Health Professions at Purdue University - Main Campus

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. Of the 8,338 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Purdue University - Main Campus in 2021, 482 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.

Purdue Health Professions Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Health Professions
• Master’s Degree in Health Professions
• Doctorate 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 following rankings from College Factual show how the health professions progam at Purdue compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Health Professions Schools	231
	753

In 2021, 99 students received their master’s degree in health professions from Purdue. This makes it the #365 most popular school for health professions master’s degree candidates in the country.

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

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

About 75% 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	20
Black or African American	22
Hispanic or Latino	24
White	361
International Students	31
Other Races/Ethnicities	24

Purdue Health Professions Master’s Program

Of the 99 health professions students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Purdue, about 16% were men and 84% were women.

Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from Purdue, 75% 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	6
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	74
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Purdue also has a doctoral program available in health professions. In 2021, 192 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 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
• Image Credit: By Abhijitsathe under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.