Health Professions at Grand Canyon University
Grand Canyon University is located in Phoenix, Arizona and has a total student population of 103,427.
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.
Grand Canyon University Health Professions Degrees Available
- Bachelor’s Degree in Health Professions
- Master’s Degree in Health Professions
Online Classes Are Available at Grand Canyon University
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.
Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Grand Canyon University offers distance education options for health professions at the following degree levels:
- Bachelor’s Degree
- Master’s Degree
Grand Canyon University Health Professions Rankings
The health professions major at Grand Canyon University 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 368 students who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #69 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.
Health Professions Student Demographics at Grand Canyon University
Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the health professions majors at Grand Canyon University.
Grand Canyon University Health Professions Bachelor’s Program
Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 16% 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 Grand Canyon University with a bachelor's in health professions.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
---|---|
Asian | 493 |
Black or African American | 1,213 |
Hispanic or Latino | 1,045 |
White | 1,787 |
International Students | 49 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 372 |
Grand Canyon University Health Professions Master’s Program
In the health professions master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 6% better than the national average.*
The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Grand Canyon University with a master's in health professions.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
---|---|
Asian | 263 |
Black or African American | 605 |
Hispanic or Latino | 463 |
White | 1,305 |
International Students | 10 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 256 |
Concentrations Within Health Professions
The following health professions concentations are available at Grand Canyon University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Grand Canyon University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.
Concentration | Annual Degrees Awarded |
---|---|
Nursing | 6,909 |
Mental & Social Health Services | 1,677 |
Health & Medical Administrative Services | 600 |
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science | 197 |
Public Health | 112 |
Allied Health Professions | 23 |
Health Sciences & Services | 12 |
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 AZ, the home state for Grand Canyon University.
Occupation | Jobs in AZ | Average Salary in AZ |
---|---|---|
Registered Nurses | 54,690 | $77,000 |
Personal Care Aides | 47,610 | $24,440 |
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors | 36,130 | $54,670 |
Medical Assistants | 18,250 | $33,410 |
Home Health Aides | 17,570 | $25,470 |
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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.