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Health Sciences & Services at Towson University

64% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

Towson is located in Towson, Maryland and has a total student population of 21,917.

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.

Towson Health Sciences & Services Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Health Science

Online Classes Are Available at Towson

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

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

Bachelor’s Degree

Towson Health Sciences & Services Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks health science programs across the country. The following shows how Towson performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The health science major at Towson is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Health Sciences & Services. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	12
Best Health Sciences & Services Trade Schools	13
Most Popular Online Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	23
Most Popular Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	36
Most Popular Online Health Sciences & Services Trade Schools	46
Best Value Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools	58
Most Popular Health Sciences & Services Trade Schools	60
	90
Most Focused Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	150
	206
Best Value Health Sciences & Services Schools	228
Most Focused Health Sciences & Services Trade Schools	294

Earnings of Towson Health Science Graduates

The median salary of health science students who receive their bachelor's degree at Towson is $38,653. This is 23% higher than $31,369, which is the national average for all health science bachelor's degree recipients.

Health Science Student Demographics at Towson

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

Towson Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Program

84% Women

64% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 132 health science majors earned their bachelor's degree from Towson. Of these graduates, 16% were men and 84% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 13% more racial-ethnic minorities in its health science bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	17
Black or African American	57
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	46
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Towson also has a doctoral program available in health science. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Health Sciences & Services

Health Sciences & Services majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Towson University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Health & Wellness	113
General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences	19

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 MD, the home state for Towson University.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Community Health Workers	1,290	$50,160

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
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