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General Health & Wellness at Purdue University Global

General Health & Wellness at Purdue University Global

If you plan to study general health & wellness, take a look at what Purdue University Global has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Purdue University Global is located in West Lafayette, Indiana and has a total student population of 43,927.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in General Health & Wellness section at the bottom of this page.

Purdue University Global General Health & Wellness Degrees Available

  • Basic Certificate in Health and Wellness (Less Than 1 Year)
  • Associate’s Degree in Health and Wellness
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Health and Wellness

Online Classes Are Available at Purdue University Global

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? Purdue University Global offers distance education options for health and wellness at the following degree levels:

  • Associate’s Degree
  • Bachelor’s Degree

Purdue University Global General Health & Wellness Rankings

The health and wellness major at Purdue University Global is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Health & Wellness. 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.

Health and Wellness Student Demographics at Purdue University Global

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the health and wellness majors at Purdue University Global.

Purdue University Global General Health & Wellness Associate’s Program

41% Women
52% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 59% of health and wellness associate's degrees went to men and 41% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in health and wellness only graduates about 23% men each year. The program at Purdue University Global may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 36% more women than average.

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Purdue University Global does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in health and wellness graduates 5% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Purdue University Global with a associate's in health and wellness.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 13
Black or African American 32
Hispanic or Latino 65
White 106
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 21

Purdue University Global General Health & Wellness Bachelor’s Program

68% Women
42% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 32% of health and wellness bachelor's degrees went to men and 68% went to women. The typical health and wellness bachelor's degree program is made up of only 23% men. So male students are more repesented at Purdue University Global since its program graduates 9% more men than average.

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About 54% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in health and wellness at Purdue University Global are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 24
Black or African American 92
Hispanic or Latino 82
White 305
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 60

Careers That Health and Wellness Grads May Go Into

A degree in health and wellness can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IN, the home state for Purdue University Global.

Occupation Jobs in IN Average Salary in IN
Community Health Workers 1,630 $42,000

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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