Health Sciences & Services at East Los Angeles College

If you plan to study health sciences & services, take a look at what East Los Angeles College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

East Los Angeles College is located in Monterey Park, California and has a total student population of 33,397.

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.

East Los Angeles College Health Sciences & Services Degrees Available

Basic Certificate in Health Science (Less Than 1 Year)
Associate’s Degree in Health Science

East Los Angeles College Health Sciences & Services Rankings

Health Science Student Demographics at East Los Angeles College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the health science majors at East Los Angeles College.

East Los Angeles College Health Sciences & Services Associate’s Program

79% Women

89% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 21% of health science associate's degrees went to men and 79% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in health science only graduates about 20% men each year. The program at East Los Angeles College may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 1% more women than average.

East Los Angeles College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in health science graduates 36% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from East Los Angeles College with a associate's in health science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	17
White	0
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Health Sciences & Services

The following health science concentations are available at East Los Angeles College. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from East Los Angeles College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences	8

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 East Los Angeles College.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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