Health Professions at Northwest Mississippi Community College

If you plan to study health professions, take a look at what Northwest Mississippi Community College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

NWCC is located in Senatobia, Mississippi and approximately 7,092 students attend the school each year.

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.

NWCC Health Professions Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Health Professions (Less Than 1 Year)
• Undergrad Certificate in Health Professions (1 - 4 Years)
• Associate’s Degree in Health Professions

Online Classes Are Available at NWCC

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

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

• Associate’s Degree

NWCC Health Professions Rankings

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.

Health Professions Student Demographics at NWCC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the health professions majors at Northwest Mississippi Community College.

NWCC Health Professions Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 11% of health professions associate's degrees went to men and 89% went to women.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in health professions at NWCC are white. Around 76% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Northwest Mississippi Community College with a associate's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	30
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	107
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Health Professions

If you plan to be a health professions 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 Northwest Mississippi Community College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Nursing	94
Allied Health Professions	25
Health & Medical Administrative Services	21

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 MS, the home state for Northwest Mississippi Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in MS	Average Salary in MS
Registered Nurses	29,860	$58,490
Nursing Assistants	13,850	$23,100
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	12,410	$47,000
Personal Care Aides	9,610	$20,800
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	9,520	$37,930

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.