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Health Professions at Virginia Tech

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

Virginia Tech is located in Blacksburg, Virginia and has a total student population of 37,024. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 45 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.

Virginia Tech Health Professions Degrees Available

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

Virginia Tech Health Professions Rankings

There were 38 students who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #388 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at Virginia Tech

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

Virginia Tech Health Professions Master’s Program

93% Women
18% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2020-2021 academic year, 45 students earned a master's degree in health professions from Virginia Tech. About 93% of these graduates were women and the other 7% were men.

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Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from Virginia Tech, 78% 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 Virginia Tech with a master's in health professions.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 35
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Concentrations Within Health Professions

The following health professions concentations are available at Virginia Tech. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Virginia Tech. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Medicine 38
Public Health 34
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services 11

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 VA, the home state for Virginia Tech.

Occupation Jobs in VA Average Salary in VA
Registered Nurses 64,750 $69,790
Nursing Assistants 39,320 $28,770
Personal Care Aides 39,030 $21,240
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors 38,820 $61,190
Software Applications Developers 38,110 $113,690

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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