Health Professions at Western New England University

24% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

Western New England is located in Springfield, Massachusetts and approximately 3,673 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.

Western New England Health Professions Degrees Available

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

Western New England Health Professions Rankings

The health professions major at Western New England 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 Western New England

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

Western New England Health Professions Bachelor’s Program

70% Women

24% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 30% of health professions bachelor's degrees went to men and 70% went to women. The typical health professions bachelor's degree program is made up of only 18% men. So male students are more repesented at Western New England since its program graduates 12% more men than average.

About 74% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in health professions at Western New England 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 New England University with a bachelor's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	40
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Western New England Health Professions Master’s Program

100% Women

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

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Western New England University with a master's in health professions.

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

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 Western New England University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	109
Health Sciences & Services	33
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	28

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 MA, the home state for Western New England University.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Registered Nurses	80,630	$92,140
Personal Care Aides	76,850	$29,080
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	39,360	$64,560
Nursing Assistants	39,100	$33,630
Software Applications Developers	29,110	$109,130

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
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