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2507 University Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa 50311-4505
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928 Sixth Ave, Des Moines, Iowa 50309-1239
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Medicine and Health Schools in Des Moines

Des Moines, IA (population: 200,202) has four medicine and health schools within its city limits. Grand View University, the highest ranked school in the city with a medicine and health program, has a total student population of 2,039. It is the 606th highest ranked school in the USA and the 8th highest in the state of Iowa (#1 is Luther College).

Medicine and Health students from Des Moines schools who go on to become medicine and health professionals, office administrators, massage therapists, trainers, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 271,710 people working as medical and health services managers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $90,970. Also, Registered nurses make on average $66,530 per year and there are about 2,583,770 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Des Moines-West Des Moines area alone, there are 6,260 employed registered nurses earning an average salary of $55,890. Medical and health services managers in this area earn $90,150/yr and there are 910 employed.

Des Moines lies in Polk county, which is one of the 52 counties in Iowa. Overall, the Des Moines-West Des Moines area has 322,000 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1% unemployment rate, $20/hr average worker wage, and a $42,120 average annual salary. Thus, about 3 out of every 1000 jobs in Des Moines are held by medical and health services managers, and 19/1000 are held by registered nurses.

Of the 4 medicine and health schools in Des Moines, none have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Drake University comes out as the most expensive ($23,091/yr) for medicine and health students, with Mercy College of Health Sciences as the lowest, reported at only $16,028/yr.


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