Health Professions at Elmhurst University

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

Elmhurst is located in Elmhurst, Illinois and has a total student population of 3,421.

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.

Elmhurst Health Professions Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Health Professions (Less Than 1 Year)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Health Professions
• Master’s Degree in Health Professions

Elmhurst Health Professions Rankings

The health professions major at Elmhurst 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 Elmhurst

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

Elmhurst Health Professions Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 12% of health professions bachelor's degrees went to men and 88% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	35
White	57
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	47

Elmhurst Health Professions Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 7% of health professions master's degrees went to men and 93% went to women.

Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from Elmhurst, 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 Elmhurst University with a master's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	16
White	53
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	24

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 Elmhurst University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Nursing	95
Communication Sciences	62
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	24
Health Sciences & Services	2

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 IL, the home state for Elmhurst 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
• Image Credit: By Teemu008 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.