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Health Sciences & Services at Hudson County Community College

Health Sciences & Services at Hudson County Community College

If you plan to study health sciences & services, take a look at what Hudson County Community College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

HCCC is located in Jersey City, New Jersey and has a total student population of 7,039.

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.

HCCC Health Sciences & Services Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Health Science

HCCC Health Sciences & Services Rankings

Health Science Student Demographics at HCCC

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

HCCC Health Sciences & Services Associate’s Program

80% Women
83% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 20% of health science associate's degrees went to men and 80% went to women.

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HCCC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in health science graduates 29% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 3
Black or African American 8
Hispanic or Latino 21
White 5
International Students 1
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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Hudson County Community College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences 57

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 NJ, the home state for Hudson County Community College.

Occupation Jobs in NJ Average Salary in NJ
Community Health Workers 1,250 $51,560

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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