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Basic Certificates in Health Professions

135,330 Yearly Graduations
80% Women
47% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In recent years, the majority of the students getting degrees in this area were female, and 47% were from an underrepresented racial-ethnic group. Also, 0.6% of health professions graduates were international students.

Education Levels of Health Professions Majors

During the most recent year for which data is available, 135,330 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 256,172
Associate Degree 179,344
Master’s Degree 149,998
Undergraduate Certificate 137,838
Basic Certificate 135,330
Doctor’s Degree 89,473
Graduate Certificate 16,117

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 79.7% of graduates with this degree are female.

Gender Number of Grads
Men 27,424
Women 107,906
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The racial-ethnic distribution of health professions basic certificate students is as follows:

Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 5,341
Black or African American 20,850
Hispanic or Latino 31,301
White 64,584
International Students 856
Other Races/Ethnicities 12,398
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Health Professions Majors to Study

Major Annual Degrees Awarded
Nursing & Nursing Assistants 44,253
Allied Health Professions 22,225
Allied Health Services 19,412
Health/Medical Admin Services 13,996
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science 9,907

References

*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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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