The main focus area for this major is General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Health Sciences & Services is a major offered under the health professions program of study at Boston University. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the bachelor’s degree program in health science, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.
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Each year, we produce a number of different types of college rankings to help students decide which school is the best fit for them. In College Factual's most recent rankings for the best schools for health science majors, Boston U came in at #8. This puts it in the top 5% of the country in this field of study. It is also ranked #1 in Massachusetts.
Here are some of the other rankings for Boston U.
In 2019-2020, the average part-time undergraduate tuition at Boston U was $1,777 per credit hour for both in-state and out-of-state students. 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 | $56,854 | $56,854 |
Fees | $1,218 | $1,218 |
Books and Supplies | $1,000 | $1,000 |
On Campus Room and Board | $16,640 | $16,640 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $1,950 | $1,950 |
Learn more about Boston U tuition and fees.
One factor in determining the overall cost in a degree is to consider how much in student loans you’ll have to take out. Health Science students who received their bachelor’s degree at Boston U took out an average of $25,000 in student loans. That is 3% lower than the national average of $25,858.
The median early career salary of health science students who receive their bachelor’s degree from Boston U is $35,060 per year. That is 6% higher than the national average of $32,939.
Online degrees for the Boston U health science bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Boston U Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their bachelor’s degree in health science in 2019-2020, 84.0% of them were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 77.3%.
Around 48.6% of health science bachelor’s degree recipients at Boston U in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is about the same as the nationwide number of 49%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 44 |
Black or African American | 6 |
Hispanic or Latino | 30 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 74 |
International Students | 13 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 14 |
Health Sciences & Services students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences | 181 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to health sciences and services.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Communication Sciences | 12 |
Allied Health Professions | 11 |
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science | 19 |
Health/Medical Prep Programs | 23 |
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions | 50 |
*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.