Allied Health Professions at University of Delaware

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 University of Delaware stacks up to those at other schools.

UD is located in Newark, Delaware and has a total student population of 23,613.

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.

UD Allied Health Professions Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Allied Health

UD Allied Health Professions Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks allied health programs across the country. The following shows how UD 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 UD 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	80
Most Popular Allied Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	114
Best Allied Health Professions Trade Schools	157
	237
Best Value Allied Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools	252
Most Focused Allied Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	301
Most Popular Allied Health Professions Trade Schools	775
	905
Best Value Allied Health Professions Schools	968
Most Focused Allied Health Professions Trade Schools	1,305

Allied Health Student Demographics at UD

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

UD Allied Health Professions Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 43% of allied health bachelor's degrees went to men and 57% went to women. The typical allied health bachelor's degree program is made up of only 37% men. So male students are more repesented at UD since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

About 52% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in allied health at UD are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 8% 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 University of Delaware with a bachelor's in allied health.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	12
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UD 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 University of Delaware. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Athletic Training	17
Other Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions	6

Related Majors

• Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science
• Health Sciences & 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 DE, the home state for University of Delaware.

Occupation	Jobs in DE	Average Salary in DE
Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics	1,270	$40,730
Physician Assistants	500	$105,300
Respiratory Therapists	410	$67,950
Surgical Technologists	320	$47,250
Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians	300	$57,740

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 Ottawa80 at English Wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.