Health Management & Clinical Assistant
Add ComparisonThe locations with the highest concentration of Health Management & Clinical Assistant degree recipients are Indianapolis city (balance), IN, Tucson, AZ, and Huntington Park, CA. The locations with a relatively high number of Health Management & Clinical Assistant degree recipients are Huntington Park, CA, Fremont, OH, and Chicopee, MA. The most common degree awarded to students studying Health Management & Clinical Assistant is a 1 to 2 year postsecondary certificate.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Health Management & Clinical Assistant and the types of students that study this field. Ivy Tech Community College awards the most degrees in Health Management & Clinical Assistant in the US, but American College of Healthcare and Technology (483009) and American College of Healthcare and Technology have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Health Management & Clinical Assistant.
Tuition costs for Health Management & Clinical Assistant majors are, on average, $4,239 for in-state public colleges, and $36,596 for out of state private colleges.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Health Management & Clinical Assistant programs are Public, 2-year institutions (9 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 2-year (863 completions).
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Health Management & Clinical Assistant, is Public, 2-year (863 completions).
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Health Management & Clinical Assistant programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
Ivy Tech Community College has the most Health Management & Clinical Assistant degree recipients, with 783 degrees awarded in 2020.
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Health Management & Clinical Assistant.
Out of all institutions that offer Health Management & Clinical Assistant programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, American College of Healthcare and Technology (483009) has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Health Management & Clinical Assistant, with 38.2%.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in Health Management & Clinical Assistant by year.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest growth in degrees awarded for Health Management & Clinical Assistant.
Information on the businesses and industries that employ Health graduates and on wages and locations for those in the field.
The average salary for Health majors is $78,297 and the most common occupations are Registered nurses, Pharmacists, and Medical & health services managers.
The industry that employs the most Health majors is General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals, though the highest paying industry, by average wage, is Metals & minerals (except petroleum) merchant wholesalers.
The average salary for Health majors is $78,297 and the most common occupations are Registered nurses, Pharmacists, and Medical & health services managers.
This chart shows the average annual salaries of the most common occupations for Health majors.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States colored by the average salary of Health majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Health majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
The most common occupations Health majors, by number of employees, are Registered nurses, Pharmacists, and Medical & health services managers.
Compared to other majors, there are an unusually high number of Health majors working as Nurse practitioners & nurse midwives, Nurse anesthetists, and Audiologists.
The highest paid occupations by median income for Health majors are Surgeons, Physicians, and Chief executives & legislators.
The number of Health graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 4.2%, from 4.13M in 2019 to 4.3M in 2020.
The largest single share of Health graduates go on to work as Registered nurses (36.9%). This chart shows the various jobs filled by those with a major in Health by share of the total number of graduates.
The most common industries that employ Health majors, by number of employees, are General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals, Outpatient care centers, and Elementary & secondary schools.
The highest paying industries of Health majors, by average wage, are Metals & minerals (except petroleum) merchant wholesalers, Pharmaceutical & medicine manufacturing, and Farm supplies merchant wholesalers.
The number of Health graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 4.2%, from 4.13M in 2019 to 4.3M in 2020.
The industry which employs the most Health graduates by share is General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals, followed by Outpatient care centers. This visualization shows the industries that hire those who major in Health.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States where there are a relatively high population of Health majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Health majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
This chart shows distribution of ages for employees with a degree in Health. The most common ages of employees with this major are 30 and 28 years old, which represent 2.91% and 2.87% of the population, respectively.
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Health Management & Clinical Assistant are 1 to 2 Year Postsecondary Certificate, Associates Degree, and Bachelors Degree.
The most common degree types held by the working population in Health are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Professional degree.
This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in Health Management & Clinical Assistant.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Health Management & Clinical Assistant for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.
This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of 1 to 2 Year Postsecondary Certificate recipients in Health Management & Clinical Assistant. White Female students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and sex.
There are a relatively high number of people that were born in Philippines that hold Health degrees (5.24 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is Philippines (198,228 degree recipients).
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Health Management & Clinical Assistant field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Health Management & Clinical Assistant majors need many skills, but most especially Reading Comprehension. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Health Management & Clinical Assistant majors need more than the average amount of Management of Financial Resources, Management of Material Resources, and Management of Personnel Resources.
These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for Health Management & Clinical Assistant majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Management of Financial Resources is very distinctive for majors, but the Reading Comprehension, Active Listening, and Time Management are the three most important skills for people in the field.