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Health Sciences & Services at Reading Area Community College

Health Sciences & Services at Reading Area Community College

Every health sciences & services school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the health science program at Reading Area Community College stacks up to those at other schools.

RACC is located in Reading, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 3,924.

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.

RACC Health Sciences & Services Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Health Science

RACC Health Sciences & Services Rankings

Health Science Student Demographics at RACC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the health science majors at Reading Area Community College.

RACC Health Sciences & Services Associate’s Program

79% Women
63% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 21% of health science associate's degrees went to men and 79% went to women.

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RACC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in health science graduates 9% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Reading Area Community College with a associate's in health science.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 10
White 9
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

Concentrations Within Health Sciences & Services

If you plan to be a health science major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Reading Area Community College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences 31

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 Reading Area Community College.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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