Health Professions at DePaul University

62% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

DePaul is located in Chicago, Illinois and approximately 21,922 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.

DePaul Health Professions Degrees Available

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

DePaul Health Professions Rankings

The health professions major at DePaul 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.

There were 33 students who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #407 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at DePaul

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

DePaul Health Professions Bachelor’s Program

76% Women

62% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 24% of health professions bachelor's degrees went to men and 76% went to women. The typical health professions bachelor's degree program is made up of only 18% men. So male students are more repesented at DePaul since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 18% 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 DePaul University with a bachelor's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	28
Black or African American	17
Hispanic or Latino	27
White	44
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	15

DePaul Health Professions Master’s Program

82% Women

41% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

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

Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from DePaul, 51% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	35
Black or African American	31
Hispanic or Latino	42
White	139
International Students	16
Other Races/Ethnicities	12

Concentrations Within Health Professions

Health Professions majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at DePaul University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Nursing	239
Health Sciences & Services	154
Public Health	24
Medical Illustration & Informatics	23
Health & Medical Administrative Services	1
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	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 IL, the home state for DePaul 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.

College Factual
National Center for Education Statistics
O*NET Online
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