Allied Health Professions at Metropolitan State University of Denver

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

MSU Denver is located in Denver, Colorado and approximately 19,086 students attend the school each year.

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

MSU Denver Allied Health Professions Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Allied Health

MSU Denver Allied Health Professions Rankings

The allied health major at MSU Denver is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Allied 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.

Allied Health Student Demographics at MSU Denver

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the allied health majors at Metropolitan State University of Denver.

MSU Denver Allied Health Professions Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of allied health bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical allied health bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at MSU Denver since its program graduates 14% more men than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in allied health at MSU Denver 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 Metropolitan State University of Denver with a bachelor's in allied health.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Allied Health Professions

If you plan to be a allied health major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Metropolitan State University of Denver. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Athletic Training	11

Related Majors

• Medical Illustration & Informatics
• Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services
• Other Health Professions
• Communication Sciences
• Alternative Medicine & Systems

Careers That Allied Health Grads May Go Into

A degree in allied health can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CO, the home state for Metropolitan State University of Denver.

Occupation	Jobs in CO	Average Salary in CO
Health Specialties Professors	5,810	$144,880
Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics	3,700	$42,320
Physician Assistants	3,190	$102,770
Health Technologists and Technicians	2,390	$46,270
Respiratory Therapists	2,080	$63,070

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
• Image Credit: By Jeffrey Beall under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.