Butler County News

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.

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