Health Professions at Nevada State College

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

NSC is located in Henderson, Nevada and has a total student population of 7,289.

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.

NSC Health Professions Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Health Professions
• Master’s Degree in Health Professions

NSC Health Professions Rankings

The health professions major at NSC 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.

Health Professions Student Demographics at NSC

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

NSC Health Professions Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 16% of health professions bachelor's degrees went to men and 84% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 18% 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 Nevada State College with a bachelor's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	68
Black or African American	27
Hispanic or Latino	124
White	123
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	56

NSC Health Professions Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 5% of health professions master's degrees went to men and 95% went to women.

Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from NSC, 60% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	24
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Concentrations Within Health Professions

Health Professions majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Nevada State College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Nursing	348
Communication Sciences	23
Health Sciences & Services	4

Related Majors

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 NV, the home state for Nevada State College.

Occupation	Jobs in NV	Average Salary in NV
Registered Nurses	22,560	$85,620
Personal Care Aides	13,130	$23,580
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	12,140	$53,140
Managers	7,120	$102,060
Nursing Assistants	6,660	$35,130

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 Joe Mabel under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.