by our College Data Analytics TeamThe 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 Southern New Hampshire 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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If you're having trouble deciding which school is best for you, you may want to check out our many college rankings. SNHU is in the top 10% of the country for health science. More specifically it was ranked #50 out of 495 schools by College Factual. It is also ranked #1 in New Hampshire.
Here are some of the other rankings for SNHU.
During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time undergraduate students at SNHU paid an average of $320 per credit hour. No discount was available for in-state students. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $9,600 | $9,600 |
| Fees | $50 | $50 |
| Books and Supplies | $1,500 | $1,500 |
| On Campus Room and Board | $12,800 | $12,800 |
| On Campus Other Expenses | $6,824 | $6,824 |
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You may also want to consider how much in student loans you’ll need when thinking about the overall cost to attend a school. Health Science students who received their bachelor’s degree at SNHU took out an average of $25,977 in student loans. That is about the same as the national average of $25,858.
The median early career salary of health science students who receive their bachelor’s degree from SNHU is $58,479 per year. That is 78% higher than the national average of $32,939.
If you’re one of the many students who want the flexibility of distance learning courses, you’ll be happy to hear that SNHU offers online option in its health science bachelor’s degree program. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the SNHU Online Learning page.
Women made up around 77.3% of the health science students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 77.3%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 27.9% of the health science bachelor’s degrees at SNHU in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 49%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 4 |
| Black or African American | 29 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 27 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 1 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 |
| White | 160 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 10 |
Health Sciences & Services students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences | 233 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to health sciences and services.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Health & Medical Administrative Services | 769 |
| Mental & Social Health Services | 34 |
| Public Health | 110 |
| Medical Illustration & Informatics | 5 |
| Nursing | 977 |
*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.
