Health Professions at Western Illinois University

What traits are you looking for in a health professions school? To help you decide if Western Illinois University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's health professions program.

WIU is located in Macomb, Illinois and approximately 7,490 students attend the school each year.

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.

WIU Health Professions Degrees Available

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

WIU Health Professions Rankings

The health professions major at WIU 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.

Health Professions Student Demographics at WIU

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

WIU Health Professions Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 9% of health professions bachelor's degrees went to men and 91% went to women.

About 54% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in health professions at WIU 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 Western Illinois University with a bachelor's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	30
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

WIU Health Professions Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of health professions master's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from WIU, 71% 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 Western Illinois University with a master's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	10
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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 completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Western Illinois University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Nursing	40
Communication Sciences	36
Health & Medical Administrative Services	19
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services	12
Allied Health Professions	6
Public Health	3
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	2

Related Majors

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 IL, the home state for Western Illinois University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Registered Nurses	129,400	$73,890
Nursing Assistants	61,140	$28,810
Personal Care Aides	50,970	$24,600
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	40,540	$59,170
Home Health Aides	33,990	$25,370

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 IlliniGradResearch under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.