Health Professions at Azusa Pacific University

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

Azusa Pacific is located in Azusa, California and has a total student population of 9,006. In 2021, 533 health professions majors received their bachelor's degree from Azusa Pacific.

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.

Azusa Pacific Health Professions Degrees Available

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

Azusa Pacific Health Professions Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks health professions programs across the country. The following shows how Azusa Pacific performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The health professions major at Azusa Pacific 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
	43
	76
Best Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools	135
Most Popular Health Professions Schools	226
Most Focused Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools	238
Most Focused Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools	338
Most Popular Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools	529

In 2021, 176 students received their master’s degree in health professions from Azusa Pacific. This makes it the #188 most popular school for health professions master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 76 students who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #289 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at Azusa Pacific

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

Azusa Pacific Health Professions Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 18% of health professions bachelor's degrees went to men and 82% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 26% 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 Azusa Pacific University with a bachelor's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	94
Black or African American	49
Hispanic or Latino	185
White	129
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	71

Azusa Pacific Health Professions Master’s Program

The health professions program at Azusa Pacific awarded 176 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 15% of these degrees went to men with the other 85% going to women.

In the health professions master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 57% of degree recipients. That is 16% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	54
Black or African American	12
Hispanic or Latino	24
White	49
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	36

Azusa Pacific also has a doctoral program available in health professions. In 2021, 76 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Azusa Pacific University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Nursing	680
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	52
Other Health Professions	39
Allied Health Professions	14

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 CA, the home state for Azusa Pacific University.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Personal Care Aides	558,350	$27,210
Registered Nurses	294,510	$106,950
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	166,870	$62,560
Software Applications Developers	148,550	$127,950
Nursing Assistants	99,440	$35,220

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 Lance Cpl. Norman Eckles under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.