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Allied Health Professions at West Virginia University

Allied Health Professions at West Virginia University

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

WVU is located in Morgantown, West Virginia and approximately 26,269 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Allied Health Professions section at the bottom of this page.

WVU Allied Health Professions Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Allied Health

WVU Allied Health Professions Rankings

Allied Health Student Demographics at WVU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the allied health majors at West Virginia University.

WVU Allied Health Professions Master’s Program

79% Women
3% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 21% of allied health master's degrees went to men and 79% went to women.

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Of the students who received a allied health master's degree from WVU, 97% 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 West Virginia University with a master's in allied health.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 28
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Concentrations Within Allied Health Professions

If you plan to be a allied health major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from West Virginia University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded

Careers That Allied Health Grads May Go Into

A degree in allied health can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for WV, the home state for West Virginia University.

Occupation Jobs in WV Average Salary in WV
Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics 2,330 $30,690
Surgical Technologists 1,080 $37,390
Respiratory Therapists 1,020 $50,420
Physician Assistants 770 $104,180
Health Technologists and Technicians 730 $43,490

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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