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Health Professions at Southern Connecticut State University

46% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

If you plan to study health professions, take a look at what Southern Connecticut State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

SCSU is located in New Haven, Connecticut and approximately 9,331 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.

SCSU Health Professions Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Health Professions
Master’s Degree in Health Professions

Online Classes Are Available at SCSU

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? SCSU offers distance education options for health professions at the following degree levels:

Bachelor’s Degree
Master’s Degree

SCSU Health Professions Rankings

The health professions major at SCSU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Health Professions. 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.

There were 2 students who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #633 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at SCSU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the health professions majors at Southern Connecticut State University.

SCSU Health Professions Bachelor’s Program

84% Women

46% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 16% of health professions bachelor's degrees went to men and 84% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% more racial-ethnic minorities in its health professions bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	15
Black or African American	46
Hispanic or Latino	82
White	168
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	35

SCSU Health Professions Master’s Program

85% Women

26% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 15% of health professions master's degrees went to men and 85% went to women.

Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from SCSU, 70% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Southern Connecticut State University with a master's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	29
White	123
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

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 completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Southern Connecticut State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Nursing	114
Communication Sciences	91
Public Health	78
Health Sciences & Services	28
Mental & Social Health Services	26
Bioethics/Medical Ethics	17
Allied Health Professions	7

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 CT, the home state for Southern Connecticut State University.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT
Registered Nurses	31,400	$81,220
Personal Care Aides	26,360	$27,300
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	25,510	$66,800
Nursing Assistants	22,150	$33,390
Software Applications Developers	11,540	$105,500

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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