Patient Safety and Healthcare Quality

Types of Degrees Patient Safety and Healthcare Quality Majors Are Getting

The following table lists how many patient safety and healthcare quality graduations there were for each degree level during the last year for which data was available.

Education Level	Number of Grads
Graduate Certificate	59
Master’s Degree	28

Who Is Getting a Master’s Degree in Patient Safety and Healthcare Quality?

The major attracts more women than men. About 68% of the recent graduates in this field are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

At the countrywide level, the racial-ethnic distribution of patient safety and healthcare quality majors is as follows:

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	2
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	18
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Online Patient Safety and Healthcare Quality Programs

The following table lists the number of programs by degree level, along with how many schools offered online courses in the field.

Degree Level	Colleges Offering Programs	Colleges Offering Online Classes
Certificate (Less Than 1 Year)	0	0
Certificate (1-2 years)	0	0
Certificate (2-4 Years)	0	0
Associate’s Degree	0	0
Bachelor’s Degree	7	3
Post-Baccalaureate	0	0
Master’s Degree	3	2
Post-Master’s	0	0
Doctor’s Degree (Research)	0	0
Doctor’s Degree (Professional Practice)	0	0
Doctor’s Degree (Other)	0	0

Majors Related to Patient Safety and Healthcare Quality

You may also be interested in one of the following majors related to patient safety and healthcare quality.

Major	Number of Grads
General Public Health	25,558
Public Health Education and Promotion	4,112
Other Public Health	3,157
Health Services Administration	3,047
Community Health and Preventive Medicine	2,042
International Public Health/International Health	1,696
Environmental Health	1,439
Behavioral Aspects of Health	633
Maternal and Child Health	275
Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene	261
Health/Medical Physics	244

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
• College Scorecard
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Usual Weekly Earnings of Wage and Salary Workers First Quarter 2020

More about our data sources and methodologies.