Health Professions at Wheeling University

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

Wheeling University is located in Wheeling, West Virginia and approximately 857 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.

Wheeling University Health Professions Degrees Available

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

Wheeling University Health Professions Rankings

The health professions major at Wheeling University 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.

There were 51 students who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #345 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at Wheeling University

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

Wheeling University Health Professions Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 14% of health professions bachelor's degrees went to men and 86% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Wheeling University 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.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Wheeling 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	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Concentrations Within Health Professions

The following health professions concentations are available at Wheeling University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Wheeling University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	51
Nursing	49
Bioethics/Medical Ethics	1

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 WV, the home state for Wheeling University.

Occupation	Jobs in WV	Average Salary in WV
Registered Nurses	19,930	$61,780
Personal Care Aides	12,500	$20,760
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	8,830	$46,650
Nursing Assistants	8,330	$26,410
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	5,860	$36,770

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 Ibagli under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.