Health Professions at Wheeling University

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

Wheeling University is located in Wheeling, West Virginia and approximately 857 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 25 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.

Wheeling University Health Professions Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Wheeling University

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

• Master’s Degree

Wheeling University Health Professions Rankings

There were 51 students who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #345 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at Wheeling University

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

Wheeling University Health Professions Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 25 health professions majors earned their master's degree from Wheeling University. Of these graduates, 8% were men and 92% were women.

Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from Wheeling University, 80% 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 Wheeling University with a master's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	20
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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 completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Wheeling University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	51
Nursing	26
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 WV, the home state for Wheeling University.

Occupation	Jobs in WV	Average Salary in WV
Registered Nurses	19,930	$61,780
Personal Care Aides	12,500	$20,760
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	8,830	$46,650
Nursing Assistants	8,330	$26,410
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	5,860	$36,770

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 Ibagli under License

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