Health Professions at Wayne State University

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

Wayne State is located in Detroit, Michigan and approximately 26,241 students attend the school each year. Of the 4,208 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Wayne State University in 2021, 651 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.

Wayne State Health Professions Degrees Available

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

Wayne State Health Professions Rankings

The health professions major at Wayne State 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.

In 2021, 285 students received their master’s degree in health professions from Wayne State. This makes it the #96 most popular school for health professions master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 478 students who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #38 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at Wayne State

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

Wayne State Health Professions Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 651 health professions majors earned their bachelor's degree from Wayne State. Of these graduates, 20% were men and 80% were women. The typical health professions bachelor's degree program is made up of only 18% men. So male students are more repesented at Wayne State since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

About 64% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in health professions at Wayne State 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 Wayne State University with a bachelor's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	92
Black or African American	58
Hispanic or Latino	25
White	417
International Students	16
Other Races/Ethnicities	43

Wayne State Health Professions Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 285 health professions majors earned their master's degree from Wayne State. Of these graduates, 15% were men and 85% were women.

Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from Wayne State, 73% 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 Wayne State University with a master's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	23
Black or African American	21
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	208
International Students	15
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

Wayne State also has a doctoral program available in health professions. In 2021, 478 students 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 Wayne State University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Public Health	328
Medicine	283
Nursing	279
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	124
Other Health Professions	122
Communication Sciences	89
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	69
Allied Health Professions	66
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	36
Mental & Social Health Services	31
Bioethics/Medical Ethics	10
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services	9
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services	6
Medical Science	4

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 MI, the home state for Wayne State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Registered Nurses	96,680	$71,330
Nursing Assistants	49,760	$30,130
Personal Care Aides	39,740	$24,230
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	33,490	$57,530
Software Applications Developers	29,540	$92,260

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 Del arte under License

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