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Health Sciences & Services at Reading Area Community College

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Health Sciences & Services at Reading Area Community College

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

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

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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

74% Women
65% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 26% of health science associate's degrees went to men and 74% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in health science only graduates about 20% men each year. The program at RACC may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 6% more women than average.

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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 13% 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 0
Black or African American 4
Hispanic or Latino 13
White 11
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

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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