Health Services

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What you'll do in college

Coursework covers medical terminology, healthcare ethics, basic anatomy and physiology, and healthcare administration. You will learn the practical skills needed to keep medical facilities running, from patient scheduling and billing to clinical support. Many programs include a practicum in a hospital or outpatient clinic.

What you'll do after college

Graduates work as medical assistants, health information technicians, or patient care coordinators in hospitals, private practices, and nursing care facilities. The work involves a mix of administrative duties and direct patient interaction to ensure the healthcare system functions smoothly.

Selectivity vs. earnings

By acceptance rate

$62,706

1,490

100–96%

$70,556

2,893

96–91%

$65,896

4,669

91–85%

$70,573

5,979

85–77%

$68,641

6,034

77–62%

$67,754

4,793

62–43%

$66,241

2,765

42–20%

$75,628

1,463

19–0%

Acceptance rate · bar = degree-weighted earnings

By SAT median

$63,241

1,170

400–1000

$61,274

2,384

1000–1060

$64,202

3,552

1060–1120

$66,739

4,779

1120–1200

$70,119

4,846

1200–1260

$74,398

3,389

1260–1340

$74,545

2,407

1340–1460

$81,056

1,186

1460–1600

Combined SAT composite median (submitters + non-submitters) · bar = degree-weighted earnings

Earnings by acceptance rate and institution category

Each dot = a college · y = degree-weighted earnings

Majors in this category

Major	Colleges	Degrees ▼	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	Employment
Health Services	597	30,086	23% / 77%	2%	$67,705	96%
Health Sciences	272	12,785	22% / 78%	1%	$66,089	96%
Health Science	25	3,154	19% / 81%	1%	$67,244	97%
Health and Wellness	92	2,116	28% / 72%	2%	$63,482	96%
Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences	21	1,213	21% / 79%	2%	$71,895	97%
Community Health	49	975	17% / 83%	1%	$62,909	95%
Allied Health	16	595	17% / 83%	2%	$72,031	97%
Allied Health Sciences	10	576	20% / 80%	2%	$70,637	98%
Occupational Safety and Health	17	494	81% / 19%	0%	$90,335	98%
Health Sciences (Allied Health)	1	492	17% / 83%	1%	$79,545	97%
Integrated Health Sciences	3	413	18% / 82%	0%	$74,124	98%
Pre-Health Studies	31	403	20% / 80%	2%	$67,402	98%
Health Professions	7	346	25% / 75%	3%	$65,681	96%
Behavioral Aspects of Health	10	312	22% / 78%	1%	$66,792	91%
Health Studies	8	278	17% / 83%	1%	$60,122	96%
Occupational Therapy	22	277	4% / 96%	1%	$69,790	97%
Pre-Medicine	31	275	28% / 72%	5%	$67,979	95%
Medical/Health Humanities	9	271	16% / 84%	0%	$58,866
Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy	13	270	10% / 90%	1%	$57,033	95%
Environmental Health	32	268	35% / 65%	6%	$65,583	93%
Recreational Therapy	17	262	24% / 76%	2%	$63,382	97%
Health Science Studies	1	260	19% / 81%	0%	$79,784	99%
Physician Assistant	10	241	16% / 84%	0%	$85,148	97%
Public Health	1	229	10% / 90%	0%	$62,367
Health Promotion	6	210	17% / 83%	2%	$63,770	97%
Community Health and Preventive Medicine	10	181	13% / 87%	2%	$56,413	94%
Music Therapy/Therapist	14	161	15% / 85%	3%	$65,379	95%
Healthcare Studies	1	158	25% / 75%	2%	$64,869	95%
Vision Science	2	131	40% / 60%	8%	$93,089	90%
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions	1	131	12% / 88%	0%	$49,726	95%
Human Health Sciences	1	129	18% / 82%	0%	$89,280	100%
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)	4	121	60% / 40%	0%	$83,294	97%
Community Health Services/Liaison/Counseling	7	115	12% / 88%	7%	$65,626	97%
Occupational Safety	5	113	77% / 23%	2%	$78,628	96%
Occupational Therapy/Therapist	4	98	3% / 97%	0%	$67,828	98%
Pre-Physician Assistant	8	89	13% / 87%	0%	$71,312	94%
Health and Societies	1	88	16% / 84%	2%	$99,835	89%
Funeral Service and Mortuary Science	4	86	16% / 84%	1%	$68,392	96%
Pre-Medical Studies	3	86	43% / 57%	3%	$72,084	96%
Public Health Studies	1	73	21% / 79%	4%	$55,889	100%
Biological and Allied Health Sciences	1	70	27% / 73%	0%	$57,113	96%
Human Health	1	66	12% / 88%	2%	$95,671	97%
Premedicine	1	60	25% / 75%	2%	$80,795	99%
Pre-Occupational Therapy	12	58	12% / 88%	3%	$62,839	100%
Integrated Healthcare Studies	1	57	25% / 75%	0%	$93,277
Preprofessional Studies	1	54	35% / 65%	0%	$74,990	94%
Emergency Medical Technology	4	53	45% / 55%	6%	$75,456	98%
Recreation Therapy	2	52	10% / 90%	2%	$53,082	100%
Occupational Science	1	51	6% / 94%	0%	$76,305	98%
Clinical Social Work	1	49	10% / 90%	6%	$57,737	92%
Paramedicine	1	46	70% / 30%	2%	$70,326
Biomedical and Clinical Sciences	1	42	5% / 95%	0%	$53,386	100%
Emergency Medical Services	5	40	48% / 52%	5%	$74,793	97%
Health and Society	2	40	12% / 88%	0%	$71,986
Animal-Assisted Therapy	4	39	8% / 92%	0%	$58,594	95%
Emergency Medical Care	1	36	69% / 31%	0%	$68,115	97%
Clinical Sciences	1	35	63% / 37%	0%	$82,362	91%
Health Care Science	1	35	14% / 86%	3%	$67,391	84%
Health Services	1	35	11% / 89%	0%	$68,943	97%
Physician Assistant Studies	1	35	14% / 86%	0%	$109,823	100%
Aerospace Physiology and Medicine	1	34	32% / 68%	3%	$81,791
Pre-Health Professions	1	33	39% / 61%	3%	$53,262	95%
Respiratory Therapy	1	32	22% / 78%	0%	$51,071
Pre-Physician Assistant Studies	1	30	7% / 93%	0%	$64,237
Health Sciences (Allied)	1	29	14% / 86%	0%	$66,007
Healthcare Services and Sciences	1	29	21% / 79%	3%	$71,306
Funeral Service	1	27	15% / 85%	0%	$58,732	93%
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services	1	26	23% / 77%	0%	$75,915	95%
Occupational Therapist Assistant	5	24	4% / 96%	0%	$58,861
Holistic/Integrative Health	2	22	23% / 77%	0%	$66,015
Occupational Safety and Health Technology/Technician	2	21	81% / 19%	0%	$89,675	99%
Art Therapy/Therapist	3	20	0% / 100%	5%	$62,681	96%
Psychiatric/Mental Health Services Technician	1	19	11% / 89%	0%	$68,426
Medical Humanities	5	18	6% / 94%	6%	$76,393
Alternative and Complementary Medicine and Medical Systems	1	17	0% / 100%	0%	$48,485	96%
Cardiopulmonary Science	1	17	18% / 82%	0%	$67,544	96%
Safety Science	1	17	53% / 47%	6%	$99,255	96%
Communication Sciences and Oral Health	1	16	6% / 94%	0%	$60,579	94%
Medicine, Health, and Society	1	16	38% / 62%	0%	$81,597
Maternal and Child Health	2	15	0% / 100%	0%	$58,978
Medical/Dental/Veterinary Pre-Professional	1	15	20% / 80%	0%	$66,776
Pre-Art Therapy	8	12	0% / 100%	8%	$61,949
Orthotist/Prosthetist	3	12	33% / 67%	8%	$68,795	94%
Clinical Health Sciences	1	11	27% / 73%	0%	$72,621
Clinical and Translational Science	1	11	18% / 82%	9%	$60,589
Environmental Health Science	1	11	27% / 73%	0%	$52,355	92%
Global Health Studies (Pre-Med)	1	11	9% / 91%	0%	$75,889
Medical Science	1	11	36% / 64%	0%	$74,916
Pre-Medical Program	1	11	55% / 45%	0%	$61,379
Health, Medicine and Human Values	1	10	0% / 100%	0%	$66,736
Occupational Safety and Health Technology	1	9	78% / 22%	0%	$97,165	96%
Medical Technology	1	8	12% / 88%	0%	$69,430
Environmental Health Sciences	1	7	57% / 43%	0%	$58,915	100%
Mental and Social Health Services	2	6	0% / 100%	0%	$68,150	96%
Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene	2	6	33% / 67%	0%	$73,112	96%
History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Science and Medicine	1	6	0% / 100%	0%	$69,138	92%
Allied Health Diagnostic and Treatment	5	5	40% / 60%	0%	$74,888	98%
Science of Health Care Delivery	1	5	60% / 40%	0%	$49,391	100%
Clinical Research	1	4	25% / 75%	0%	$60,477
Health Education	1	4	0% / 100%	0%	$61,770	93%
Health and Human Sciences	1	4	0% / 100%	0%	$75,260
Pre-Occupational Therapy Studies	1	4	0% / 100%	0%	$52,477	100%
Pre-Podiatry	5	3	67% / 33%	0%	$61,845	97%
Health and Wellness Coaching	1	3	67% / 33%	0%	$64,565	97%
Pre-Optometry	1	3	0% / 100%	0%	$61,615	100%
Pre-Chiropractic Studies	1	2	100% / 0%	0%	$59,911
Biochemistry with Pre-Medical emphasis	1	1	0% / 100%	0%	$52,477	100%
Health Professions Education, Ethics, and Humanities, Other	1	1	0% / 100%	0%	$81,223
Health Services Research	2	0			$73,243	98%
Biomedical Science	1	0			$67,336
Medical Studies	1	0			$58,455	89%
Medical/Clinical Assistant	1	0			$65,034
Mental Health Counseling	1	0			$59,426
Pre-Dental Science	1	0			$82,736

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