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Health Professions at George Washington University

45% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

GWU is located in Washington, District of Columbia and approximately 27,017 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.

GWU Health Professions Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at GWU

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.

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

Associate’s Degree
Bachelor’s Degree
Master’s Degree

GWU Health Professions Rankings

The health professions major at GWU 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 249 students who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #114 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at GWU

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

GWU Health Professions Bachelor’s Program

79% Women

45% 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 GWU since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	59
Black or African American	53
Hispanic or Latino	67
White	228
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	43

GWU Health Professions Master’s Program

83% Women

46% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 17% of health professions master's degrees went to men and 83% went to women.

In the health professions master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 46% of degree recipients. That is 2% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	199
Black or African American	177
Hispanic or Latino	110
White	547
International Students	26
Other Races/Ethnicities	124

Concentrations Within Health Professions

The following health professions concentations are available at George Washington University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from George Washington University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Public Health	665
Nursing	486
Health & Medical Administrative Services	308
Medicine	164
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	157
Allied Health Professions	106
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	79
Communication Sciences	72
Health/Medical Prep Programs	49
Mental & Social Health Services	18
Medical Science	6
Bioethics/Medical Ethics	2
Other Health Professions	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 DC, the home state for George Washington University.

Occupation	Jobs in DC	Average Salary in DC
Managers	19,910	$147,460
Computer Workers	18,040	$117,540
Registered Nurses	11,110	$92,350
Home Health Aides	6,420	$29,290
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	5,060	$81,120

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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