Health Professions at George Mason University

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

GMU is located in Fairfax, Virginia and approximately 38,541 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 555 students received a bachelor's degree in health professions from GMU.

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.

GMU Health Professions Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at GMU

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? GMU offers distance education options for health professions at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

GMU Health Professions Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The health professions major at GMU 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 Online Health Professions Schools	152
Best Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools	421
Best Value Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools	896

In 2021, 237 students received their master’s degree in health professions from GMU. This makes it the #131 most popular school for health professions master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 39 students who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #385 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at GMU

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

GMU Health Professions Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 555 health professions majors earned their bachelor's degree from GMU. Of these graduates, 15% were men and 85% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 20% 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 George Mason University with a bachelor's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	127
Black or African American	95
Hispanic or Latino	95
White	173
International Students	25
Other Races/Ethnicities	40

GMU Health Professions Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 237 students earned a master's degree in health professions from GMU. About 84% of these graduates were women and the other 16% were men.

In the health professions master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 52% of degree recipients. That is 11% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	49
Black or African American	49
Hispanic or Latino	17
White	81
International Students	23
Other Races/Ethnicities	18

GMU also has a doctoral program available in health professions. In 2021, 39 students 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 George Mason University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Nursing	266
Public Health	266
Other Health Professions	128
Medical Illustration & Informatics	62
Health & Medical Administrative Services	61
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	25
Allied Health Professions	24
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services	21
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	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 VA, the home state for George Mason University.

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
• Image Credit: By Lucien Dalarun under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.