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Health Professions at Assumption University

17% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

If you are interested in studying health professions, you may want to check out the program at Assumption University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Assumption is located in Worcester, Massachusetts and approximately 2,448 students attend the school each year.

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.

Assumption Health Professions Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Health Professions
Master’s Degree in Health Professions

Online Classes Are Available at Assumption

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

Master’s Degree

Assumption Health Professions Rankings

The health professions major at Assumption is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Health Professions. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Health Professions Student Demographics at Assumption

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

Assumption Health Professions Bachelor’s Program

87% Women

17% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 13% of health professions bachelor's degrees went to men and 87% went to women.

About 79% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in health professions at Assumption are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Assumption University with a bachelor's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	80
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

Assumption Health Professions Master’s Program

69% Women

31% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 31% of health professions master's degrees went to men and 69% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 18% men graduate in health professions each year. Assumption does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 13% more men than average.

Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from Assumption, 62% 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 Assumption University with a master's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	8
International Students	1
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 Assumption University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	74
Health Sciences & Services	25
Mental & Social Health Services	10
Health & Medical Administrative Services	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 MA, the home state for Assumption University.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Registered Nurses	80,630	$92,140
Personal Care Aides	76,850	$29,080
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	39,360	$64,560
Nursing Assistants	39,100	$33,630
Software Applications Developers	29,110	$109,130

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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