Health Professions at Eastern Illinois University

24% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

EIU is located in Charleston, Illinois and approximately 8,626 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.

EIU Health Professions Degrees Available

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

EIU Health Professions Rankings

The health professions major at EIU 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 EIU

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

EIU Health Professions Bachelor’s Program

79% Women

24% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 21% of health professions bachelor's degrees went to men and 79% 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 EIU since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in health professions at EIU 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 Eastern Illinois University with a bachelor's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	61
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

EIU Health Professions Master’s Program

86% Women

11% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 14% of health professions master's degrees went to men and 86% went to women.

Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from EIU, 78% 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 Eastern Illinois University with a master's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	57
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

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 Eastern Illinois University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Communication Sciences	46
Nursing	35
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services	29
Health & Medical Administrative Services	11
Public Health	7
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	4
Allied Health Professions	3

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 Eastern Illinois 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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