Cumberland Valley News

About 23.2 percent of the 825 degrees and certificates handed out by Messiah College 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 private not-for-profit institution in Mechanicsburg conferred 100 bachelor's degrees and 67 master's degrees in health professions and related programs.

But the single most popular program was for a bachelor's degree in general engineering. Data shows the school gave out 72 bachelor's degrees in general engineering, followed by 60 master's degrees in "other" health professions and related clinical sciences and 38 bachelor's degrees in registered nursing/registered nurse.

The college enrolled 3,375 students for 2017-18, including 2,734 in undergraduate programs and 641 in graduate programs.

Program	Bachelor's degrees awarded	Graduate and professional degrees awarded	Certificates awarded	Total degrees and certificates awarded	Percent of total
Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other	-	60	14	74
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	38	-	-	38
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General	33	-	-	33
Dietetics/Dietitian	13	-	10	23
Athletic Training/Trainer	16	-	-	16
Nursing Education	-	7	-	7
Physical Therapy/Therapist	-	-	-	-
Occupational Therapy/Therapist	-	-	-	-
Nursing Practice	-	-	-	-
Health Professions and Related Programs total	100	67	24	191	23.2
Education, General	-	22	6	28
Elementary Education and Teaching	20	-	2	22
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration	-	19	-	19
Music Teacher Education	13	-	-	13
Early Childhood Education and Teaching	10	-	-	10
Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching	7	-	-	7
Art Teacher Education	3	-	-	3
Mathematics Teacher Education	3	-	-	3
Social Studies Teacher Education	3	-	-	3
English/Language Arts Teacher Education	2	-	-	2
Chemistry Teacher Education	2	-	-	2
Family and Consumer Sciences/Home Economics Teacher Education	2	-	-	2
Spanish Language Teacher Education	1	-	-	1
Biology Teacher Education	-	-	-	-
French Language Teacher Education	-	-	-	-
Physics Teacher Education	-	-	-	-
German Language Teacher Education	-	-	-	-
Physical Education Teaching and Coaching	-	-	-	-
Foreign Language Teacher Education	-	-	-	-
Education total	66	41	8	115	13.9
Business Administration and Management, General	37	10	1	48
Accounting	27	-	-	27
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	19	-	-	19
International Business/Trade/Commerce	8	-	-	8
Organizational Leadership	-	6	-	6
Finance, General	-	-	-	-
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other	-	-	-	-
Actuarial Science	-	-	-	-
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services total	91	16	1	108	13.1
Engineering, General	72	-	-	72
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering	-	-	-	-
Mechanical Engineering	-	-	-	-
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	-	-	-	-
Civil Engineering, General	-	-	-	-
Engineering total	72	-	-	72	8.7
Music Performance, General	3	23	-	26
Fine/Studio Arts, General	11	-	-	11
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General	6	-	-	6
Music, Other	4	-	-	4
Musical Theatre	4	-	-	4
Music, General	4	-	-	4
Cinematography and Film/Video Production	3	-	-	3
Art History, Criticism and Conservation	2	-	-	2
Dance, General	1	-	-	1
Fine and Studio Arts Management	1	-	-	1
Music Management	-	-	-	-
Graphic Design	-	-	-	-
Theatre/Theatre Arts Management	-	-	-	-
Visual and Performing Arts total	39	23	-	62	7.5
Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia	17	-	-	17
Speech Communication and Rhetoric	12	-	-	12
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication	11	-	-	11
Journalism	5	-	-	5
Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs total	45	-	-	45	5.4
Family and Community Services	29	-	-	29
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences total	29	-	-	29	3.5
Psychology, General	26	-	-	26
Psychology total	26	-	-	26	3.2
Biology/Biological Sciences, General	20	-	-	20
Biochemistry	4	-	-	4
Molecular Biology	1	-	-	1
Biological And Biomedical Sciences total	25	-	-	25	3
Social Work	22	-	-	22
Public Administration and Social Service Professions total	22	-	-	22	2.7
Political Science and Government, General	11	-	-	11
Economics, General	4	-	-	4
Sociology	4	-	-	4
Development Economics and International Development	3	-	-	3
Social Sciences total	22	-	-	22	2.7
Computer Science	18	-	-	18
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance	-	-	-	-
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services total	18	-	-	18	2.2
Biopsychology	5	-	-	5
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other	4	-	-	4
Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution	2	-	-	2
Sustainability Studies	1	-	-	1
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies total	12	-	-	12	1.4
Religious Education	7	-	-	7
Bible/Biblical Studies	5	-	-	5
Theology and Religious Vocations total	12	-	-	12	1.4
English Language and Literature, General	11	-	-	11
English Language and Literature/Letters total	11	-	-	11	1.3
Sport and Fitness Administration/Management	7	-	-	7
Parks, Recreation and Leisure Studies	4	-	-	4
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies total	11	-	-	11	1.3
History, General	8	-	-	8
History total	8	-	-	8	1
Chinese Language and Literature	3	-	-	3
Spanish Language and Literature	2	-	-	2
German Language and Literature	1	-	-	1
French Language and Literature	1	-	-	1
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics total	7	-	-	7	0.8
Criminal Justice/Safety Studies	7	-	-	7
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services total	7	-	-	7	0.8
Physics, General	3	-	-	3
Chemistry, General	3	-	-	3
Physical Sciences total	6	-	-	6	0.7
Communications Technology/Technician	5	-	-	5
Communication Technologies/Technicians and Support Services total	5	-	-	5	0.6
Mathematics, General	4	-	-	4
Mathematics and Statistics total	4	-	-	4	0.5
Philosophy	4	-	-	4
Philosophy and Religious Studies total	4	-	-	4	0.5
Environmental Science	3	-	-	3
Natural Resources and Conservation total	3	-	-	3	0.4
Ethnic Studies	-	-	-	-
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender and Group Studies total	-	-	-	-	-