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Basic Certificates in Health Aids/Attendants/Orderlies

2,103 Yearly Graduations
90% Women
51% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
This degree is more popular with female students, and about 51% of recent graduates were from an underrepresented racial-ethnic group. Also, 2.9% of health aids graduates were international students.

Education Levels of Health Aids Majors

During the most recent year for which data is available, 2,103 people earned their basic certificate in health aids. The following table shows the number of diplomas awarded in health aids at each degree level.

Education Level Number of Grads
Basic Certificate 2,103
Undergraduate Certificate 126
Associate Degree 15

Earnings of Health Aids Majors With Basic Certificates

We are unable to calculate the median earnings for health aids majors with their basic certificate due to lack of data.

Student Debt

We do not have the data to estimate the median debt for this class of people.

Student Diversity

More women than men pursue their basic certificate in health aids. About 90.2% of graduates with this degree are female.

Gender Number of Grads
Men 207
Women 1,896
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The racial-ethnic distribution of health aids basic certificate students is as follows:

Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 51
Black or African American 345
Hispanic or Latino 555
White 931
International Students 62
Other Races/Ethnicities 159
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Health Aids Focus Areas

Major Annual Degrees Awarded
Home Health Aide 960
Medication Aide 679
Health Aide 271
Rehabilitation Aide 148
Other Health Aides & Attendants 45

Below are some popular majors that are similar to health aids that offer basic certificates.

Major Annual Degrees Awarded
Nursing & Nursing Assistants 44,253
Allied Health Professions 22,225
Allied Health Services 19,412
Health/Medical Admin Services 13,996
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science 9,907

References

*The racial-ethnic minority student 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 percentage of racial-ethnic minorities.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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