Health Professions at University of Washington - Seattle Campus

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

UW Seattle is located in Seattle, Washington and has a total student population of 48,149. Of the 9,451 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Washington - Seattle Campus in 2021, 582 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.

UW Seattle 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 UW Seattle

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, UW Seattle does offer online courses in health professions for the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

UW Seattle Health Professions Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the health professions progam at UW Seattle 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 UW Seattle 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
	224
Most Focused Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools	264

In 2021, 576 students received their master’s degree in health professions from UW Seattle. This makes it the #32 most popular school for health professions master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 687 students who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #11 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at UW Seattle

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the health professions majors at University of Washington - Seattle Campus.

UW Seattle Health Professions Bachelor’s Program

Of the 582 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Health Professions from UW Seattle in 2020-2021, 18% were men and 82% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 20% 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 Washington - Seattle Campus with a bachelor's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	177
Black or African American	40
Hispanic or Latino	69
White	204
International Students	12
Other Races/Ethnicities	80

UW Seattle Health Professions Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 25% of health professions master's degrees went to men and 75% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 18% men graduate in health professions each year. UW Seattle does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 7% more men than average.

Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from UW Seattle, 55% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	95
Black or African American	21
Hispanic or Latino	52
White	317
International Students	33
Other Races/Ethnicities	58

UW Seattle also has a doctoral program available in health professions. In 2021, 687 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Health Professions

The following health professions concentations are available at University of Washington - Seattle Campus. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Washington - Seattle Campus. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Public Health	436
Medicine	285
Nursing	258
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	158
Allied Health Professions	126
Health & Medical Administrative Services	124
Communication Sciences	114
Mental & Social Health Services	113
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	95
Dentistry	70
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	29
Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences	24
Medical Science	7
Medical Illustration & Informatics	6

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 WA, the home state for University of Washington - Seattle Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Registered Nurses	56,290	$82,670
Software Applications Developers	53,860	$131,790
Personal Care Aides	47,240	$29,140
Nursing Assistants	32,690	$32,130
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	30,250	$65,190

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 Joe Mabel under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.