Direct Entry Midwifery
Add ComparisonThe locations with the highest concentration of Direct Entry Midwifery degree recipients are Salt Lake City, UT, Bridgton, ME, and Portland, OR. The locations with a relatively high number of Direct Entry Midwifery degree recipients are Bridgton, ME, Kenmore, WA, and Fennimore, WI. The most common degree awarded to students studying Direct Entry Midwifery is a 2 to 4 year postsecondary certificate.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Direct Entry Midwifery and the types of students that study this field. Midwives College of Utah awards the most degrees in Direct Entry Midwifery in the US, but Birthwise Midwifery School and Florida School of Traditional Midwifery have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Direct Entry Midwifery.
Tuition costs for Direct Entry Midwifery majors are, on average, $7,070 for in-state public colleges, and $22,230 for out of state private colleges.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Direct Entry Midwifery programs are Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above institutions (3 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above (42 completions).
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Direct Entry Midwifery, is Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above (42 completions).
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Direct Entry Midwifery programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
Midwives College of Utah has the most Direct Entry Midwifery degree recipients, with 21 degrees awarded in 2020.
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Direct Entry Midwifery.
Out of all institutions that offer Direct Entry Midwifery programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, Birthwise Midwifery School has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Direct Entry Midwifery, with 100%.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in Direct Entry Midwifery by year.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest growth in degrees awarded for Direct Entry Midwifery.
Information on the businesses and industries that employ Health graduates and on wages and locations for those in the field.
The average salary for Health majors is $78,297 and the most common occupations are Registered nurses, Pharmacists, and Medical & health services managers.
The industry that employs the most Health majors is General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals, though the highest paying industry, by average wage, is Metals & minerals (except petroleum) merchant wholesalers.
The average salary for Health majors is $78,297 and the most common occupations are Registered nurses, Pharmacists, and Medical & health services managers.
This chart shows the average annual salaries of the most common occupations for Health majors.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States colored by the average salary of Health majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Health majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
The most common occupations Health majors, by number of employees, are Registered nurses, Pharmacists, and Medical & health services managers.
Compared to other majors, there are an unusually high number of Health majors working as Nurse practitioners & nurse midwives, Nurse anesthetists, and Audiologists.
The highest paid occupations by median income for Health majors are Surgeons, Physicians, and Chief executives & legislators.
The number of Health graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 4.2%, from 4.13M in 2019 to 4.3M in 2020.
The largest single share of Health graduates go on to work as Registered nurses (36.9%). This chart shows the various jobs filled by those with a major in Health by share of the total number of graduates.
The most common industries that employ Health majors, by number of employees, are General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals, Outpatient care centers, and Elementary & secondary schools.
The highest paying industries of Health majors, by average wage, are Metals & minerals (except petroleum) merchant wholesalers, Pharmaceutical & medicine manufacturing, and Farm supplies merchant wholesalers.
The number of Health graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 4.2%, from 4.13M in 2019 to 4.3M in 2020.
The industry which employs the most Health graduates by share is General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals, followed by Outpatient care centers. This visualization shows the industries that hire those who major in Health.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States where there are a relatively high population of Health majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Health majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
This chart shows distribution of ages for employees with a degree in Health. The most common ages of employees with this major are 30 and 28 years old, which represent 2.91% and 2.87% of the population, respectively.
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Direct Entry Midwifery are 2 to 4 Year Postsecondary Certificate, Associates Degree, and Bachelors Degree.
The most common degree types held by the working population in Health are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Professional degree.
This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in Direct Entry Midwifery.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Direct Entry Midwifery for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.
This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of 2 to 4 Year Postsecondary Certificate recipients in Direct Entry Midwifery. White Female students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and sex.
There are a relatively high number of people that were born in Philippines that hold Health degrees (5.24 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is Philippines (198,228 degree recipients).
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Direct Entry Midwifery field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Direct Entry Midwifery majors need many skills, but most especially Reading Comprehension. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Direct Entry Midwifery majors need more than the average amount of Science, Operations Analysis, and Service Orientation.
These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for Direct Entry Midwifery majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Science is very distinctive for majors, but the Reading Comprehension, Critical Thinking, and Science are the three most important skills for people in the field.