General Health & Wellness at Southern Connecticut State University

What traits are you looking for in a health and wellness school? To help you decide if Southern Connecticut State University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's health and wellness program.

SCSU is located in New Haven, Connecticut and approximately 9,331 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 28 health and wellness majors received their bachelor's degree from SCSU.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in General Health & Wellness section at the bottom of this page.

SCSU General Health & Wellness Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Health and Wellness

SCSU General Health & Wellness Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks health and wellness programs across the country. The following shows how SCSU 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 and wellness major at SCSU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Health & Wellness. 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
	27
Most Popular General Health & Wellness Schools	44
	50
Most Focused General Health & Wellness Bachelor’s Degree Schools	53
Most Focused General Health & Wellness Schools	81
Best Value General Health & Wellness Bachelor’s Degree Schools	85
Best General Health & Wellness Bachelor’s Degree Schools	89
Best General Health & Wellness Schools	136
Best Value General Health & Wellness Schools	138

Health and Wellness Student Demographics at SCSU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the health and wellness majors at Southern Connecticut State University.

SCSU General Health & Wellness Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 28 students earned a bachelor's degree in health and wellness from SCSU. About 96% of these graduates were women and the other 4% were men.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 7% more racial-ethnic minorities in its health and wellness bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Southern Connecticut State University with a bachelor's in health and wellness.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Related Majors

Careers That Health and Wellness Grads May Go Into

A degree in health and wellness can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CT, the home state for Southern Connecticut State University.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT
Community Health Workers	440	$47,240

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 Southern Connecticut State University under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.