Programs & majors brief

Baptist Health Sciences University Majors & Programs

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Which majors earn the most at Baptist Health Sciences University?

Baptist Health Sciences University is a health-sciences institution, and the program list reflects that. Health Professions accounts for 96.2% of bachelor's degrees awarded, with Biological Sciences a distant second at 3.9%.

Nursing is the largest program by a wide margin, at 114 degrees awarded a year. Four years after completion, graduates earn a median of $82,135.

Azimuth ranks the program #255 nationally among nonprofit four-year institutions in its field. Allied Health Professions is the next largest, with 39 degrees awarded and median earnings of $61,506.

Its national rank of #61 is the strongest on the page. Health and Medical Administrative Services is smaller, at 16 degrees awarded, and graduates earn a median of $51,673.

Major mix · each dot ≈ 1% of completions

Share of reported completions in the bachelor’s programs included here. Each dot represents approximately 1% of those completions. Counts are credentials, not unique students; excluded programs are not zero activity.

  • Health professions175 · 96.2%
  • Biological sciences7 · 3.8%

5 of 5 programs shown

Four-year earnings · first three matching programs
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing 114 degrees awarded
$82,135
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions 39 degrees awarded
$61,506
Health and Medical Administrative Services 16 degrees awarded
$51,673

Each bar is a field’s median. Program size counts degrees awarded, not unique people or the earnings sample.

Compare all matching programs
Reported bachelor’s programs · earnings, program size and field ranks
ProgramDegrees awarded4-yr earningsField rank
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing114$82,135#255
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions39$61,506#61
Health and Medical Administrative Services small degree count16$51,673—
Biology, General small degree count7Too few graduates to report—
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions small degree count6Too few graduates to report—

Program data and definitions · How to evaluate program rankings

What are the largest programs at Baptist Health Sciences University?

Ten largest programs by degrees awarded
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
114
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions
39
Health and Medical Administrative Services
16
Biology, General
7
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions
6

Counts describe degrees awarded in the reporting period, not current enrollment. Program data and definitions

How do Baptist Health Sciences University majors rank nationally?

National program rankings

  1. Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions Included by program size#61
  2. Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing Included by program size#255

Programs ranked in the national top 50, supplemented by the largest ranked programs when needed to show ten. Fewer appear when fewer ranks are reported. Each rank compares bachelor’s programs in the same field; field sizes differ.

How Azimuth compares programs across colleges

Further analysis

A degree from Baptist Health Sciences University is almost always a degree in the health sciences. Health Professions accounts for 96.2% of bachelor's degrees awarded, with the remaining 3.9% in Biological Sciences.

Because the program mix is so concentrated, a student's outcome here is largely the outcome of the field they choose. The university publishes earnings data for 3 programs, and 2 carry a national rank.

Nursing is the largest program by a wide margin, at 114 degrees awarded and median earnings of $82,135 four years after completion. Azimuth ranks it #255 nationally and #3 in Tennessee.

Allied Health Professions is the highest-ranked program, at #61 nationally, with 39 degrees awarded and earnings of $61,506.

Data & methodology

Sources and reporting periods: methodology.

Analysis and methodology by Daniel Rogers, founder of College Azimuth.

Explanatory text is AI-assisted drafting checked against those figures; it is not an additional data source.

Figure notes link to sources and limitations. About College Azimuth.