,300	$24,880
Nursing Assistants	76,260	$30,630
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	68,240	$60,800
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	38,370	$48,120

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 Alertjean under License

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