Health Professions at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

What traits are you looking for in a health professions school? To help you decide if University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's health professions program.

UWM is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and approximately 24,565 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 461 students received a bachelor's degree in health professions from UWM.

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.

UWM Health Professions Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Health Professions (Less Than 1 Year)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Health Professions
• Master’s Degree in Health Professions
• Doctorate Degree in Health Professions

Online Classes Are Available at UWM

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

• Bachelor’s Degree

UWM Health Professions Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the health professions progam at UWM 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 UWM 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
	635

In 2021, 127 students received their master’s degree in health professions from UWM. This makes it the #274 most popular school for health professions master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 83 students who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #270 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at UWM

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the health professions majors at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee.

UWM Health Professions Bachelor’s Program

Of the 461 health professions students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UWM, about 18% were men and 82% were women.

About 70% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in health professions at UWM 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 Wisconsin - Milwaukee with a bachelor's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	31
Black or African American	30
Hispanic or Latino	47
White	323
International Students	13
Other Races/Ethnicities	17

UWM Health Professions Master’s Program

The health professions program at UWM awarded 127 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 19% of these degrees went to men with the other 81% going to women.

Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from UWM, 69% 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 Wisconsin - Milwaukee with a master's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	10
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	87
International Students	10
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

UWM also has a doctoral program available in health professions. In 2021, 83 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Health Professions

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Nursing	316
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	135
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	92
Health & Medical Administrative Services	51
Communication Sciences	48
Health Sciences & Services	44
Public Health	28
Medical Illustration & Informatics	10
Other Health Professions	6
Allied Health Professions	5

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 WI, the home state for University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee.

Occupation	Jobs in WI	Average Salary in WI
Personal Care Aides	63,270	$24,250
Registered Nurses	59,030	$71,470
Nursing Assistants	32,310	$29,590
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	25,690	$55,820
Software Applications Developers	16,940	$87,700

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 Freekee under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.