Health Sciences & Services at Foothill College

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

Foothill College is located in Los Altos Hills, California and approximately 14,605 students attend the school each year.

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.

Foothill College Health Sciences & Services Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Health Science

Foothill College Health Sciences & Services Rankings

Health Science Student Demographics at Foothill College

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

Foothill College Health Sciences & Services Associate’s Program

83% Women

75% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 17% of health science associate's degrees went to men and 83% went to women.

Foothill College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in health science graduates 21% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	17
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Health Sciences & Services

Health Sciences & Services majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Foothill 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	64

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 Foothill 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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