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Health Professions at Northern Arizona University

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. Of the 6,331 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Northern Arizona University in 2021, 927 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.

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
  • Doctorate 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 following rankings from College Factual show how the health professions progam at NAU 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 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.

Ranking Type Rank
Best Value Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools 365
Best Value Health Professions Basic Certificate Schools 478

In 2021, 190 students received their master’s degree in health professions from NAU. This makes it the #176 most popular school for health professions master’s degree candidates in the country.

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
46% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2020-2021 academic year, 927 students earned a bachelor's degree in health professions from NAU. About 85% of these graduates were women and the other 15% were men.

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About 52% 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. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% more racial-ethnic minorities in its health professions bachelor's program than the national average.*

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.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 31
Black or African American 26
Hispanic or Latino 297
White 484
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 88

NAU Health Professions Master’s Program

84% Women
45% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 190 health professions students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from NAU, about 16% were men and 84% were women.

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Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from NAU, 54% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the health professions master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 45% of degree recipients. That is 4% better than the national average.*

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.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 10
Black or African American 4
Hispanic or Latino 48
White 102
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 25

NAU also has a doctoral program available in health professions. In 2021, 143 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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