Allied Health Professions at George Mason University

Every allied health professions school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the allied health program at George Mason University stacks up to those at other schools.

GMU is located in Fairfax, Virginia and approximately 38,541 students attend the school each year.

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.

GMU Allied Health Professions Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Allied Health

GMU Allied Health Professions Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The allied health major at GMU 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
Most Popular Allied Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	197
Best Allied Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	254
	322
Best Value Allied Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools	340
Most Focused Allied Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	395
Best Allied Health Professions Trade Schools	613
Most Popular Allied Health Professions Trade Schools	999
Best Value Allied Health Professions Schools	1,075
	1,112
Most Focused Allied Health Professions Trade Schools	1,423

How Much Do Allied Health Graduates from GMU Make?

The median salary of allied health students who receive their bachelor's degree at GMU is $40,070. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $51,384 for all allied health students.

Allied Health Student Demographics at GMU

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

GMU Allied Health Professions Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 13 allied health majors earned their bachelor's degree from GMU. Of these graduates, 46% were men and 54% were women. The typical allied health bachelor's degree program is made up of only 37% men. So male students are more repesented at GMU since its program graduates 9% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 26% 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 George Mason University with a bachelor's in allied health.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

GMU 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 George Mason University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Athletic Training	13

Related Majors

• Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science

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 VA, the home state for George Mason University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics	6,180	$35,310
Respiratory Therapists	2,550	$60,200
Physician Assistants	2,510	$99,340
Surgical Technologists	2,240	$50,790

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 Lucien Dalarun under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.