Health Professions at Sonoma State University

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

SSU is located in Rohnert Park, California and has a total student population of 8,018.

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.

SSU Health Professions Degrees Available

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

SSU Health Professions Rankings

The health professions major at SSU 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 SSU

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

SSU Health Professions Bachelor’s Program

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

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 4% more racial-ethnic minorities in its health professions bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	17
White	27
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

SSU Health Professions Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 13% of health professions master's degrees went to men and 87% went to women.

Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from SSU, 53% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	20
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Concentrations Within Health Professions

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Nursing	89

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 CA, the home state for Sonoma State University.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Personal Care Aides	558,350	$27,210
Registered Nurses	294,510	$106,950
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	166,870	$62,560
Software Applications Developers	148,550	$127,950
Nursing Assistants	99,440	$35,220

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 Stepheng3 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.