Health Sciences & Services at Eastern Washington University

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

EWU is located in Cheney, Washington and approximately 12,349 students attend the school each year. Of the 188 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Eastern Washington University in 2021, 7 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.

EWU Health Sciences & Services Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Health Science

EWU Health Sciences & Services Rankings

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

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 EWU 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
	47
Best Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools	90
	115
Best Health Sciences & Services Schools	139
Most Focused Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools	327
Most Popular Health Sciences & Services Schools	486
Most Focused Health Sciences & Services Schools	618

Health Science Student Demographics at EWU

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

EWU Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Program

Of the 7 health science students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from EWU, about 14% were men and 86% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% more racial-ethnic minorities in its health science bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Eastern Washington University with a bachelor's in health science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Concentrations Within Health Sciences & Services

Health Sciences & Services majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Eastern Washington University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences	7

Related Majors

• Allied Health Professions
• Public Health
• Health & Medical Administrative Services
• Mental & Social Health Services
• 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 WA, the home state for Eastern Washington University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Community Health Workers	2,230	$42,610

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 Ian Poellet under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.