Health Sciences & Services at California State University - Sacramento

What traits are you looking for in a health science school? To help you decide if California State University - Sacramento is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's health science program.

Sac State is located in Sacramento, California and approximately 32,293 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 34 students received a bachelor's degree in health science from Sac State.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Health Sciences & Services section at the bottom of this page.

Sac State Health Sciences & Services Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Health Science

Sac State Health Sciences & Services Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the health science progam at Sac State compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The health science major at Sac State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Health Sciences & Services. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Value Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools	59
	101
Most Focused Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools	299

How Much Do Health Science Graduates from Sac State Make?

The median salary of health science students who receive their bachelor's degree at Sac State is $40,849. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 30% higher than the national average of $31,369 for all health science bachelor's degree recipients.

Health Science Student Demographics at Sac State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the health science majors at California State University - Sacramento.

Sac State Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 34 health science majors earned their bachelor's degree from Sac State. Of these graduates, 18% were men and 82% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 13% more racial-ethnic minorities in its health science bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from California State University - Sacramento with a bachelor's in health science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	10
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	11
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Sac State also has a doctoral program available in health science. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions
• Public Health
• Communication Sciences
• Nursing

Careers That Health Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in health science can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CA, the home state for California State University - Sacramento.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Community Health Workers	6,160	$49,260

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Stickpen under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.