Health Professions at Pacific Lutheran University

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

PLU is located in Tacoma, Washington and approximately 2,907 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.

PLU Health Professions Degrees Available

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

PLU Health Professions Rankings

The health professions major at PLU 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 23 students who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #447 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at PLU

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

PLU Health Professions Bachelor’s Program

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

About 52% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in health professions at PLU 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 Pacific Lutheran University with a bachelor's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	25
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	24
White	68
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	13

PLU Health Professions Master’s Program

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

Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from PLU, 51% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	21
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Concentrations Within Health Professions

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Nursing	141
Mental & Social Health Services	21

Related Majors

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 WA, the home state for Pacific Lutheran University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Registered Nurses	56,290	$82,670
Software Applications Developers	53,860	$131,790
Personal Care Aides	47,240	$29,140
Nursing Assistants	32,690	$32,130
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	30,250	$65,190

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 Joe Mabel under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.