Health Professions at University of South Carolina - Upstate

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

USC Upstate is located in Spartanburg, South Carolina and approximately 6,038 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,139 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of South Carolina - Upstate in 2021, 306 of them were health professions majors.

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.

USC Upstate Health Professions Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at USC Upstate

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? USC Upstate offers distance education options for health professions at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

USC Upstate Health Professions Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the health professions progam at USC Upstate 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 USC Upstate 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
Most Focused Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools	181
Most Popular Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools	243
Best Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools	616
Best Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools	791
Best Health Professions Schools	1,115
Best Value Health Professions Schools	1,610
	1,715
Most Focused Health Professions Schools	1,950

In 2021, 2 students received their master’s degree in health professions from USC Upstate. This makes it the #1,152 most popular school for health professions master’s degree candidates in the country.

Health Professions Student Demographics at USC Upstate

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

USC Upstate Health Professions Bachelor’s Program

The health professions program at USC Upstate awarded 306 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 10% of these degrees went to men with the other 90% going to women.

About 63% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in health professions at USC Upstate 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 University of South Carolina - Upstate with a bachelor's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	17
Black or African American	59
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	194
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	19

USC Upstate Health Professions Master’s Program

The health professions program at USC Upstate awarded 2 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 100% of these degrees went to men with the other 0% going to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 18% men graduate in health professions each year. USC Upstate does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 82% more men than average.

In the health professions master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 9% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

USC Upstate 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

If you plan to be a health professions major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of South Carolina - Upstate. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Nursing	283
Medical Illustration & Informatics	24
Bioethics/Medical Ethics	1

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 SC, the home state for University of South Carolina - Upstate.

Occupation	Jobs in SC	Average Salary in SC
Registered Nurses	44,350	$64,940
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	25,410	$52,690
Nursing Assistants	20,950	$25,390
Personal Care Aides	18,040	$20,990
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	10,560	$40,890

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 Dfscgt21 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.