Health Professions at University of North Carolina at Charlotte

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

UNC Charlotte is located in Charlotte, North Carolina and approximately 30,146 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 760 health professions majors received their bachelor's degree from UNC Charlotte.

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.

UNC Charlotte 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 UNC Charlotte

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

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

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

UNC Charlotte Health Professions Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks health professions programs across the country. The following shows how UNC Charlotte performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The health professions major at UNC Charlotte 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
Best Value Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools	282
Best Value Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools	384
	435
Most Focused Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools	503
Best Value Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools	707
Most Focused Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools	848

In 2021, 173 students received their master’s degree in health professions from UNC Charlotte. This makes it the #192 most popular school for health professions master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 16 students who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #477 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at UNC Charlotte

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the health professions majors at University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

UNC Charlotte Health Professions Bachelor’s Program

Of the 760 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Health Professions from UNC Charlotte in 2020-2021, 21% were men and 79% were women. The typical health professions bachelor's degree program is made up of only 18% men. So male students are more repesented at UNC Charlotte since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 7% 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 North Carolina at Charlotte with a bachelor's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	66
Black or African American	190
Hispanic or Latino	79
White	373
International Students	11
Other Races/Ethnicities	41

UNC Charlotte Health Professions Master’s Program

Of the 173 students who graduated with a master’s in health professions from UNC Charlotte in 2021, 20% were men and 80% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 18% men graduate in health professions each year. UNC Charlotte does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 2% more men than average.

Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from UNC Charlotte, 61% 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 University of North Carolina at Charlotte with a master's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	11
Black or African American	34
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	106
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

UNC Charlotte also has a doctoral program available in health professions. In 2021, 16 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 University of North Carolina at Charlotte. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Health & Medical Administrative Services	483
Nursing	288
Allied Health Professions	83
Public Health	64
Medical Illustration & Informatics	21
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	14

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 NC, the home state for University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Registered Nurses	102,500	$64,850
Nursing Assistants	63,010	$25,570
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	41,320	$55,560
Software Applications Developers	30,580	$103,280
Personal Care Aides	30,170	$21,660

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 Stanton49 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.