2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Other Health Professions in the Far Western US Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2020-2021, 7,984 people earned their degree in other health professions, making the major the 102nd most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, other health professions graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $45,061 and had an average of $24,616 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 215 other health professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,047 and $21,403 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 20 other health professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,803 and $17,868 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in other health professions. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their other health professions program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Far Western US Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Far Western US Region”.

Top 3 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Other Health Professions in the Far Western US Region

1

Hawaii Pacific University
Honolulu, Hawaii

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Hawaii Pacific University landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Honolulu, Hawaii, and it awarded 20 associates’s health professions degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Hawaii Pacific University Other Health Professions Report

2

Berkeley City College
Berkeley, California

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Berkeley City College landed the #2 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Berkeley, California, and it awarded 0 associates’s health professions degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Other Health Professions at Berkeley City College

2

Los Angeles Harbor College
Wilmington, California

Top 15% overall quality in Far Western US

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Los Angeles Harbor College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Health Professions Major in the Far Western US Region list. LAHC is located in Wilmington, California and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 associates’s health professions degrees to qualified students.

Read full report on Other Health Professions at Los Angeles Harbor College

• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Other Health Professions

Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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