Health Sciences & Services at University of Nevada - Reno

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

UNR is located in Reno, Nevada and approximately 20,722 students attend the school each year. Of the 602 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Nevada - Reno in 2021, 381 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.

UNR Health Sciences & Services Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Health Science

UNR Health Sciences & Services Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The health science major at UNR 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
Most Popular Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools	7
Most Popular Health Sciences & Services Schools	11
Best Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools	44
Most Focused Health Sciences & Services Schools	84
Best Value Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools	91
	153
	348

Earnings of UNR Health Science Graduates

The median salary of health science students who receive their bachelor's degree at UNR is $33,211. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 6% higher than the national average of $31,369 for all health science bachelor's degree recipients.

Health Science Student Demographics at UNR

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

UNR Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Program

Of the 381 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in health science from UNR in 2021, 27% were men and 73% were women. The typical health science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at UNR since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	26
Black or African American	21
Hispanic or Latino	108
White	184
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	41

UNR 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

If you plan to be a health science major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Nevada - Reno. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Health & Wellness	381

Related Majors

• Mental & Social Health Services
• Allied Health Professions
• Medicine
• Communication Sciences
• Public Health

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 NV, the home state for University of Nevada - Reno.

Occupation	Jobs in NV	Average Salary in NV
Community Health Workers	150	$45,740

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 delamare under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.