Health Sciences & Services at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

If you are interested in studying health sciences and services, you may want to check out the program at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UCCS is located in Colorado Springs, Colorado and has a total student population of 12,380.

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.

UCCS Health Sciences & Services Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Health Science

UCCS Health Sciences & Services Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks health science programs across the country. The following shows how UCCS 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 UCCS 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
Most Popular Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	89
Best Value Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools	156
Most Focused Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	158
Most Popular Health Sciences & Services Trade Schools	166
	216
Best Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	224
Most Focused Health Sciences & Services Trade Schools	305
Best Health Sciences & Services Trade Schools	326
Best Value Health Sciences & Services Schools	362
	419

How Much Do Health Science Graduates from UCCS Make?

The median salary of health science students who receive their bachelor's degree at UCCS is $30,796. This is less than $31,369, which is the national average of all health science majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Health Science Student Demographics at UCCS

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

UCCS Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Program

Of the 57 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in health science from UCCS in 2021, 32% were men and 68% were women. The typical health science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at UCCS since its program graduates 12% more men than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in health science at UCCS are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	38
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

UCCS 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 University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences	57

Related Majors

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 CO, the home state for University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.

Occupation	Jobs in CO	Average Salary in CO
Community Health Workers	760	$42,000

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
• Image Credit: By Jeffrey M Foster under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.