Undergraduate Certificates in Health Sciences & Services

In recent years, the majority of the students getting degrees in this area were female, and 49% were from an underrepresented racial-ethnic group. Also, 0.7% of health science graduates were international students.

Education Levels of Health Science Majors

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 1,265 students earned their undergraduate certificate in health science. The following table shows the number of diplomas awarded in health science at each degree level.

Education Level	Number of Grads
Bachelor’s Degree	18,866
Associate Degree	10,218
Basic Certificate	3,850
Master’s Degree	1,333
Undergraduate Certificate	1,265
Graduate Certificate	221
Doctor’s Degree	192

Earnings of Health Science Majors With Undergraduate Certificates

The median salary for graduates holding an undergraduate certificate in health science is $24,123. This number may vary for a lot of reasons. For instance, you may decide to move to a location where people with your degree are rare and make more money. A better approximation of salary is to look at the typical range of salaries. In this case the low is $22,647 and the high is $26,429.

Student Debt

The median student debt for graduates holding an undergraduate certificate in health science is $13,324. The school you go to and how long it takes you to graduate, among other things, can cause this number to vary. The chart below shows the range of accumulated debt loads. On the high side of the range, $14,861 is the debt load, and the debt load on the low side is $7,645.

Those students who are paying back their debt on a 10-year repayment plan have a median monthly payment of $57.

Student Diversity

More women than men pursue their undergraduate certificate in health science. About 86.8% of graduates with this degree are female.

Gender	Number of Grads
Men	167
Women	1,098

The racial-ethnic distribution of health science undergraduate certificate students is as follows:

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	33
Black or African American	234
Hispanic or Latino	275
White	614
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	100

Related Majors

Below are some popular majors that are similar to health science that offer undergraduate certificates.

Major	Annual Degrees Awarded
Allied Health Services	44,973
Nursing & Nursing Assistants	43,520
Health/Medical Admin Services	19,645
Allied Health Professions	11,543
Dental Support Services	11,147

References

*The racial-ethnic minority student 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 percentage of racial-ethnic minorities.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Image Credit: By Sandra M. Palumbo under License

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