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Basic Certificates in Health Professions

133,142 Yearly Graduations
80% Women
46% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In recent years, the majority of the students getting degrees in this area were female, and 46% were from an underrepresented racial-ethnic group. Also, 0.6% of health professions graduates were international students.

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Education Levels of Health Professions Majors

During the most recent year for which data is available, 133,142 people earned their basic certificate in health professions. The following table shows the number of diplomas awarded in health professions at each degree level.

Education Level Number of Grads
Bachelor’s Degree 269,520
Associate Degree 181,656
Master’s Degree 148,904
Undergraduate Certificate 141,713
Basic Certificate 133,142
Doctor’s Degree 88,739
Graduate Certificate 15,706

Earnings of Health Professions Majors With Basic Certificates

We are unable to calculate the median earnings for health professions majors with their basic certificate due to lack of data.

Student Debt

We do not have the data to calculate the median and range of debt loads for health professions students who are basic certificate holders.

Student Diversity

More women than men pursue their basic certificate in health professions. About 80.4% of graduates with this degree are female.

Gender Number of Grads
Men 26,075
Women 107,067
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The racial-ethnic distribution of health professions basic certificate students is as follows:

Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 5,452
Black or African American 20,130
Hispanic or Latino 29,017
White 65,244
International Students 764
Other Races/Ethnicities 12,535
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Health Professions Majors to Study

Major Annual Degrees Awarded
40,574
21,243
19,983
15,199
9,843

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*The racial-ethnic minority student 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 percentage of racial-ethnic minorities.

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