Health Professions at Wagner College

If you are interested in studying health professions, you may want to check out the program at Wagner College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Wagner is located in Staten Island, New York and has a total student population of 2,070. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 222 students received a bachelor's degree in health professions from Wagner.

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.

Wagner Health Professions Degrees Available

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

Wagner Health Professions Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the health professions progam at Wagner 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 Wagner 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
	9
	19
	22
	53
	62
Best Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools	97
Most Focused Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools	119
Most Popular Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools	378
Best Value Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools	402
Most Focused Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools	423
Most Popular Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools	463
Most Focused Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools	475
Most Popular Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools	543
Most Popular Health Professions Schools	795
Best Value Health Professions Schools	1,638

In 2021, 92 students received their master’s degree in health professions from Wagner. This makes it the #388 most popular school for health professions master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 6 students who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #554 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at Wagner

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the health professions majors at Wagner College.

Wagner Health Professions Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 14% of health professions bachelor's degrees went to men and 86% went to women.

About 68% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in health professions at Wagner 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 Wagner College with a bachelor's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	25
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	17
White	150
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	23

Wagner Health Professions Master’s Program

Of the 92 students who earned a master's degree in Health Professions from Wagner in 2020-2021, 13% were men and 87% were women.

Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from Wagner, 68% 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 Wagner College with a master's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	63
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

Wagner also has a doctoral program available in health professions. In 2021, 6 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 Wagner College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Nursing	208
Allied Health Professions	108
Health Sciences & Services	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 NY, the home state for Wagner College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Personal Care Aides	199,060	$27,640
Home Health Aides	191,820	$26,240
Registered Nurses	182,490	$85,610
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	112,510	$70,770
Nursing Assistants	91,400	$37,010

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 Parent5446 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.