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Health Sciences & Services at Gavilan College

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

Gavilan College is located in Gilroy, California and approximately 4,494 students attend the school each year.

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.

Gavilan College Health Sciences & Services Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Health Science

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Health Science Student Demographics at Gavilan College

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

Gavilan College Health Sciences & Services Associate’s Program

84% Women
88% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 16% of health science associate's degrees went to men and 84% went to women.

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Gavilan College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in health science graduates 36% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Gavilan College with a associate's in health science.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 7
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 77
White 11
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 8

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 Gavilan College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences 104

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 CA, the home state for Gavilan College.

Occupation Jobs in CA Average Salary in CA
Community Health Workers 6,160 $49,260

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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