Health Sciences & Services at Southern Connecticut State University

If you plan to study health sciences and services, 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 has a total student population of 9,331. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 28 students received a bachelor's degree in health science from SCSU.

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.

SCSU Health Sciences & Services Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Health Science

SCSU Health Sciences & Services Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the health science progam at SCSU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The health science major at SCSU 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Value Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools	245
Best Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools	280
Most Focused Health Sciences & Services Schools	406

Health Science Student Demographics at SCSU

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

SCSU Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Program

Of the 28 health science students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from SCSU, about 4% were men and 96% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% 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 Southern Connecticut State University with a bachelor's in health science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

SCSU also has a doctoral program available in health science. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Allied Health Professions
• Bioethics/Medical Ethics
• Mental & Social Health Services
• Public Health
• Communication Sciences

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 CT, the home state for Southern Connecticut State University.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT
Community Health Workers	440	$47,240

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
• Image Credit: By Southern Connecticut State University under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.