Health Professions at Eastern Michigan University

If you are interested in studying health professions, you may want to check out the program at Eastern Michigan University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Eastern Michigan is located in Ypsilanti, Michigan and approximately 16,294 students attend the school each year. Of the 3,309 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Eastern Michigan University in 2021, 710 of them were health professions majors.

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.

Eastern Michigan Health Professions Degrees Available

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

Eastern Michigan Health Professions Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the health professions progam at Eastern Michigan compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The health professions major at Eastern Michigan 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
Most Popular Health Professions Schools	184
Best Health Professions Schools	1,366

In 2021, 165 students received their master’s degree in health professions from Eastern Michigan. This makes it the #203 most popular school for health professions master’s degree candidates in the country.

Health Professions Student Demographics at Eastern Michigan

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

Eastern Michigan Health Professions Bachelor’s Program

Of the 710 health professions students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Eastern Michigan, about 15% were men and 85% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	33
Black or African American	83
Hispanic or Latino	48
White	478
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	65

Eastern Michigan Health Professions Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 165 students earned a master's degree in health professions from Eastern Michigan. About 76% of these graduates were women and the other 24% were men. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 18% men graduate in health professions each year. Eastern Michigan does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 6% more men than average.

Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from Eastern Michigan, 75% 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 Michigan University with a master's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	124
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

Eastern Michigan also has a doctoral program available in health professions. In 2021, 0 student 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 completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Eastern Michigan University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Nursing	527
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	106
Health & Medical Administrative Services	93
Allied Health Professions	45
Public Health	30
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services	29
Communication Sciences	17
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	16
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	14
Bioethics/Medical Ethics	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 MI, the home state for Eastern Michigan University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Registered Nurses	96,680	$71,330
Nursing Assistants	49,760	$30,130
Personal Care Aides	39,740	$24,230
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	33,490	$57,530
Software Applications Developers	29,540	$92,260

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 Dwight Burdette under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.