The agency's National Center for Education Statistics shows the public institution in Charleston conferred 445 doctor's degrees and 297 master's degrees in health professions and related programs.
But the single most popular program was for a bachelor's degree in registered nursing/registered nurse. Data shows the school gave out 197 bachelor's degrees in registered nursing/registered nurse, followed by 159 doctor's degrees in medicine and 77 doctor's degrees in pharmacy.
The university enrolled 2,944 students for 2017-18, including 329 in undergraduate programs and 2,615 in graduate programs.
Degrees awarded for 2017-18
| Program | Bachelor's degrees awarded | Graduate and professional degrees awarded | Total degrees and certificates awarded | Percent of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse | 197 | - | 197 | |
| Medicine | - | 159 | 159 | |
| Pharmacy | - | 77 | 77 | |
| Dentistry | - | 71 | 71 | |
| Health/Health Care Administration/Management | - | 64 | 64 | |
| Physical Therapy/Therapist | - | 63 | 63 | |
| Physician Assistant | - | 59 | 59 | |
| Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing | - | 53 | 53 | |
| Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions, Other | - | 49 | 49 | |
| Nurse Anesthetist | - | 31 | 31 | |
| Cardiovascular Technology/Technologist | 1 | 23 | 24 | |
| Medical Informatics | - | 23 | 23 | |
| Nursing Science | - | 18 | 18 | |
| Nursing Practice | - | 16 | 16 | |
| Medical Scientist | - | 14 | 14 | |
| Public Health Education and Promotion | - | 12 | 12 | |
| Advanced General Dentistry | - | 7 | 7 | |
| Pharmaceutics and Drug Design | - | 3 | 3 | |
| Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Occupational Therapy/Therapist | - | - | - | |
| Oral Biology and Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology | - | - | - | |
| Adult Health Nurse/Nursing | - | - | - | |
| Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other | - | - | - | |
| Health Professions and Related Programs total | 200 | 742 | 942 | 93.6 |
| Biomedical Sciences, General | - | 32 | 32 | |
| Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences, Other | - | 10 | 10 | |
| Epidemiology | - | 8 | 8 | |
| Biometry/Biometrics | - | 6 | 6 | |
| Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology | - | 3 | 3 | |
| Animal Physiology | - | 3 | 3 | |
| Pathology/Experimental Pathology | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Biochemistry | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Biostatistics | - | - | - | |
| Pharmacology | - | - | - | |
| Bioinformatics | - | - | - | |
| Neuroscience | - | - | - | |
| Biological And Biomedical Sciences total | - | 65 | 65 | 6.4 |
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