Health Professions at Buffalo State

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

Buffalo State is located in Buffalo, New York and approximately 8,339 students attend the school each year.

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.

Buffalo State Health Professions Degrees Available

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

Buffalo State Health Professions Rankings

The health professions major at Buffalo State 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 Buffalo State

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

Buffalo State Health Professions Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 18% of health professions bachelor's degrees went to men and 82% went to women.

About 58% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in health professions at Buffalo State 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 Buffalo State with a bachelor's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	13
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	38
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Buffalo State Health Professions Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 4% of health professions master's degrees went to men and 96% went to women.

Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from Buffalo State, 83% 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 Buffalo State with a master's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	19
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Health Professions

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Communication Sciences	55
Health Sciences & Services	36

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 NY, the home state for Buffalo State.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Personal Care Aides	199,060	$27,640
Home Health Aides	191,820	$26,240
Registered Nurses	182,490	$85,610
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	112,510	$70,770
Nursing Assistants	91,400	$37,010

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 Fortunate4now under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.