Health Sciences & Services at Westfield State University

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

Westfield is located in Westfield, Massachusetts and approximately 5,395 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,181 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Westfield State University in 2021, 13 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.

Westfield Health Sciences & Services Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Health Science

Westfield Health Sciences & Services Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The health science major at Westfield 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
	59
Best Value Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools	113
	153
Most Popular Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools	213
Best Health Sciences & Services Schools	407
Most Focused Health Sciences & Services Schools	458

Health Science Student Demographics at Westfield

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

Westfield Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 13 health science majors earned their bachelor's degree from Westfield. Of these graduates, 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 Westfield since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

About 77% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in health science at Westfield 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 Westfield State University with a bachelor's in health science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Westfield 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 MA, the home state for Westfield State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Community Health Workers	3,660	$44,500

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 John Phelan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.