Health Professions at Shepherd University

What traits are you looking for in a health professions school? To help you decide if Shepherd University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's health professions program.

Shepherd University is located in Shepherdstown, West Virginia and has a total student population of 3,159.

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.

Shepherd University Health Professions Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Health Professions

Online Classes Are Available at Shepherd University

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

• Bachelor’s Degree

Shepherd University Health Professions Rankings

The health professions major at Shepherd University 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.

Health Professions Student Demographics at Shepherd University

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

Shepherd University Health Professions Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 10% of health professions bachelor's degrees went to men and 90% went to women.

About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in health professions at Shepherd University 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 Shepherd University with a bachelor's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	57
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

Concentrations Within Health Professions

The following health professions concentations are available at Shepherd University. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Shepherd University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Nursing	59
Health Sciences & Services	21
Health & Medical Administrative Services	1

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 WV, the home state for Shepherd 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
• Image Credit: By Ecragg under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.