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Health Professions at El Camino College

Health Professions at El Camino College

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

El Camino College is located in Torrance, California and approximately 20,418 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.

El Camino College 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

El Camino College Health Professions Rankings

Health Professions Student Demographics at El Camino College

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

El Camino College Health Professions Associate’s Program

72% Women
80% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 28% of health professions associate's degrees went to men and 72% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in health professions only graduates about 18% men each year. The program at El Camino College may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 10% more women than average.

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El Camino College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in health professions 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 El Camino College with a associate's in health professions.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 49
Black or African American 20
Hispanic or Latino 103
White 35
International Students 5
Other Races/Ethnicities 15

Concentrations Within Health Professions

If you plan to be a health professions major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at El Camino College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Health Sciences & Services 93
Nursing 72
Allied Health Professions 27

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 CA, the home state for El Camino College.

Occupation Jobs in CA Average Salary in CA
Personal Care Aides 558,350 $27,210
Registered Nurses 294,510 $106,950
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors 166,870 $62,560
Software Applications Developers 148,550 $127,950
Nursing Assistants 99,440 $35,220

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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