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Health Professions at Des Moines Area Community College

Health Professions at Des Moines Area Community College

If you are interested in studying health professions, you may want to check out the program at Des Moines Area Community College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

DMACC is located in Ankeny, Iowa and has a total student population of 23,051.

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.

DMACC Health Professions Degrees Available

  • Basic Certificate in Health Professions (Less Than 1 Year)
  • Undergrad Certificate in Health Professions (1 - 4 Years)
  • Associate’s Degree in Health Professions

Online Classes Are Available at DMACC

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.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? DMACC offers distance education options for health professions at the following degree levels:

DMACC Health Professions Rankings

Health Professions Student Demographics at DMACC

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

DMACC Health Professions Associate’s Program

92% Women
20% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 8% of health professions associate's degrees went to men and 92% went to women.

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The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in health professions at DMACC are white. Around 77% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 13
Black or African American 5
Hispanic or Latino 21
White 169
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 12

Concentrations Within Health Professions

The following health professions concentations are available at Des Moines Area Community College. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Des Moines Area Community College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Nursing 166
Dental Support Services 21
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science 18
Allied Health Professions 13
Health & Medical Administrative Services 8

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 IA, the home state for Des Moines Area Community College.

Occupation Jobs in IA Average Salary in IA
Registered Nurses 33,770 $59,130
Nursing Assistants 20,890 $29,120
Personal Care Aides 18,520 $25,050
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors 11,970 $56,970
Software Applications Developers 6,990 $88,570

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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