Health Professions at Kingsborough Community College

If you plan to study health professions, take a look at what Kingsborough Community College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

KCC is located in Brooklyn, New York and approximately 15,116 students attend the school each year.

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

KCC Health Professions Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Health Professions

Online Classes Are Available at KCC

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

KCC does offer online education options in health professions for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Associate’s Degree

KCC Health Professions Rankings

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Health Professions Student Demographics at KCC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the health professions majors at Kingsborough Community College.

KCC Health Professions Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 21% of health professions associate's degrees went to men and 79% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in health professions only graduates about 18% men each year. The program at KCC may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 3% more women than average.

KCC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in health professions graduates 20% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Kingsborough Community College with a associate's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	24
Black or African American	103
Hispanic or Latino	60
White	113
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

Concentrations Within Health Professions

The following health professions concentations are available at Kingsborough Community College. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Kingsborough Community College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Mental & Social Health Services	141
Nursing	130
Allied Health Professions	30
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services	15

Careers That Health Professions Grads May Go Into

A degree in health professions can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NY, the home state for Kingsborough Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Personal Care Aides	199,060	$27,640
Home Health Aides	191,820	$26,240
Registered Nurses	182,490	$85,610
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	112,510	$70,770
Nursing Assistants	91,400	$37,010

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.