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Health Professions at McNeese State University

23% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

McNeese is located in Lake Charles, Louisiana and approximately 7,284 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.

McNeese Health Professions Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at McNeese

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.

For those who are interested in distance learning, McNeese does offer online courses in health professions for the following degree levels:

Bachelor’s Degree
Master’s Degree

McNeese Health Professions Rankings

The health professions major at McNeese 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 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 McNeese

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

McNeese Health Professions Bachelor’s Program

89% Women

23% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 11% of health professions bachelor's degrees went to men and 89% went to women.

About 73% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in health professions at McNeese 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 McNeese State University with a bachelor's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	26
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	130
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	12

McNeese Health Professions Master’s Program

85% Women

33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

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

Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from McNeese, 62% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	15
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	32
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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 McNeese State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Nursing	164
Allied Health Professions	21
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	17
Public Health	14

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 LA, the home state for McNeese State University.

Occupation	Jobs in LA	Average Salary in LA
Registered Nurses	43,110	$63,970
Personal Care Aides	34,590	$19,300
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	21,080	$49,360
Nursing Assistants	20,690	$22,750
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	19,450	$39,480

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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