Health Sciences & Services at Meharry Medical College

If you are interested in studying health sciences & services, you may want to check out the program at Meharry Medical College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Meharry Medical College is located in Nashville, Tennessee and has a total student population of 944.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Health Sciences & Services section at the bottom of this page.

Meharry Medical College Health Sciences & Services Degrees Available

Master’s Degree in Health Science

Meharry Medical College Health Sciences & Services Rankings

Health Science Student Demographics at Meharry Medical College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the health science majors at Meharry Medical College.

Meharry Medical College Health Sciences & Services Master’s Program

78% Women

100% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 22% of health science master's degrees went to men and 78% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 20% men graduate in health science each year. Meharry Medical College does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 2% more men than average.

In the health science master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 100% of degree recipients. That is 46% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Meharry Medical College with a master's in health science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	92
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Health Sciences & Services

Health Sciences & Services majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Meharry Medical College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences	122

Careers That Health Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in health science can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for TN, the home state for Meharry Medical College.

Occupation	Jobs in TN	Average Salary in TN
Community Health Workers	850	$44,630

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.

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