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Health Sciences & Services at West Virginia University

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Health Sciences & Services at West Virginia University

If you plan to study health sciences and services, 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 has a total student population of 26,269.

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

WVU Health Sciences & Services Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Health Science

WVU Health Sciences & Services Rankings

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Health Science Student Demographics at WVU

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

WVU Health Sciences & Services Master’s Program

56% Women
25% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 32 students graduated with a master's degree in health science from WVU. About 44% were men and 56% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 20% men graduate in health science each year. WVU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 24% more men than average.

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Of the students who received a health science master's degree from WVU, 72% 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 health science.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 3
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 23
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Careers That Health Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in health science 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
Community Health Workers 740 $34,080

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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