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Health Sciences & Services at Reading Area Community College

If you are interested in studying health sciences and services, you may want to check out the program at Reading Area Community College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

RACC is located in Reading, Pennsylvania and approximately 3,924 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.

RACC Health Sciences & Services Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Health Science

RACC Health Sciences & Services Rankings

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Health Science Student Demographics at RACC

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

RACC Health Sciences & Services Associate’s Program

74% Women
65% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 26% of health science associate's degrees went to men and 74% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in health science only graduates about 20% men each year. The program at RACC may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 6% more women than average.

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RACC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in health science graduates 13% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 4
Hispanic or Latino 13
White 11
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

Concentrations Within Health Sciences & Services

The following health science concentations are available at Reading Area Community College. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Reading Area Community 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 31

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 PA, the home state for Reading Area Community College.

Occupation Jobs in PA Average Salary in PA
Community Health Workers 2,000 $41,550

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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