Health Professions at Minnesota State University - Moorhead

If you are interested in studying health professions, you may want to check out the program at Minnesota State University - Moorhead. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

MSU Moorhead is located in Moorhead, Minnesota and approximately 5,547 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,064 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Minnesota State University - Moorhead in 2021, 110 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.

MSU Moorhead Health Professions Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Health Professions (Less Than 1 Year)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Health Professions
• Master’s Degree in Health Professions

Online Classes Are Available at MSU Moorhead

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.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? MSU Moorhead offers distance education options for health professions at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

MSU Moorhead Health Professions Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The health professions major at MSU Moorhead 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 Online Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools	139
	266
Most Popular Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools	463
	1,861

In 2021, 64 students received their master’s degree in health professions from MSU Moorhead. This makes it the #486 most popular school for health professions master’s degree candidates in the country.

Health Professions Student Demographics at MSU Moorhead

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

MSU Moorhead Health Professions Bachelor’s Program

Of the 110 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Health Professions from MSU Moorhead in 2020-2021, 9% were men and 91% were women.

About 84% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in health professions at MSU Moorhead 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 Minnesota State University - Moorhead with a bachelor's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	92
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

MSU Moorhead Health Professions Master’s Program

Of the 64 health professions students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from MSU Moorhead, about 6% were men and 94% were women.

Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from MSU Moorhead, 94% 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 Minnesota State University - Moorhead with a master's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	60
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Concentrations Within Health Professions

Health Professions majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Minnesota State University - Moorhead. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Nursing	80
Communication Sciences	61
Health & Medical Administrative Services	29
Allied Health Professions	5

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 MN, the home state for Minnesota State University - Moorhead.

Occupation	Jobs in MN	Average Salary in MN
Personal Care Aides	75,830	$26,260
Registered Nurses	69,000	$78,920
Nursing Assistants	31,640	$33,710
Home Health Aides	22,380	$28,940
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	22,140	$62,070

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 Bobak Ha’Eri under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.