Allied Health Professions at Georgia Southern University

If you plan to study allied health professions, take a look at what Georgia Southern University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

GaSou is located in Statesboro, Georgia and has a total student population of 26,949. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 110 students received a bachelor's degree in allied health from GaSou.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Allied Health Professions section at the bottom of this page.

GaSou Allied Health Professions Degrees Available

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

GaSou Allied Health Professions Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the allied health progam at GaSou compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The allied health major at GaSou is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Allied 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
Best Value Allied Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools	95
Most Focused Allied Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools	111
Best Value Allied Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools	261
Best Allied Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools	282
Most Focused Allied Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools	317
Best Allied Health Professions Schools	606
Most Focused Allied Health Professions Schools	1,060
	1,145

In 2021, 6 students received their master’s degree in allied health from GaSou. This makes it the #284 most popular school for allied health master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of GaSou Allied Health Graduates

The median salary of allied health students who receive their bachelor's degree at GaSou is $49,366. This is less than $51,384, which is the national average of all allied health majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Allied Health Student Demographics at GaSou

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the allied health majors at Georgia Southern University.

GaSou Allied Health Professions Bachelor’s Program

Of the 110 allied health students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from GaSou, about 13% were men and 87% were women.

About 54% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in allied health at GaSou are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 9% more racial-ethnic minorities in its allied health bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	23
Hispanic or Latino	14
White	59
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

GaSou Allied Health Professions Master’s Program

The allied health program at GaSou awarded 6 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 33% of these degrees went to men with the other 67% going to women.

Of the students who received a allied health master's degree from GaSou, 67% 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 Georgia Southern University with a master's in allied health.

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

GaSou also has a doctoral program available in allied health. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Allied Health Professions

If you plan to be a allied health 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 Georgia Southern University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Medical Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiation Therapy	85
Respiratory Care Therapy	17
Athletic Training	14

Related Majors

• Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services
• Health & Medical Administrative Services
• Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science
• Communication Sciences
• Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions

Careers That Allied Health Grads May Go Into

A degree in allied health can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for GA, the home state for Georgia Southern University.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics	9,590	$33,950
Health Specialties Professors	4,970	$119,400
Surgical Technologists	4,410	$44,830
Respiratory Therapists	4,220	$57,520
Physician Assistants	3,470	$103,190

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 Richardelainechambers at English Wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.