Health Professions at Southwestern College

If you are interested in studying health professions, you may want to check out the program at Southwestern College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

SC is located in Winfield, Kansas and approximately 1,413 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 39 students received a bachelor's degree in health professions from SC.

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.

SC Health Professions Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Health Professions

Online Classes Are Available at SC

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.

For those who are interested in distance learning, SC does offer online courses in health professions for the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

SC Health Professions Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks health professions programs across the country. The following shows how SC performed in these 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.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The health professions major at SC 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Online Health Professions Schools	469
Best Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools	785
	996
Best Value Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1,057
Best Health Professions Schools	1,467
Most Popular Health Professions Schools	2,925
Most Focused Health Professions Schools	3,236

Health Professions Student Demographics at SC

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

SC Health Professions Bachelor’s Program

Of the 39 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Health Professions from SC in 2020-2021, 38% were men and 62% were women. The typical health professions bachelor's degree program is made up of only 18% men. So male students are more repesented at SC since its program graduates 21% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	14
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	16

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

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 Southwestern College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Health & Medical Administrative Services	18
Health/Medical Prep Programs	10
Nursing	8
Allied Health Professions	3

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 KS, the home state for Southwestern College.

Occupation	Jobs in KS	Average Salary in KS
Registered Nurses	27,810	$61,030
Nursing Assistants	22,290	$26,210
Personal Care Aides	21,450	$21,920
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	14,750	$53,860
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	7,510	$43,240

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 Rschmeichel under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.