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Health Sciences & Services at The University of West Florida

Every health sciences and services school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the health science program at The University of West Florida stacks up to those at other schools.

UWF is located in Pensacola, Florida and approximately 13,061 students attend the school each year. Of the 2,407 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from The University of West Florida in 2021, 139 of them were health sciences and services majors.

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.

UWF Health Sciences & Services Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Health Science

Online Classes Are Available at UWF

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.

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

  • Bachelor’s Degree

UWF Health Sciences & Services Rankings

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

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 science major at UWF 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
Most Popular Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools 32
Most Popular Health Sciences & Services Schools 57
Most Focused Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools 102

How Much Do Health Science Graduates from UWF Make?

The median salary of health science students who receive their bachelor's degree at UWF is $34,791. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 11% higher than the national average of $31,369 for all health science bachelor's degree recipients.

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Health Science Student Demographics at UWF

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

UWF Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Program

77% Women
38% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 139 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Health Sciences & Services from UWF in 2020-2021, 23% were men and 77% were women. The typical health science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at UWF since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

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About 58% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in health science at UWF are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 4
Black or African American 24
Hispanic or Latino 17
White 81
International Students 3
Other Races/Ethnicities 10

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

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 FL, the home state for The University of West Florida.

Occupation Jobs in FL Average Salary in FL
Community Health Workers 2,880 $39,930

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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