Health Professions at Vanguard University of Southern California

What traits are you looking for in a health professions school? To help you decide if Vanguard University of Southern California is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's health professions program.

Vanguard is located in Costa Mesa, California and approximately 2,289 students attend the school each year. Of the 437 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Vanguard University of Southern California in 2021, 63 of them were health professions majors.

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.

Vanguard Health Professions Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Health Professions
• Master’s Degree in Health Professions

Vanguard Health Professions Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the health professions progam at Vanguard 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 professions major at Vanguard 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
	33
	75
Best Value Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools	86
Best Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools	142
Best Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools	156
Best Health Professions Schools	240
Best Value Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools	705
Most Popular Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools	811
Most Popular Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools	878
Best Value Health Professions Schools	1,205
Most Popular Health Professions Schools	2,258
Most Focused Health Professions Schools	2,655

In 2021, 20 students received their master’s degree in health professions from Vanguard. This makes it the #886 most popular school for health professions master’s degree candidates in the country.

Health Professions Student Demographics at Vanguard

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the health professions majors at Vanguard University of Southern California.

Vanguard Health Professions Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 63 health professions majors earned their bachelor's degree from Vanguard. Of these graduates, 19% were men and 81% were women. The typical health professions bachelor's degree program is made up of only 18% men. So male students are more repesented at Vanguard since its program graduates 1% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 16% more racial-ethnic minorities in its health professions bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Vanguard University of Southern California with a bachelor's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	12
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	20
White	23
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

Vanguard Health Professions Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of health professions master's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from Vanguard, 55% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Vanguard University of Southern California with a master's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Vanguard 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

Health Professions majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Vanguard University of Southern California. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Nursing	83

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 CA, the home state for Vanguard University of Southern California.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Personal Care Aides	558,350	$27,210
Registered Nurses	294,510	$106,950
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	166,870	$62,560
Software Applications Developers	148,550	$127,950
Nursing Assistants	99,440	$35,220

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.