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Health Professions at Northern Arizona University

42% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

What traits are you looking for in a health professions school? To help you decide if Northern Arizona University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's health professions program.

NAU is located in Flagstaff, Arizona and has a total student population of 29,566.

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.

NAU 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 NAU

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? NAU offers distance education options for health professions at the following degree levels:

Master’s Degree

NAU Health Professions Rankings

The health professions major at NAU 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.

There were 143 students who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #196 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at NAU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the health professions majors at Northern Arizona University.

NAU Health Professions Bachelor’s Program

85% Women

42% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 15% of health professions bachelor's degrees went to men and 85% went to women.

About 51% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in health professions at NAU are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Northern Arizona University with a bachelor's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	31
Black or African American	15
Hispanic or Latino	214
White	393
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	111

NAU Health Professions Master’s Program

83% Women

39% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 17% of health professions master's degrees went to men and 83% went to women.

Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from NAU, 60% 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 Northern Arizona University with a master's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	14
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	65
White	160
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	18

Concentrations Within Health Professions

The following health professions concentations are available at Northern Arizona University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Northern Arizona University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Nursing	579
Public Health	289
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	139
Communication Sciences	124
Allied Health Professions	66
Dental Support Services	57
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services	13

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 AZ, the home state for Northern Arizona University.

Occupation	Jobs in AZ	Average Salary in AZ
Registered Nurses	54,690	$77,000
Personal Care Aides	47,610	$24,440
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	36,130	$54,670
Medical Assistants	18,250	$33,410
Home Health Aides	17,570	$25,470

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
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