Allied Health Professions at Duke University

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

Duke is located in Durham, North Carolina and approximately 16,172 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Allied Health Professions section at the bottom of this page.

Duke Allied Health Professions Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Allied Health

Duke Allied Health Professions Rankings

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Allied Health Student Demographics at Duke

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

Duke Allied Health Professions Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 89 allied health majors earned their master's degree from Duke. Of these graduates, 26% were men and 74% were women.

Of the students who received a allied health master's degree from Duke, 53% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the allied health master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 47% of degree recipients. That is 13% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	20
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	47
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services
• Health & Medical Administrative Services
• Medical Illustration & Informatics
• Bioethics/Medical Ethics
• Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions

Careers That Allied Health Grads May Go Into

A degree in allied health can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NC, the home state for Duke University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics	10,760	$36,200
Health Specialties Professors	10,090	$134,300
Health Technologists and Technicians	6,350	$39,230
Physician Assistants	5,010	$104,680
Respiratory Therapists	4,390	$56,620

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 Bjoertvedt under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.