Allied Health Professions at SUNY Empire State College

If you are interested in studying allied health professions, you may want to check out the program at SUNY Empire State College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

SUNY Empire is located in Saratoga Springs, New York and has a total student population of 10,724.

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.

SUNY Empire Allied Health Professions Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Allied Health

Online Classes Are Available at SUNY Empire

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

For those who are interested in distance learning, SUNY Empire does offer online courses in allied health for the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

SUNY Empire Allied Health Professions Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The allied health major at SUNY Empire 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 Online Allied Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	31
	33
Most Popular Online Allied Health Professions Trade Schools	49
Best Value Allied Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools	78
Best Allied Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	156
	158
Most Popular Allied Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	208
Most Focused Allied Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	289
Best Allied Health Professions Trade Schools	342
Best Value Allied Health Professions Schools	650
Most Popular Allied Health Professions Trade Schools	1,031
Most Focused Allied Health Professions Trade Schools	1,288

Allied Health Student Demographics at SUNY Empire

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the allied health majors at SUNY Empire State College.

SUNY Empire Allied Health Professions Bachelor’s Program

Of the 12 allied health students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from SUNY Empire, about 17% were men and 83% were women.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in allied health at SUNY Empire 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 SUNY Empire State College with a bachelor's in allied health.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

SUNY Empire 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

Allied Health Professions majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from SUNY Empire State College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Other Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions	12

Related Majors

• Health & Medical Administrative Services

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 NY, the home state for SUNY Empire State College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Health Specialties Professors	22,170	$127,230
Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics	17,520	$44,120
Physician Assistants	12,060	$117,000
Surgical Technologists	5,750	$55,310
Respiratory Therapists	5,740	$74,890

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 DanielPenfield under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.