About 24.3 percent of the 2,296 degrees and certificates handed out by Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania in 2017-18 were to students in health professions and related programs, making them the most popular programs that year, according to the latest disclosure from the U.S. Department of Education.
The agency’s National Center for Education Statistics shows the public institution in Rock conferred 418 bachelor’s degrees and 87 master’s degrees in health professions and related programs.
But the single most popular program was for a bachelor’s degree in occupational safety and health technology/technician. Data shows the school gave out 155 bachelor’s degrees in occupational safety and health technology/technician, followed by 122 bachelor’s degrees in general health and wellness and 109 bachelor’s degrees in registered nursing/registered nurse.
The university enrolled 8,803 students for 2017-18, including 7,517 in undergraduate programs and 1,286 in graduate programs.
Degrees awarded for 2017-18
| Program | Bachelor’s degrees awarded | Graduate and professional degrees awarded | Certificates awarded | Total degrees and certificates awarded | Percent of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health and Wellness, General | 122 | – | – | 122 | |
| Public Health, General | 98 | 14 | – | 112 | |
| Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse | 109 | – | – | 109 | |
| Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy | 56 | 24 | – | 80 | |
| Physical Therapy/Therapist | – | 52 | – | 52 | |
| Physician Assistant | – | 49 | – | 49 | |
| Athletic Training/Trainer | 23 | – | – | 23 | |
| Music Therapy/Therapist | 10 | – | – | 10 | |
| Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General | – | – | 1 | 1 | |
| Health Professions and Related Programs total | 418 | 139 | 1 | 558 | 24.3 |
| Special Education and Teaching, General | 108 | 114 | – | 222 | |
| Reading Teacher Education | – | 47 | – | 47 | |
| Early Childhood Education and Teaching | 42 | – | – | 42 | |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas, Other | – | 19 | – | 19 | |
| College Student Counseling and Personnel Services | – | 14 | – | 14 | |
| Educational/Instructional Technology | – | 8 | 1 | 9 | |
| Educational Statistics and Research Methods | – | – | 4 | 4 | |
| Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor | – | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| English/Language Arts Teacher Education | – | – | – | – | |
| Education total | 150 | 204 | 6 | 360 | 15.7 |
| Business Administration and Management, General | 53 | 14 | – | 67 | |
| Marketing/Marketing Management, General | 45 | – | – | 45 | |
| Finance, General | 42 | – | – | 42 | |
| Accounting | 31 | – | – | 31 | |
| Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services total | 171 | 14 | – | 185 | 8.1 |
| Health and Physical Education/Fitness, General | 89 | – | – | 89 | |
| Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management, General | 62 | 21 | – | 83 | |
| Health and Physical Education/Fitness, Other | – | – | 2 | 2 | |
| Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies total | 151 | 21 | 2 | 174 | 7.6 |
| Occupational Safety and Health Technology/Technician | 155 | – | – | 155 | |
| Engineering Technology and Engineering-Related Fields total | 155 | – | – | 155 | 6.8 |
| Criminology | 68 | – | – | 68 | |
| Geography | 19 | – | – | 19 | |
| Political Science and Government, General | 13 | – | – | 13 | |
| Economics, General | 8 | – | – | 8 | |
| Geographic Information Science and Cartography | – | – | 8 | 8 | |
| Social Sciences total | 108 | – | 8 | 116 | 5 |
| Communication, General | 97 | – | – | 97 | |
| Speech Communication and Rhetoric | 13 | – | – | 13 | |
| Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs total | 110 | – | – | 110 | 4.8 |
| Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General | 92 | – | – | 92 | |
| Sustainability Studies | – | – | 8 | 8 | |
| Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies total | 92 | – | 8 | 100 | 4.4 |
| Psychology, General | 83 | – | – | 83 | |
| Counseling Psychology | – | 13 | – | 13 | |
| Psychology total | 83 | 13 | – | 96 | 4.2 |
| English Language and Literature, General | 43 | 21 | – | 64 | |
| English Language and Literature/Letters, Other | – | – | 3 | 3 | |
| Creative Writing | – | – | 2 | 2 | |
| English Language and Literature/Letters total | 43 | 21 | 5 | 69 | 3 |
| Art/Art Studies, General | 18 | – | – | 18 | |
| Dance, General | 17 | – | – | 17 | |
| Music, General | 9 | – | 1 | 10 | |
| Music Performance, General | 5 | – | – | 5 | |
| Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General | 3 | – | – | 3 | |
| Visual and Performing Arts total | 52 | – | 1 | 53 | 2.3 |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General | 31 | – | – | 31 | |
| Information Science/Studies | 13 | – | – | 13 | |
| Information Technology | 3 | – | – | 3 | |
| Informatics | – | 3 | – | 3 | |
| Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services total | 47 | 3 | – | 50 | 2.2 |
| Mathematics, General | 27 | 21 | – | 48 | |
| Computational and Applied Mathematics | – | 2 | – | 2 | |
| Mathematics and Statistics total | 27 | 23 | – | 50 | 2.2 |
| History, General | 28 | 19 | – | 47 | |
| History total | 28 | 19 | – | 47 | 2 |
| Social Work | 47 | – | – | 47 | |
| Public Administration and Social Service Professions total | 47 | – | – | 47 | 2 |
| Geology/Earth Science, General | 23 | – | – | 23 | |
| Physics, General | 7 | – | – | 7 | |
| Chemistry, General | 6 | – | – | 6 | |
| Physical Sciences total | 36 | – | – | 36 | 1.6 |
| Biology/Biological Sciences, General | 29 | – | – | 29 | |
| Ecology | – | – | – | – | |
| Biological And Biomedical Sciences total | 29 | – | – | 29 | 1.3 |
| Natural Resources/Conservation, General | – | 20 | – | 20 | |
| Natural Resources and Conservation total | – | 20 | – | 20 | 0.9 |
| Japanese Studies | – | – | 10 | 10 | |
| Near and Middle Eastern Studies | – | – | 8 | 8 | |
| Latin American Studies | – | – | 1 | 1 | |
| Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender and Group Studies total | – | – | 19 | 19 | 0.8 |
| Spanish Language and Literature | 4 | – | – | 4 | |
| Foreign Languages and Literatures, General | 3 | – | – | 3 | |
| French Language and Literature | 2 | – | – | 2 | |
| Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics total | 9 | – | – | 9 | 0.4 |
| Criminal Justice/Safety Studies | – | 4 | – | 4 | |
| Homeland Security | 2 | – | – | 2 | |
| Corrections and Criminal Justice, Other | – | – | 1 | 1 | |
| Securities Services Administration/Management | 1 | – | – | 1 | |
| Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services total | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 0.4 |
| Philosophy | 5 | – | – | 5 | |
| Philosophy and Religious Studies total | 5 | – | – | 5 | 0.2 |
