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Health Professions at SUNY Empire State College

38% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

SUNY Empire is located in Saratoga Springs, New York and has a total student population of 10,724.

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.

SUNY Empire Health Professions Degrees Available

Basic Certificate in Health Professions (Less Than 1 Year)
Bachelor’s Degree in Health Professions
Master’s Degree in Health Professions

Online Classes Are Available at SUNY Empire

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

Bachelor’s Degree
Master’s Degree

SUNY Empire Health Professions Rankings

The health professions major at SUNY Empire 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 SUNY Empire

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

SUNY Empire Health Professions Bachelor’s Program

89% Women

38% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 11% of health professions bachelor's degrees went to men and 89% went to women.

About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in health professions at SUNY Empire 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 SUNY Empire State College with a bachelor's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	20
Hispanic or Latino	14
White	70
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

SUNY Empire Health Professions Master’s Program

82% Women

31% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

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

Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from SUNY Empire, 58% 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 SUNY Empire State College with a master's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	36
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

Concentrations Within Health Professions

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Nursing	145
Bioethics/Medical Ethics	26
Health & Medical Administrative Services	23
Allied Health Professions	12

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 SUNY Empire State College.

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
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