Health Professions at Washington State University

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

Wazzu is located in Pullman, Washington and has a total student population of 31,159. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 38 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.

Wazzu Health Professions Degrees Available

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

Wazzu Health Professions Rankings

There were 276 students who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #104 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at Wazzu

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

Wazzu Health Professions Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 38 health professions majors earned their master's degree from Wazzu. Of these graduates, 8% were men and 92% were women.

Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from Wazzu, 79% 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 Washington State University with a master's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	30
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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 Washington State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	172
Nursing	101
Medicine	56
Health & Medical Administrative Services	38
Communication Sciences	27
Bioethics/Medical Ethics	12
Public Health	2

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 WA, the home state for Washington State University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Registered Nurses	56,290	$82,670
Software Applications Developers	53,860	$131,790
Personal Care Aides	47,240	$29,140
Nursing Assistants	32,690	$32,130
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	30,250	$65,190

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
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