Health Professions at Aurora University

53% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

Aurora is located in Aurora, Illinois and approximately 6,265 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.

Aurora Health Professions Degrees Available

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

Aurora Health Professions Rankings

The health professions major at Aurora 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 Aurora

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

Aurora Health Professions Bachelor’s Program

83% Women

53% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 17% of health professions bachelor's degrees went to men and 83% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 9% more racial-ethnic minorities in its health professions bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	23
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	118
White	119
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	33

Aurora Health Professions Master’s Program

64% Women

36% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 36% of health professions master's degrees went to men and 64% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 18% men graduate in health professions each year. Aurora does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 18% more men than average.

Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from Aurora, 64% 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 Aurora University with a master's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	16
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 Aurora University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Nursing	207
Health/Medical Prep Programs	46
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	26
Allied Health Professions	5

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 Aurora 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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