Health Professions at University of South Florida - Main Campus

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

USF Tampa is located in Tampa, Florida and approximately 50,626 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 1,968 students received a bachelor's degree in health professions from USF Tampa.

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.

USF Tampa 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 USF Tampa

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

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

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

USF Tampa Health Professions Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The health professions major at USF Tampa 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 Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools	195
Best Health Professions Schools	595

In 2021, 781 students received their master’s degree in health professions from USF Tampa. This makes it the #20 most popular school for health professions master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 384 students who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #64 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at USF Tampa

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the health professions majors at University of South Florida - Main Campus.

USF Tampa Health Professions Bachelor’s Program

Of the 1,968 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Health Professions from USF Tampa in 2020-2021, 18% were men and 82% were women.

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 South Florida - Main Campus with a bachelor's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	122
Black or African American	294
Hispanic or Latino	425
White	908
International Students	32
Other Races/Ethnicities	187

USF Tampa Health Professions Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 781 students earned a master's degree in health professions from USF Tampa. About 82% of these graduates were women and the other 18% were men.

Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from USF Tampa, 58% 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 South Florida - Main Campus with a master's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	71
Black or African American	81
Hispanic or Latino	92
White	450
International Students	33
Other Races/Ethnicities	54

USF Tampa also has a doctoral program available in health professions. In 2021, 384 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Health Professions

Health Professions majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of South Florida - Main Campus. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Health Sciences & Services	1,058
Nursing	803
Public Health	467
Communication Sciences	253
Medicine	172
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	114
Medical Illustration & Informatics	82
Allied Health Professions	80
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	77
Health & Medical Administrative Services	20
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	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 FL, the home state for University of South Florida - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Registered Nurses	177,600	$66,210
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	107,150	$55,680
Nursing Assistants	89,860	$26,840
Medical Assistants	55,330	$32,870
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	47,540	$44,400

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 Rick DeBow under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.