Health Professions at University of Washington - Tacoma Campus

68% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

UW Tacoma is located in Tacoma, Washington and approximately 5,364 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.

UW Tacoma Health Professions Degrees Available

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

UW Tacoma Health Professions Rankings

The health professions major at UW Tacoma 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.

Health Professions Student Demographics at UW Tacoma

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

UW Tacoma Health Professions Bachelor’s Program

82% Women

68% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 18% of health professions bachelor's degrees went to men and 82% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 24% 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 - Tacoma Campus with a bachelor's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	35
Black or African American	17
Hispanic or Latino	25
White	39
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

UW Tacoma Health Professions Master’s Program

67% Women

67% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of health professions master's degrees went to men and 67% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 18% men graduate in health professions each year. UW Tacoma does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 15% more men than average.

In the health professions master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 67% of degree recipients. That is 23% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Concentrations Within Health Professions

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Nursing	91
Public Health	44

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 - Tacoma 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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