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health professions education, ethics, and humanities (other)

Types of Degrees health professions education, ethics, and humanities (other) Majors Are Earning

People majoring in health professions education, ethics, and humanities (other) have the option of earning degrees at several award levels.

Award Level	Graduates
Master’s Degree	101

What health professions education, ethics, and humanities (other) Majors Need to Know

Coursework for health professions education, ethics, and humanities (other) build a specific mix of knowledge, skills, and abilities — derived from O*NET surveys of workers in occupations that health professions education, ethics, and humanities (other) graduates commonly enter.

Knowledge Areas

This major prepares you for careers needing health professions education, ethics, and humanities (other) emphasizes the following knowledge areas:

• Administration and Management — Importance 4.7 / 5; level 5.5 / 7.
• English Language — Importance 4.4 / 5; level 4.8 / 7.
• Customer and Personal Service — Importance 4.2 / 5; level 5.5 / 7.
• Personnel and Human Resources — Importance 4.1 / 5; level 5.0 / 7.
• Education and Training — Importance 3.9 / 5; level 5.5 / 7.

^{Importance is rated 1–5; level is 1–7. Source: ONET Online — weighted across related occupations.*}

Skills

Skills emphasized by a health professions education, ethics, and humanities (other) program reflects the day-to-day work of related occupations:

• Critical Thinking — Importance 4.1 / 5; level 4.1 / 7.
• Speaking — Importance 4.1 / 5; level 4 / 7.
• Active Listening — Importance 4 / 5; level 4.1 / 7.
• Management of Personnel Resources — Importance 4 / 5; level 4.1 / 7.
• Reading Comprehension — Importance 4 / 5; level 4.1 / 7.

Abilities

Abilities most relevant to health professions education, ethics, and humanities (other) careers — again drawn from O*NET surveys of related occupations:

• Oral Comprehension — Importance 4.2 / 5; level 4.9 / 7.
• Written Comprehension — Importance 4.1 / 5; level 4.4 / 7.
• Oral Expression — Importance 4 / 5; level 4.1 / 7.
• Problem Sensitivity — Importance 4 / 5; level 4 / 7.
• Deductive Reasoning — Importance 4 / 5; level 4 / 7.

Common Job Activities

Day-to-day, health professions education, ethics, and humanities (other) graduates report doing:

Activity	Frequency / Importance
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates	4.6 / 7
Working with Computers	4.6 / 7
Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards	4.5 / 7
Coaching and Developing Others	4.5 / 7
Getting Information	4.5 / 7
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships	4.4 / 7
Making Decisions and Solving Problems	4.4 / 7
Analyzing Data or Information	4.4 / 7
Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others	4.3 / 7
Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge	4.3 / 7

Technology Skills Used on the Job

Most frequently-cited tools used by health professions education, ethics, and humanities (other) professionals:

Tool / Software	Category	In-Demand
eClinicalWorks EHR software	Medical software	—
CliniTrend	Analytical or scientific software	—
Relative Values for Physicians	Analytical or scientific software	—
Microsoft Publisher	Desktop publishing software	—
SAP Business Objects	Enterprise resource planning ERP software	—
Cisco Webex	Video conferencing software	—
ConceptDraw	Graphics or photo imaging software	—
e-MDs DocMan	Document management software	—
SmugMug Flickr	Graphics or photo imaging software	—
Microsoft Dynamics	Enterprise resource planning ERP software	—
LinkedIn	Web page creation and editing software	—
Oracle PeopleSoft Financials	Enterprise resource planning ERP software	—

^{Source: ONET Online technology skills, weighted across related occupations.*}

Sample Job Titles

Real job postings for health professions education, ethics, and humanities (other) graduates include:

• Instructor
• Humanities Teacher
• Computer Technology Instructor
• Lecturer
• Labor Relations Teacher
• Medical Secretary Teacher
• Faculty Member
• Military Science Instructor
• Industrial Arts Teacher
• Foreign Student Adviser Teacher
• Packaging Professor
• University Teacher
• Adjunct Instructor
• Urban Planning Teacher
• Foreign Service Teacher

Education Typically Required

Across the occupations open to health professions education, ethics, and humanities (other) graduates, the typical level of education actually held by current workers is distributed as:

Education Level	Share of Workers
Bachelor’s degree	46.4%
Master’s degree	21.4%
Associate’s degree (or other 2-year)	10.7%
Postsecondary certificate	7.1%
First professional degree	3.6%
High school diploma or equivalent	3.6%
Post-doctoral training	3.6%
Some college courses	3.6%

^{Source: ONET Online education / training / experience requirements.*}

Who Is Earning a Degree in health professions education, ethics, and humanities (other)?

Gender Distribution

This field skews predominantly female, with women earning 70.3% of health professions education, ethics, and humanities (other) degrees.

Gender	Graduates	Share
Women	71	70.3%
Men	30	29.7%

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

At the national level, the racial-ethnic distribution of health professions education, ethics, and humanities (other) graduates is as follows:

Race / Ethnicity	Graduates	Share
White	80	79.2%
Asian	7	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	6	5.9%
Black or African American	1	1.0%
Two or More Races	1	1.0%
Race Unknown	5	5.0%
International Students	1	1.0%

^{See minority definition below.}

How Much Do health professions education, ethics, and humanities (other) Graduates Earn?

College Scorecard reports median earnings of health professions education, ethics, and humanities (other) graduates 1, 4, and 5 years after completion. These numbers tend to grow steadily as graduates gain experience and move into mid-career roles.

Years Out	Median Earnings
1 year	$91,596
4 years	$89,352
5 years	$98,782

By year 5 out, median earnings rise to $98,782 — roughly 8% above the 1-year mark.

^{Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, field-of-study earnings tracker.}

Is a Degree in health professions education, ethics, and humanities (other) Worth It?

Looking purely at the federal earnings tracker, health professions education, ethics, and humanities (other) graduates earn a median of $89,352 four years after completion — roughly 135% above the national median for workers with only a high school diploma (~$38,000).

^{ROI estimate compares the program’s 4-yr median earnings against the 2023 BLS CPS median earnings for high-school-only workers. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard + BLS Current Population Survey.}

Related Programs

You may also be interested in these closely related fields of study:

Program	CIP Code
Health Professions Education, Ethics, and Humanities	51.32
Arts in Medicine/Health	51.3206
Bioethics/Medical Ethics	51.3201
Health Professions Education	51.3202
History of Medicine	51.3205
Medical/Health Humanities	51.3204
Nursing Education	51.3203
Clinical Nurse Leader	51.3820
Clinical Research Coordinator	51.0719
Clinical, Hospital, and Managed Care Pharmacy	51.2008
Community Health and Preventive Medicine	51.2208

References

The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students and international students. This number is then divided by the total number of students to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics (IPEDS)
• O*NET Online
• U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
• U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard

More about our data sources and methodologies.