Health Sciences & Services at Messiah University

10% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

What traits are you looking for in a health science school? To help you decide if Messiah University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's health science program.

Messiah is located in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 3,370.

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.

Messiah Health Sciences & Services Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Health Science

Messiah Health Sciences & Services Rankings

The health science major at Messiah 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.

Health Science Student Demographics at Messiah

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

Messiah Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Program

55% Women

10% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 45% of health science bachelor's degrees went to men and 55% went to women. The typical health science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at Messiah since its program graduates 25% more men than average.

About 83% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in health science at Messiah are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	33
International Students	2
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 Messiah University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences	49

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 Messiah University.

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.

College Factual
National Center for Education Statistics
O*NET Online
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