Health Professions at Upper Iowa University

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

UIU is located in Fayette, Iowa and has a total student population of 3,610. Of the 1,084 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Upper Iowa University in 2021, 142 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.

UIU Health Professions Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Health Professions

Online Classes Are Available at UIU

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.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? UIU offers distance education options for health professions at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

UIU Health Professions Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the health professions progam at UIU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 UIU 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 Value Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools	879
Best Health Professions Schools	946
	961
Most Popular Health Professions Schools	1,711
	2,147

Health Professions Student Demographics at UIU

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

UIU Health Professions Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 142 students earned a bachelor's degree in health professions from UIU. About 87% of these graduates were women and the other 13% were men.

About 77% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in health professions at UIU 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 Upper Iowa University with a bachelor's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	14
White	110
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UIU 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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Upper Iowa University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Nursing	111
Health & Medical Administrative Services	29
Allied Health Professions	2

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 IA, the home state for Upper Iowa University.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
Registered Nurses	33,770	$59,130
Nursing Assistants	20,890	$29,120
Personal Care Aides	18,520	$25,050
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	11,970	$56,970
Software Applications Developers	6,990	$88,570

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 SheilaJMiller under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.