Health Professions at Limestone College

If you plan to study health professions, take a look at what Limestone College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Limestone College is located in Gaffney, South Carolina and approximately 1,943 students attend the school each year. Of the 408 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Limestone College in 2021, 25 of them were health professions majors.

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.

Limestone College Health Professions Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Health Professions

Online Classes Are Available at Limestone College

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

For those who are interested in distance learning, Limestone College does offer online courses in health professions for the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

Limestone College Health Professions Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The health professions major at Limestone College is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Health Professions. 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 Online Health Professions Schools	506
Most Focused Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools	979
Most Popular Health Professions Schools	3,198
Most Focused Health Professions Schools	3,394

Health Professions Student Demographics at Limestone College

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

Limestone College Health Professions Bachelor’s Program

The health professions program at Limestone College awarded 25 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 20% of these degrees went to men with the other 80% going to women. The typical health professions bachelor's degree program is made up of only 18% men. So male students are more repesented at Limestone College since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 11% more racial-ethnic minorities in its health professions bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	12
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	10
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Concentrations Within Health Professions

If you plan to be a health professions 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 Limestone College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Health & Medical Administrative Services	23
Allied Health Professions	2

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 SC, the home state for Limestone College.

Occupation	Jobs in SC	Average Salary in SC
Registered Nurses	44,350	$64,940
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	25,410	$52,690
Nursing Assistants	20,950	$25,390
Personal Care Aides	18,040	$20,990
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	10,560	$40,890

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 Morder (talk) under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.