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. Of the 3,153 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Metropolitan State University of Denver in 2021, 11 of them were allied health professions majors.

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 following rankings from College Factual show how the allied health progam at MSU Denver compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
	139

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

The allied health program at MSU Denver awarded 11 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 55% of these degrees went to men with the other 45% going to women. The typical allied health bachelor's degree program is made up of only 35% men. So male students are more repesented at MSU Denver since its program graduates 19% more men than average.

About 73% 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	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

MSU Denver also has a doctoral program available in allied health. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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.