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Health Professions at Purdue University - Main Campus

19% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

Purdue is located in West Lafayette, Indiana and has a total student population of 46,655.

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.

Purdue Health Professions Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Purdue

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? Purdue offers distance education options for health professions at the following degree levels:

Master’s Degree

Purdue Health Professions Rankings

The health professions major at Purdue 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 192 students who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #152 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at Purdue

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the health professions majors at Purdue University - Main Campus.

Purdue Health Professions Bachelor’s Program

85% Women

19% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

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

About 77% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in health professions at Purdue 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 - Main Campus with a bachelor's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	30
Black or African American	12
Hispanic or Latino	32
White	353
International Students	17
Other Races/Ethnicities	13

Purdue Health Professions Master’s Program

80% Women

27% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 20% of health professions master's degrees went to men and 80% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 18% men graduate in health professions each year. Purdue does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 2% more men than average.

Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from Purdue, 63% 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 Purdue University - Main Campus with a master's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	10
Black or African American	18
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	92
International Students	11
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

Concentrations Within Health Professions

Health Professions majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Purdue University - Main Campus. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Nursing	227
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	224
Communication Sciences	126
Public Health	102
Other Health Professions	42
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services	34
Health Sciences & Services	15
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	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 IN, the home state for Purdue University - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
Registered Nurses	67,870	$64,860
Nursing Assistants	30,220	$27,210
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	28,970	$55,210
Personal Care Aides	28,420	$22,830
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	15,480	$44,310

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
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