Health Professions at Salem University

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

Salem is located in Salem, West Virginia and approximately 1,008 students attend the school each year. Of the 142 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Salem University in 2021, 5 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.

Salem Health Professions Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Salem

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

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

Salem Health Professions Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the health professions progam at Salem 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 Salem 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 Online Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools	364
Most Popular Online Health Professions Schools	776
Most Focused Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools	1,061
Most Popular Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools	1,128
Most Popular Health Professions Associate Degree Schools	1,348
Most Focused Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1,388
Most Popular Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1,423
Most Focused Health Professions Schools	3,232

In 2021, 3 students received their master’s degree in health professions from Salem. This makes it the #1,134 most popular school for health professions master’s degree candidates in the country.

Health Professions Student Demographics at Salem

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

Salem Health Professions Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 12% of health professions associate's degrees went to men and 88% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

Salem Health Professions Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 5 students earned a bachelor's degree in health professions from Salem. About 100% of these graduates were women and the other 0% were men.

About 60% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in health professions at Salem 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 Salem University with a bachelor's in health professions.

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

Salem Health Professions Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of health professions master's degrees went to men and 67% went to women.

Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from Salem, 67% 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 Salem University with a master's in health professions.

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

Salem also has a doctoral program available in health professions. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Health Professions

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Nursing	25

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 WV, the home state for Salem University.

Occupation	Jobs in WV	Average Salary in WV
Registered Nurses	19,930	$61,780
Personal Care Aides	12,500	$20,760
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	8,830	$46,650
Nursing Assistants	8,330	$26,410
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	5,860	$36,770

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.