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Health Sciences & Services at Purdue University - Main Campus

If you plan to study health sciences and services, take a look at what Purdue University - Main Campus has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Purdue is located in West Lafayette, Indiana and has a total student population of 46,655. Of the 8,338 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Purdue University - Main Campus in 2021, 15 of them were health sciences and services majors.

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.

Purdue Health Sciences & Services Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Health Science

Purdue Health Sciences & Services Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The health science major at Purdue 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.

Ranking Type Rank
Most Focused Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools 339
Most Focused Health Sciences & Services Schools 654

How Much Do Health Science Graduates from Purdue Make?

The median salary of health science students who receive their bachelor's degree at Purdue is $42,612. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 36% higher than the national average of $31,369 for all health science bachelor's degree recipients.

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Health Science Student Demographics at Purdue

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

Purdue Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Program

80% Women
20% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The health science program at Purdue awarded 15 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 20% of these degrees went to men with the other 80% going to women.

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About 73% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in health science at Purdue 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 Purdue University - Main Campus with a bachelor's in health science.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 11
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

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

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 IN, the home state for Purdue University - Main Campus.

Occupation Jobs in IN Average Salary in IN
Community Health Workers 1,630 $42,000

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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