Health Professions at Estrella Mountain Community College

What traits are you looking for in a health professions school? To help you decide if Estrella Mountain Community College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's health professions program.

Estrella Mountain Community College is located in Avondale, Arizona and approximately 8,768 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.

Estrella Mountain Community College Health Professions Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Estrella Mountain Community College

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? Estrella Mountain Community College offers distance education options for health professions at the following degree levels:

• Associate’s Degree

Estrella Mountain Community College Health Professions Rankings

Health Professions Student Demographics at Estrella Mountain Community College

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

Estrella Mountain Community College Health Professions Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 13% of health professions associate's degrees went to men and 87% went to women.

Estrella Mountain Community College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in health professions graduates 19% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	59
White	45
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Concentrations Within Health Professions

Health Professions majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Estrella Mountain Community College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Nursing	62
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services	16

Related Majors

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 AZ, the home state for Estrella Mountain Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in AZ	Average Salary in AZ
Registered Nurses	54,690	$77,000
Personal Care Aides	47,610	$24,440
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	36,130	$54,670
Medical Assistants	18,250	$33,410
Home Health Aides	17,570	$25,470

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.