Health Sciences & Services at Harrisburg Area Community College

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

HACC is located in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and approximately 15,376 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.

HACC Health Sciences & Services Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Health Science

HACC Health Sciences & Services Rankings

Health Science Student Demographics at HACC

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

HACC Health Sciences & Services Associate’s Program

86% Women

25% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 14% of health science associate's degrees went to men and 86% went to women.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in health science at HACC are white. Around 68% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	19
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Health Sciences & Services

If you plan to be a health science major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Harrisburg Area Community College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Health & Wellness	6

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 PA, the home state for Harrisburg Area Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Community Health Workers	2,000	$41,550

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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