Health Professions at SUNY Empire State College

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. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 128 students received a bachelor's degree in health professions from SUNY Empire.

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 following rankings from College Factual show how the health professions progam at SUNY Empire 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 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
	194
Best Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools	262
Best Value Health Professions Basic Certificate Schools	632
Most Focused Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools	924
Most Focused Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1,059

In 2021, 72 students received their master’s degree in health professions from SUNY Empire. This makes it the #454 most popular school for health professions master’s degree candidates in the country.

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

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 128 students earned a bachelor's degree in health professions from SUNY Empire. About 91% of these graduates were women and the other 9% were men.

About 66% 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	5
Black or African American	18
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	85
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

SUNY Empire Health Professions Master’s Program

Of the 72 health professions students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from SUNY Empire, about 6% were men and 94% were women.

Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from SUNY Empire, 63% 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	5
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	45
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

SUNY Empire 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 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
• Image Credit: By DanielPenfield under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.