Health Professions at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

If you plan to study health professions, take a look at what The University of Tennessee - Knoxville has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UT Knoxville is located in Knoxville, Tennessee and has a total student population of 30,559. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 305 students received a bachelor's degree in health professions from UT Knoxville.

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.

UT Knoxville Health Professions Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at UT Knoxville

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.

For those who are interested in distance learning, UT Knoxville does offer online courses in health professions for the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

UT Knoxville Health Professions Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the health professions progam at UT Knoxville 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 UT Knoxville 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
	441
Most Focused Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools	1,117

In 2021, 39 students received their master’s degree in health professions from UT Knoxville. This makes it the #660 most popular school for health professions master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 45 students who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #359 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at UT Knoxville

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

UT Knoxville Health Professions Bachelor’s Program

Of the 305 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Health Professions from UT Knoxville in 2020-2021, 10% were men and 90% were women.

About 88% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in health professions at UT Knoxville 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 The University of Tennessee - Knoxville with a bachelor's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	269
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

UT Knoxville Health Professions Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 39 students earned a master's degree in health professions from UT Knoxville. About 69% of these graduates were women and the other 31% were men. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 18% men graduate in health professions each year. UT Knoxville does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 13% more men than average.

Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from UT Knoxville, 82% 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 The University of Tennessee - Knoxville with a master's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	32
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UT Knoxville also has a doctoral program available in health professions. In 2021, 45 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Health Professions

If you plan to be a health professions major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Nursing	320
Communication Sciences	61
Public Health	35
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	2

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 TN, the home state for The University of Tennessee - Knoxville.

Occupation	Jobs in TN	Average Salary in TN
Registered Nurses	60,360	$61,320
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	35,680	$56,600
Nursing Assistants	28,340	$26,400
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	24,410	$40,120
Personal Care Aides	21,100	$21,060

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 Nightryder84 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.