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Health Sciences & Services at College of Western Idaho

If you plan to study health sciences and services, take a look at what College of Western Idaho has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

CWI is located in Nampa, Idaho and approximately 10,200 students attend the school each year. During the the most recent year for which data is available, 25 students received their associate's degree in health science.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Health Sciences & Services section at the bottom of this page.

CWI Health Sciences & Services Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Health Science

CWI Health Sciences & Services Rankings

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Health Science Student Demographics at CWI

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the health science majors at College of Western Idaho.

CWI Health Sciences & Services Associate’s Program

76% Women

44% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 24% of health science associate's degrees went to men and 76% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in health science only graduates about 20% men each year. The program at CWI may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 4% more women than average.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in health science at CWI are white. Around 52% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from College of Western Idaho with a associate's in health science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Concentrations Within Health Sciences & Services

If you plan to be a health science major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at College of Western Idaho. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences	25

Careers That Health Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in health science can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for ID, the home state for College of Western Idaho.

Occupation	Jobs in ID	Average Salary in ID
Community Health Workers	280	$35,840

References

*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.

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