Health Professions at Western New England University

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. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 81 students received a bachelor's degree in health professions from Western New England.

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
• Doctorate Degree in Health Professions

Western New England Health Professions Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the health professions progam at Western New England compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools	236
Most Popular Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools	718
Most Focused Health Professions Schools	2,563

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

Of the 81 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Health Professions from Western New England in 2020-2021, 33% were men and 67% were 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 15% more men than average.

About 80% 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	3
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	65
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Western New England also has a doctoral program available in health professions. In 2021, 89 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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
• Image Credit: By Bpayne4001 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.