Health Professions at Eastern Virginia Medical School

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

Eastern Virginia Medical School is located in Norfolk, Virginia and has a total student population of 1,289.

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 Virginia Medical School Health Professions Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Health Professions

Eastern Virginia Medical School Health Professions Rankings

There were 176 students who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #166 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at Eastern Virginia Medical School

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the health professions majors at Eastern Virginia Medical School.

Eastern Virginia Medical School Health Professions Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 26% of health professions master's degrees went to men and 74% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 18% men graduate in health professions each year. Eastern Virginia Medical School does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 8% more men than average.

Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from Eastern Virginia Medical School, 56% 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 Virginia Medical School with a master's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	16
Black or African American	29
Hispanic or Latino	18
White	132
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	40

Concentrations Within Health Professions

Health Professions majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Eastern Virginia Medical School. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Medicine	144
Allied Health Professions	79
Health/Medical Prep Programs	68
Public Health	61
Health & Medical Administrative Services	39
Other Health Professions	16
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	14
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services	11

Related Majors

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 VA, the home state for Eastern Virginia Medical School.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Registered Nurses	64,750	$69,790
Nursing Assistants	39,320	$28,770
Personal Care Aides	39,030	$21,240
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	38,820	$61,190
Software Applications Developers	38,110	$113,690

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.