Health Professions at Emerson College

What traits are you looking for in a health professions school? To help you decide if Emerson College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's health professions program.

Emerson is located in Boston, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 5,115. Of the 1,005 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Emerson College in 2021, 14 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.

Emerson Health Professions Degrees Available

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

Emerson Health Professions Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks health professions programs across the country. The following shows how Emerson performed in these 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.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The health professions major at Emerson 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
Best Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools	204
Most Popular Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools	236
	352
Best Health Professions Schools	368
Best Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools	372
Best Value Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools	740
	854
Best Value Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1,159
Most Popular Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1,278
Most Focused Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1,431
Most Popular Health Professions Schools	1,556
Best Value Health Professions Schools	1,707
Most Focused Health Professions Schools	2,895

In 2021, 148 students received their master’s degree in health professions from Emerson. This makes it the #240 most popular school for health professions master’s degree candidates in the country.

Health Professions Student Demographics at Emerson

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

Emerson Health Professions Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 14 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in health professions from Emerson. About 0% were men and 100% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% more racial-ethnic minorities in its health professions bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	6
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Emerson Health Professions Master’s Program

Of the 148 health professions students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Emerson, about 3% were men and 97% were women.

Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from Emerson, 68% 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 Emerson College with a master's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	25
White	101
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	13

Emerson 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

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 Emerson College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Communication Sciences	162

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 MA, the home state for Emerson College.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Registered Nurses	80,630	$92,140
Personal Care Aides	76,850	$29,080
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	39,360	$64,560
Nursing Assistants	39,100	$33,630
Software Applications Developers	29,110	$109,130

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 McDonald & Gill under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.