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Health Professions at Western Illinois University

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

WIU is located in Macomb, Illinois and approximately 7,490 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 20 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.

WIU Health Professions Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Health Professions

WIU Health Professions Rankings

Health Professions Student Demographics at WIU

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

WIU Health Professions Master’s Program

90% Women
5% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 20 students who graduated with a master’s in health professions from WIU in 2021, 10% were men and 90% were women.

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Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from WIU, 95% 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 Western Illinois University with a master's in health professions.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 19
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

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

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Communication Sciences 20

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 IL, the home state for Western Illinois University.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
Registered Nurses 129,400 $73,890
Nursing Assistants 61,140 $28,810
Personal Care Aides 50,970 $24,600
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors 40,540 $59,170
Home Health Aides 33,990 $25,370

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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