Allied Health Professions at New Mexico State University - Main Campus

What traits are you looking for in a allied health school? To help you decide if New Mexico State University - Main Campus is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's allied health program.

NMSU Main Campus is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico and has a total student population of 14,227.

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.

NMSU Main Campus Allied Health Professions Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Allied Health

NMSU Main Campus Allied Health Professions Rankings

The allied health major at NMSU Main Campus 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 NMSU Main Campus

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the allied health majors at New Mexico State University - Main Campus.

NMSU Main Campus Allied Health Professions Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 60% of allied health bachelor's degrees went to men and 40% 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 NMSU Main Campus since its program graduates 24% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 53% more racial-ethnic minorities in its allied health bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from New Mexico State University - Main Campus with a bachelor's in allied health.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	1
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 completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from New Mexico State University - Main Campus. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Athletic Training	9

Related Majors

• Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services
• Mental & Social Health Services
• Communication Sciences
• Public Health
• Nursing

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 NM, the home state for New Mexico State University - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in NM	Average Salary in NM
Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics	1,480	$35,660
Health Specialties Professors	1,300	$150,170
Respiratory Therapists	750	$58,200
Physician Assistants	680	$108,610
Surgical Technologists	620	$44,110

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 AllenS under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.