Health Professions at University of California - Irvine

85% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

UC Irvine is located in Irvine, California and approximately 36,303 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.

UC Irvine Health Professions Degrees Available

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

UC Irvine Health Professions Rankings

The health professions major at UC Irvine 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.

There were 118 students who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #224 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at UC Irvine

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

UC Irvine Health Professions Bachelor’s Program

80% Women

85% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 20% of health professions bachelor's degrees went to men and 80% went to women. The typical health professions bachelor's degree program is made up of only 18% men. So male students are more repesented at UC Irvine since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 41% 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 University of California - Irvine with a bachelor's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	294
Black or African American	13
Hispanic or Latino	142
White	56
International Students	23
Other Races/Ethnicities	27

UC Irvine Health Professions Master’s Program

71% Women

70% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 29% of health professions master's degrees went to men and 71% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 18% men graduate in health professions each year. UC Irvine does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 11% more men than average.

In the health professions master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 70% of degree recipients. That is 26% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	30
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	21
White	18
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Concentrations Within Health Professions

Health Professions majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of California - Irvine. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Public Health	526
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	118
Medicine	104
Nursing	68
Medical Science	9
Mental & Social Health Services	7

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 University of California - Irvine.

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
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