About 47.2 percent of the 591 degrees and certificates handed out by Graceland University-Lamoni 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 Lamoni conferred 152 master’s degrees and 103 bachelor’s degrees in health professions and related programs.
But the single most popular program was for a master’s degree in family practice nurse/nursing. Data shows the school gave out 148 master’s degrees in family practice nurse/nursing, followed by 98 bachelor’s degrees in registered nursing/registered nurse and 48 master’s degrees in “other” education.
The university enrolled 1,993 students for 2017-18, including 1,181 in undergraduate programs and 812 in graduate programs.
| Program | Bachelor’s degrees awarded | Graduate and professional degrees awarded | Certificates awarded | Total degrees and certificates awarded | Percent of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family Practice Nurse/Nursing | – | 148 | 10 | 158 | |
| Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse | 98 | – | – | 98 | |
| Nursing Education | – | 4 | 9 | 13 | |
| Nursing Practice | – | 5 | – | 5 | |
| Health/Health Care Administration/Management | 4 | – | – | 4 | |
| Athletic Training/Trainer | 1 | – | – | 1 | |
| Health Professions and Related Programs total | 103 | 157 | 19 | 279 | 47.2 |
| Education, Other | – | 48 | – | 48 | |
| Elementary Education and Teaching | 37 | – | – | 37 | |
| Education, General | – | 19 | – | 19 | |
| Special Education and Teaching, General | – | 9 | – | 9 | |
| Physical Education Teaching and Coaching | 5 | – | – | 5 | |
| Music Teacher Education | – | – | – | – | |
| Education total | 42 | 76 | – | 118 | 20 |
| Business Administration and Management, General | 48 | – | – | 48 | |
| Accounting | 8 | – | – | 8 | |
| Specialized Merchandising, Sales, and Marketing Operations, Other | 3 | – | – | 3 | |
| Organizational Leadership | 1 | – | – | 1 | |
| International Business/Trade/Commerce | – | – | – | – | |
| Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services total | 60 | – | – | 60 | 10.2 |
| Health and Physical Education/Fitness, Other | 15 | – | – | 15 | |
| Sport and Fitness Administration/Management | 9 | – | – | 9 | |
| Parks, Recreation and Leisure Studies | 4 | – | – | 4 | |
| Health and Physical Education/Fitness, General | 4 | – | – | 4 | |
| Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies total | 32 | – | – | 32 | 5.4 |
| Speech Communication and Rhetoric | 12 | – | – | 12 | |
| Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs total | 12 | – | – | 12 | 2 |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General | 12 | – | – | 12 | |
| Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design | – | – | – | – | |
| Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services total | 12 | – | – | 12 | 2 |
| Criminal Justice/Safety Studies | 11 | – | – | 11 | |
| Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services total | 11 | – | – | 11 | 1.9 |
| History, General | 10 | – | – | 10 | |
| History total | 10 | – | – | 10 | 1.7 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other | 10 | – | – | 10 | |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities total | 10 | – | – | 10 | 1.7 |
| Psychology, General | 10 | – | – | 10 | |
| Psychology total | 10 | – | – | 10 | 1.7 |
| Design and Visual Communications, General | 4 | – | – | 4 | |
| Art/Art Studies, General | 2 | – | – | 2 | |
| Commercial and Advertising Art | 1 | – | – | 1 | |
| Theatre/Theatre Arts Management | 1 | – | – | 1 | |
| Music Performance, General | 1 | – | – | 1 | |
| Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General | – | – | – | – | |
| Visual and Performing Arts total | 9 | – | – | 9 | 1.5 |
| English Language and Literature, General | 7 | – | – | 7 | |
| English Language and Literature/Letters total | 7 | – | – | 7 | 1.2 |
| Religion/Religious Studies | – | 6 | – | 6 | |
| Philosophy and Religious Studies, Other | – | – | – | – | |
| Philosophy and Religious Studies total | – | 6 | – | 6 | 1 |
| Biology/Biological Sciences, General | 4 | – | – | 4 | |
| Biological And Biomedical Sciences total | 4 | – | – | 4 | 0.7 |
| Social Work | 4 | – | – | 4 | |
| Public Administration and Social Service Professions total | 4 | – | – | 4 | 0.7 |
| Agricultural Business and Management, General | 3 | – | – | 3 | |
| Agriculture, Agriculture Operations, and Related Sciences total | 3 | – | – | 3 | 0.5 |
| Mathematics, General | 2 | – | – | 2 | |
| Mathematics and Statistics total | 2 | – | – | 2 | 0.3 |
| International/Global Studies | 1 | – | – | 1 | |
| Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies total | 1 | – | – | 1 | 0.2 |
| Economics, General | 1 | – | – | 1 | |
| Sociology | – | – | – | – | |
| Social Sciences total | 1 | – | – | 1 | 0.2 |
| Spanish Language and Literature | – | – | – | – | |
| Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics total | – | – | – | – | – |
| Chemistry, General | – | – | – | – | |
| Physical Sciences | – | – | – | – | |
| Physical Sciences total | – | – | – | – | – |
