Health Sciences & Services at Rice University

83% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

If you are interested in studying health sciences & services, you may want to check out the program at Rice University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Rice is located in Houston, Texas and approximately 7,643 students attend the school each year.

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.

Rice Health Sciences & Services Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Health Science

Rice Health Sciences & Services Rankings

The health science major at Rice 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.

Health Science Student Demographics at Rice

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

Rice Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Program

72% Women

83% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 28% of health science bachelor's degrees went to men and 72% went to women. The typical health science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at Rice since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 30% more racial-ethnic minorities in its health science bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Rice University with a bachelor's in health science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	11
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Health Sciences & Services

The following health science concentations are available at Rice University. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Rice University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Health & Wellness	14

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 TX, the home state for Rice University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Community Health Workers	2,820	$41,640

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
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