Health Professions at Oklahoma City University

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

OCU is located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and approximately 2,617 students attend the school each year. Of the 443 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Oklahoma City University in 2021, 126 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.

OCU Health Professions Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Health Professions
• Master’s Degree in Health Professions
• Doctorate Degree in Health Professions

OCU Health Professions Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The health professions major at OCU 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 Master’s Degree Schools	112
Most Focused Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools	296
Most Focused Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools	504
Best Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools	559
Most Popular Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools	634
Best Value Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools	873
Best Value Health Professions Schools	1,341
	1,579
Most Focused Health Professions Schools	2,003

In 2021, 41 students received their master’s degree in health professions from OCU. This makes it the #638 most popular school for health professions master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 30 students who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #420 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at OCU

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

OCU Health Professions Bachelor’s Program

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

About 52% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in health professions at OCU 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 Oklahoma City University with a bachelor's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	65
International Students	14
Other Races/Ethnicities	16

OCU Health Professions Master’s Program

Of the 41 health professions students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from OCU, about 17% were men and 83% were women.

Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from OCU, 66% 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 Oklahoma City University with a master's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	27
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

OCU also has a doctoral program available in health professions. In 2021, 30 students 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 Oklahoma City University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Nursing	159
Allied Health Professions	38

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 OK, the home state for Oklahoma City University.

Occupation	Jobs in OK	Average Salary in OK
Registered Nurses	29,330	$63,080
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	21,570	$53,880
Nursing Assistants	17,120	$25,690
Personal Care Aides	13,820	$20,270
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	11,740	$41,260

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 Matthew Rutledge under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.