Health Professions at LIU Post

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

LIU Post is located in Brookville, New York and approximately 15,066 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,603 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from LIU Post in 2021, 866 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.

LIU Post Health Professions Degrees Available

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

LIU Post Health Professions Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks health professions programs across the country. The following shows how LIU Post performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The health professions major at LIU Post 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 Master’s Degree Schools	36
Most Focused Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools	193
Best Value Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1,076

In 2021, 536 students received their master’s degree in health professions from LIU Post. This makes it the #36 most popular school for health professions master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 237 students who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #118 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at LIU Post

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the health professions majors at LIU Post.

LIU Post Health Professions Bachelor’s Program

Of the 866 health professions students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from LIU Post, about 18% were men and 82% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 7% 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 LIU Post with a bachelor's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	154
Black or African American	136
Hispanic or Latino	99
White	285
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	185

LIU Post Health Professions Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 536 students earned a master's degree in health professions from LIU Post. About 87% of these graduates were women and the other 13% were men.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	31
Black or African American	86
Hispanic or Latino	61
White	208
International Students	46
Other Races/Ethnicities	104

LIU Post also has a doctoral program available in health professions. In 2021, 237 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Health Professions

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Nursing	566
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	414
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	156
Communication Sciences	132
Health & Medical Administrative Services	96
Allied Health Professions	88
Mental & Social Health Services	85
Other Health Professions	80
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services	41
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	16
Public Health	8

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 NY, the home state for LIU Post.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Personal Care Aides	199,060	$27,640
Home Health Aides	191,820	$26,240
Registered Nurses	182,490	$85,610
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	112,510	$70,770
Nursing Assistants	91,400	$37,010

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.