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Health Professions at Florida International University

87% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

FIU is located in Miami, Florida and approximately 58,836 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.

FIU Health Professions Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at FIU

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

FIU does offer online education options in health professions for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

Bachelor’s Degree
Master’s Degree

FIU Health Professions Rankings

The health professions major at FIU 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.

There were 278 students who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #103 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at FIU

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

FIU Health Professions Bachelor’s Program

79% Women

87% 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 FIU since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 43% 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 Florida International University with a bachelor's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	29
Black or African American	102
Hispanic or Latino	332
White	46
International Students	19
Other Races/Ethnicities	24

FIU Health Professions Master’s Program

86% Women

80% 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.

In the health professions master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 80% of degree recipients. That is 36% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	27
Black or African American	123
Hispanic or Latino	307
White	100
International Students	14
Other Races/Ethnicities	19

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Nursing	503
Health & Medical Administrative Services	363
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services	130
Medicine	113
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	111
Public Health	89
Communication Sciences	64
Allied Health Professions	64
Mental & Social Health Services	57
Medical Illustration & Informatics	19

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 FL, the home state for Florida International University.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Registered Nurses	177,600	$66,210
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	107,150	$55,680
Nursing Assistants	89,860	$26,840
Medical Assistants	55,330	$32,870
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	47,540	$44,400

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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