Health Professions at Kennesaw State University

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

KSU Georgia is located in Kennesaw, Georgia and has a total student population of 41,181. Of the 5,969 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Kennesaw State University in 2021, 272 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.

KSU Georgia Health Professions Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Health Professions (Less Than 1 Year)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Health Professions
• Master’s Degree in Health Professions

Online Classes Are Available at KSU Georgia

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.

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

• Master’s Degree

KSU Georgia Health Professions Rankings

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

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 KSU Georgia 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 Health Professions Basic Certificate Schools	1,194
Best Value Health Professions Schools	1,384
Most Focused Health Professions Schools	3,436

In 2021, 83 students received their master’s degree in health professions from KSU Georgia. This makes it the #415 most popular school for health professions master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #668 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at KSU Georgia

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

KSU Georgia Health Professions Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 15% of health professions bachelor's degrees went to men and 85% went to women.

About 58% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in health professions at KSU Georgia are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	19
Black or African American	49
Hispanic or Latino	24
White	159
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	15

KSU Georgia Health Professions Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 83 students earned a master's degree in health professions from KSU Georgia. About 80% of these graduates were women and the other 20% were men. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 18% men graduate in health professions each year. KSU Georgia does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 3% more men than average.

In the health professions master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 42% of degree recipients. That is 1% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	23
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	41
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

KSU Georgia 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

If you plan to be a health professions major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Kennesaw State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Nursing	287
Public Health	42
Medical Illustration & Informatics	26
Health & Medical Administrative Services	7

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 GA, the home state for Kennesaw State University.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Registered Nurses	76,640	$68,950
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	48,300	$56,540
Nursing Assistants	36,780	$25,870
Software Applications Developers	30,440	$105,240
Personal Care Aides	29,080	$22,540

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.