Health Sciences & Services at Saddleback College

What traits are you looking for in a health science school? To help you decide if Saddleback College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's health science program.

Saddleback College is located in Mission Viejo, California and approximately 18,984 students attend the school each year. During the the most recent year for which data is available, 233 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.

Saddleback College Health Sciences & Services Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Health Science

Online Classes Are Available at Saddleback College

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Saddleback College offers distance education options for health science at the following degree levels:

• Associate’s Degree

Saddleback College Health Sciences & Services Rankings

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Health Science Student Demographics at Saddleback College

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

Saddleback College Health Sciences & Services Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 21% of health science associate's degrees went to men and 79% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in health science only graduates about 20% men each year. The program at Saddleback College may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 1% more women than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	28
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	64
White	116
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	20

Concentrations Within Health Sciences & Services

The following health science concentations are available at Saddleback College. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Saddleback College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences	233

Related Majors

• Mental & Social Health Services
• Health & Medical Administrative Services
• Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science
• Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services
• Allied Health Professions

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 CA, the home state for Saddleback College.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Community Health Workers	6,160	$49,260

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.