Health Sciences & Services at University of Vermont

If you plan to study health sciences and services, take a look at what University of Vermont has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UVM is located in Burlington, Vermont and approximately 13,292 students attend the school each year. Of the 2,677 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Vermont in 2021, 56 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.

UVM Health Sciences & Services Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Health Science

UVM Health Sciences & Services Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the health science progam at UVM 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 UVM 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
	130
Best Health Sciences & Services Schools	279

Health Science Student Demographics at UVM

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

UVM Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Program

The health science program at UVM awarded 56 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 16% of these degrees went to men with the other 84% going to women.

About 82% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in health science at UVM 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 Vermont with a bachelor's in health science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	46
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

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

Related Majors

• Health & Medical Administrative Services
• Allied Health Professions
• Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science
• Medical Science
• Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions

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 VT, the home state for University of Vermont.

Occupation	Jobs in VT	Average Salary in VT
Community Health Workers	360	$33,670

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 AlexiusHoratius under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.