Health Sciences & Services at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

What traits are you looking for in a health science school? To help you decide if University of Colorado at Colorado Springs is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's health science program.

UCCS is located in Colorado Springs, Colorado and approximately 12,380 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 57 health science majors received their bachelor's degree from UCCS.

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.

UCCS Health Sciences & Services Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Health Science

UCCS Health Sciences & Services Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks health science programs across the country. The following shows how UCCS performed in these rankings.

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 UCCS 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
	216
Best Value Health Sciences & Services Schools	399

Earnings of UCCS Health Science Graduates

The median salary of health science students who receive their bachelor's degree at UCCS is $30,796. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $31,369 for all health science students.

Health Science Student Demographics at UCCS

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the health science majors at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.

UCCS Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 57 health science majors earned their bachelor's degree from UCCS. Of these graduates, 32% were men and 68% were women. The typical health science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at UCCS since its program graduates 12% more men than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in health science at UCCS 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 University of Colorado at Colorado Springs with a bachelor's in health science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	38
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

UCCS 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
• Nursing

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 CO, the home state for University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.

Occupation	Jobs in CO	Average Salary in CO
Community Health Workers	760	$42,000

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 Jeffrey M Foster under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.