Allied Health Professions at Nebraska Wesleyan University

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

NWU is located in Lincoln, Nebraska and has a total student population of 1,924.

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.

NWU Allied Health Professions Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Allied Health

NWU Allied Health Professions Rankings

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

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 NWU 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 Allied Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	68
	114
Most Focused Allied Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	116
Best Allied Health Professions Trade Schools	132
Most Popular Allied Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	250
Best Value Allied Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools	261
	506
Most Focused Allied Health Professions Trade Schools	954
Best Value Allied Health Professions Schools	978
Most Popular Allied Health Professions Trade Schools	1,127

Allied Health Student Demographics at NWU

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

NWU Allied Health Professions Bachelor’s Program

The allied health program at NWU awarded 9 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 11% of these degrees went to men with the other 89% going to women.

About 89% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in allied health at NWU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

NWU 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 Nebraska Wesleyan University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Athletic Training	9

Related Majors

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 NE, the home state for Nebraska Wesleyan University.

Occupation	Jobs in NE	Average Salary in NE
Health Specialties Professors	1,750	$91,120
Physician Assistants	1,190	$106,700
Respiratory Therapists	1,000	$55,560
Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics	850	$33,130
Surgical Technologists	810	$45,280

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 Ammodramus under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.