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Health Professions at Orange County Community College

Health Professions at Orange County Community College

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

SUNY Orange is located in Middletown, New York and has a total student population of 5,862.

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.

SUNY Orange Health Professions Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Health Professions

Online Classes Are Available at SUNY Orange

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? SUNY Orange offers distance education options for health professions at the following degree levels:

  • Associate’s Degree

SUNY Orange Health Professions Rankings

Health Professions Student Demographics at SUNY Orange

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

SUNY Orange Health Professions Associate’s Program

86% Women
42% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 14% of health professions associate's degrees went to men and 86% went to women.

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The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in health professions at SUNY Orange are white. Around 57% 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 Orange County Community College with a associate's in health professions.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 8
Black or African American 18
Hispanic or Latino 44
White 111
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 13

Concentrations Within Health Professions

Health Professions 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 Orange County Community College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Nursing 96
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 46
Allied Health Professions 16
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science 12
Health & Medical Administrative Services 8
Public Health 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 NY, the home state for Orange County Community College.

Occupation Jobs in NY Average Salary in NY
Personal Care Aides 199,060 $27,640
Home Health Aides 191,820 $26,240
Registered Nurses 182,490 $85,610
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors 112,510 $70,770
Nursing Assistants 91,400 $37,010

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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