The main focus area for this major is Pre-Nursing Studies. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Health/Medical Prep Programs is a major offered under the health professions program of study at Wharton County Junior College. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the associate degree program in medical prep, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, and more.
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In 2019-2020, the average part-time undergraduate tuition at Wharton County Junior College was $84 per credit hour for out-of-state students. The average for in-state students was $32 per credit hour. The average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates are shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $768 | $2,016 |
Fees | $2,856 | $2,856 |
Books and Supplies | $1,375 | $1,375 |
On Campus Room and Board | $4,830 | $4,830 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $3,075 | $3,075 |
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Wharton County Junior College does not offer an online option for its medical prep associate degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Wharton County Junior College Online Learning page.
About 84.2% of the students who received their Associate in medical prep in 2019-2020 were women. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 85.0%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 84.2% of the medical prep associate degrees at Wharton County Junior College in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 47%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 14 |
Black or African American | 12 |
Hispanic or Latino | 22 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 9 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 0 |
Health/Medical Prep Programs students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Pre-Nursing Studies | 57 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to health/medical prep programs.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Dental Support Services | 21 |
Health & Medical Administrative Services | 9 |
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services | 13 |
Allied Health Professions | 19 |
Mental & Social Health Services | 10 |
*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.