Health Professions at Santa Monica College

What traits are you looking for in a health professions school? To help you decide if Santa Monica College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's health professions program.

SMC is located in Santa Monica, California and approximately 25,948 students attend the school each year.

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.

SMC Health Professions Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Health Professions (Less Than 1 Year)
• Undergrad Certificate in Health Professions (1 - 4 Years)
• Associate’s Degree in Health Professions

Online Classes Are Available at SMC

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.

SMC does offer online education options in health professions for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Associate’s Degree

SMC Health Professions Rankings

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Health Professions Student Demographics at SMC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the health professions majors at Santa Monica College.

SMC Health Professions Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 28% of health professions associate's degrees went to men and 73% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in health professions only graduates about 18% men each year. The program at SMC may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 10% more women than average.

SMC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in health professions graduates 22% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Santa Monica College with a associate's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	15
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	46
White	39
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

Concentrations Within Health Professions

If you plan to be a health professions 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 Santa Monica College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Nursing	106
Allied Health Professions	12
Health & Medical Administrative Services	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 CA, the home state for Santa Monica College.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Personal Care Aides	558,350	$27,210
Registered Nurses	294,510	$106,950
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	166,870	$62,560
Software Applications Developers	148,550	$127,950
Nursing Assistants	99,440	$35,220

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.