General Health & Wellness at University of Nevada - Reno

What traits are you looking for in a health and wellness school? To help you decide if University of Nevada - Reno is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's health and wellness program.

UNR is located in Reno, Nevada and approximately 20,722 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 381 health and wellness majors received their bachelor's degree from UNR.

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

UNR General Health & Wellness Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Health and Wellness

UNR General Health & Wellness Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks health and wellness programs across the country. The following shows how UNR performed in these rankings.

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 health and wellness major at UNR is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Health & Wellness. 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 General Health & Wellness Bachelor’s Degree Schools	2
Most Popular General Health & Wellness Schools	3
Most Focused General Health & Wellness Bachelor’s Degree Schools	6
Best General Health & Wellness Schools	22
Best Value General Health & Wellness Bachelor’s Degree Schools	26
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Best Value General Health & Wellness Schools	60

Health and Wellness Student Demographics at UNR

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the health and wellness majors at University of Nevada - Reno.

UNR General Health & Wellness Bachelor’s Program

Of the 381 students who earned a bachelor's degree in General Health & Wellness from UNR in 2020-2021, 27% were men and 73% were women. The typical health and wellness bachelor's degree program is made up of only 24% men. So male students are more repesented at UNR since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 4% more racial-ethnic minorities in its health and wellness bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Nevada - Reno with a bachelor's in health and wellness.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	26
Black or African American	21
Hispanic or Latino	108
White	184
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	41

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

Related Majors

Careers That Health and Wellness Grads May Go Into

A degree in health and wellness can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NV, the home state for University of Nevada - Reno.

Occupation	Jobs in NV	Average Salary in NV
Community Health Workers	150	$45,740

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 delamare under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.