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 University of Minnesota - Rochester. 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. In College Factual's most recent rankings for the best schools for health science majors, UMN Rochester came in at #25. This puts it in the top 5% of the country in this field of study. It is also ranked #1 in Minnesota.
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Part-time undergraduates at UMN Rochester paid an average of $469 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $12,194 | $12,194 |
| Fees | $656 | $656 |
| Books and Supplies | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| On Campus Room and Board | $10,914 | $10,914 |
| On Campus Other Expenses | $2,374 | $2,374 |
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One factor in determining the overall cost in a degree is to consider how much in student loans you’ll have to take out. Students who received their bachelor’s degree at UMN Rochester in Health Science walked away with an average of $24,974 in student debt. That is 3% lower than the national average of $25,858.
health science who receive their bachelor’s degree from UMN Rochester make an average of $43,519 a year during the early days of their career. That is 32% higher than the national average of $32,939.
Online degrees for the UMN Rochester 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 UMN Rochester Online Learning page.
Women made up around 76.1% 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%.
Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in health science at UMN Rochester in 2019-2020, 28.2% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 49%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 13 |
| Black or African American | 10 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 8 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 81 |
| International Students | 2 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 3 |
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 | 117 |
*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.
