Health Sciences & Services at Florida Atlantic University

If you are interested in studying health sciences and services, you may want to check out the program at Florida Atlantic University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

FAU is located in Boca Raton, Florida and approximately 30,805 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 211 health science majors received their bachelor's degree from FAU.

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.

FAU Health Sciences & Services Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Health Science

FAU Health Sciences & Services Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the health science progam at FAU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The health science major at FAU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Health Sciences & Services. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools	19

Health Science Student Demographics at FAU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the health science majors at Florida Atlantic University.

FAU Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 211 students earned a bachelor's degree in health science from FAU. About 79% of these graduates were women and the other 21% were men. The typical health science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at FAU since its program graduates 1% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 16% more racial-ethnic minorities in its health science bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Florida Atlantic University with a bachelor's in health science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	65
Hispanic or Latino	66
White	62
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

FAU also has a doctoral program available in health science. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Public Health
• Communication Sciences
• Medicine
• Mental & Social Health Services
• Health & Medical Administrative Services

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 FL, the home state for Florida Atlantic University.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Community Health Workers	2,880	$39,930

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
• Image Credit: By Kmgcoolguy4 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.