Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools

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    2024 Undergraduate Tuition
    $17,295
    2.03% growth from 2023
    2024 Average Net Price
    $26,531
    After Financial Aid
    2024 Acceptance Rate
    65.1%
    23,606 Applicants
    2024 Enrolled Students
    222,640
    62.4% Full-Time
    2024 Graduation Rate
    54.6%
    3,801 Graduates

    About

    Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools is a Carnegie Classification grouping of higher education institutions. In 2024, the most popular Bachelor's Degree concentrations at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools were Registered Nursing (32,933 degrees awarded), Licensed Practical & Vocational Nurse Training (4,647 degrees), and Family Practice Nurse (4,534 degrees).

    The median undergraduate tuition at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools is $17,295, which is $6,375 more than than the national median of $10,920. The cost of out-of-state tuition is $17,637, which is 102% of the cost for in-state students, and is $2,164 more than than the national median $15,473.

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    Costs

    The median in-state tuition for Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools is $17,295, which is $6,295 more than than the national median in-state tuition of $11,000. The cost of out-of-state tuition is $17,637, which is 102% of the cost for in-state students, and is $2,164 more than than the national median out-of-state tuition of $15,473.

    After taking grants and loans into account, the average net price for students is $26,531.

    Tuition Costs

    $17,295
    2024 Undergraduate Tuition

    In 2024, the cost of out-of-state tuition at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools was $17,637, which is 102% of the cost for in-state students, which was $17,295. The cost of out-of-state tuition at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools is $2,164 more than than the overall (public and private) national median of $15,473, and the in-state tuition is $6,295 more than than the overall (public and private) national median $11,000.

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    Average Net Price

    $26,531
    2024 Value
    3.99%
    1 Year Growth

    In 2024 Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools had an average net price — the price paid after factoring in grants and loans — of $26,531. Between 2023 and 2024, the average net price of Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools grew by 3.99%.

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    Average net price is calculated from full-time beginning undergraduate students who were awarded a grant or scholarship from federal, state or local governments, or the institution.

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    Other Student Expenses

    $11,924
    Room and Board
    $1,375
    Books and Supplies

    The average yearly cost of room and board at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools was of $11,924 in 2024. The cost of room and board increased by 10.4% between 2023 and 2024.

    During the same period, the average yearly cost of books and supplies was $1,375. The cost of books and supplies increased by 14.6% during the same period.

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    Financial Aid by Income Level

    64%
    Undergraduates Receiving Financial Aid through Grants
    66%
    Undergraduates Receiving Financial Aid through Loans

    64% of undergraduate students at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools received financial aid through grants or loans in 2024. This represents a growth of 1.59% with respect to 2023, when 63% of undergraduate students received financial aid.

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    Admissions

    Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools received 23,606 undergraduate applications in 2024, which represents a 11.9% annual growth. Out of those 23,606 applicants, 15,364 students were accepted for enrollment, representing a 65.1% acceptance rate.

    There were 222,640 students enrolled at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools in 2024. 6.32% of first-time enrollees submitted SAT scores with their applications.

    Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools has an overall enrollment yield of 31.3%, which represents the number of admitted students who ended up enrolling.

    Acceptance Rate

    65.1%
    Acceptance Rate in 2024
    15,364
    Accepted Out of 23,606

    In 2024, the undergraduate acceptance rate of Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools was 65.1% (15,364 admissions from 23,606 applications). This is higher than the acceptance rate of 2023, which was 64.6%. Between 2023 and 2024, the number of applicants grew by 11.9%, while admissions grew by 12.9%.

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    SAT Scores

    6.32%
    Submission Percentage (2024)
    170
    Scores Submitted (2024)

    6.32% of enrolled first-time students at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools in 2024 submitted SAT scores with their applications.

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    Enrollment

    Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools had a total enrollment of 222,640 students in 2024. The full-time enrollment at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools is 139,016 students and the part-time enrollment is 83,624. This means that 62.4% of students enrolled at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools are enrolled full-time.

    The enrolled student population at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools, both undergraduate and graduate, is 36.2% White, 23.5% Hispanic or Latino, 17.2% Black or African American, 11% Asian, 2.96% Two or More Races, 0.636% American Indian or Alaska Native, and 0.514% Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders.

    Students enrolled at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools in full-time Undergraduate programs are most commonly Hispanic or Latino Female (25.8%), followed by White Female (23.5%) and Black or African American Female (14.2%). Students enrolled in full-time Graduate programs are most commonly White Female (33.4%), followed by Hispanic or Latino Female (13.6%) and White Male (12.3%).

    Full-Time vs Part-Time Enrollment

    62.4%
    Full-Time Enrollment

    The total enrollment at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools in 2024, both undergraduate and graduate, is 222,640 students. The full-time enrollment at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools is 139,016 and the part-time enrollment is 83,624. This means that 62.4% of students enrolled at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools are enrolled full-time compared with 74.1% at similar Special Focus Institutions.

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    Retention Rate over Time

    69%
    2024 Retention Rate

    Retention rate measures the number of first-time students who began their studies the previous fall and returned to school the following fall. The retention rate for full-time undergraduates at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools was 69%. Compared with the full-time retention rate at similar Special Focus Institutions (76%), Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools had a retention rate lower than its peers.

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    Enrollment by Race & Ethnicity

    Most Common Race or Ethnicity (2024)
    1. White
      80,657 enrolled students
    2. Hispanic or Latino
      52,234 enrolled students
    3. Black or African American
      38,186 enrolled students

    The enrolled student population at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools is 36.2% White, 23.5% Hispanic or Latino, 17.2% Black or African American, 11% Asian, 2.96% Two or More Races, 0.636% American Indian or Alaska Native, and 0.514% Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders. This includes both full-time and part-time students as well as graduate and undergraduates. By comparison, enrollment for all Special Focus Institutions is 39.9% White, 19.4% Hispanic or Latino, and 17% Black or African American.

    Any student who is studying in the United States on a temporary basis is categorized as a "Non-Resident Alien", and the share of those students are shown in the chart below. Additionally, 14,980 students (6.73%) did not report their race.

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    Graduates

    In 2024, 54,311 more women than men received degrees from Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools. The most common race/ethnicity group of degree recipients at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools is white (33,730 degrees awarded). There were 1.74 times more white recipients than the next closest race/ethnicity group, hispanic or latino (19,379 degrees).

    The most common Bachelor's Degree concentration at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools is Registered Nursing (25,150 degrees awarded), followed by Public Health Nurse (1,189 degrees) and Health Care Administration & Management (633 degrees).

    In 2024,  the most specialized majors across all degree types at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools, meaning they have significantly more degrees awarded in that concentration than the national average across all institutions, are Health (75,894 degrees awarded), Psychology (3,701 degrees), and Agriculture (703 degrees).

    Common Jobs by Major

    Registered nurses
    Most Common Job

    The most common jobs for people who hold a degree in one of the 5 most specialized majors at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools are Registered nurses (1,628,065 people), Physicians (555,101 people), Other managers (307,450 people), Medical & health services managers (250,314 people), and Elementary & middle school teachers (231,211 people).

    The most specialized majors at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools in 2024 are Health (75,894 degrees awarded), Psychology (3,701 degrees), Agriculture (703 degrees), Biology (620 degrees), and Communication Technologies (49 degrees) (as of 2024).

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    Highest Paying Jobs by Major

    Agents & business managers of artists, performers, & athletes
    Highest Paying Job

    The highest paying jobs for people who hold a degree in one of the 5 most specialized majors at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools are Agents & business managers of artists, performers, & athletes, Surgeons, Cardiovascular technologists and technicians, Physicians, and Chief executives & legislators

    The most specialized majors at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools are Health (75,894 degrees awarded), Psychology (3,701 degrees), Agriculture (703 degrees), Biology (620 degrees), and Communication Technologies (49 degrees) (as of 2024).

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    Common Industries by Major

    General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals
    Most Common Industry

    The most common industries for people who hold a degree in one of the 5 most specialized majors at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools are General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals (2,255,223 people), Elementary & secondary schools (774,278 people), Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges (600,953 people), Outpatient care centers (542,528 people), and Offices of physicians (429,480 people).

    The most specialized majors at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools are Health (75,894 degrees awarded), Psychology (3,701 degrees), Agriculture (703 degrees), Biology (620 degrees), and Communication Technologies (49 degrees) (as of 2024).

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    Majors Awarded

    IPEDS uses the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) standard, so the categories may not match the exact concentrations offered by Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools.
    Most Common (2024)
    1. Licensed Practical & Vocational Nurse Training
      3,957 degrees awarded
    2. Medical Assistant
      1,577 degrees awarded
    3. Medical Insurance Coding Specialist
      495 degrees awarded

    In 2024, the most common 1 to 2 year postsecondary certificate concentration at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools was Licensed Practical & Vocational Nurse Training with 3,957 degrees awarded.

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    Sex Breakdown for Common Majors

    14,726
    Degrees Awarded to Men
    in 2024
    69,037
    Degrees Awarded to Women
    in 2024

    In 2024, 14,726 degrees were awarded to men at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools, which is 0.213 times less than the number of degrees awarded to females (69,037).

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    Most Common Male Majors

    In 2024, 4,323 degrees were awarded to men at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools in Registered Nursing, which is 0.151 times less than the 28,610 female recipients with that same degree.

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    Most Common Female Majors

    In 2024, 28,610 degrees were awarded to men at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools in Registered Nursing, which is 6.62 times more than the 4,323 male recipients with that same degree.

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    Time to Complete

    50%
    100% Completion Time
    62%
    150% Completion Time

    In 2024, 50% of students graduating from Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools completed their program within 100% "normal time" (i.e. 4 years for a 4-year degree). Comparatively, 62% completed their degrees within 150% of the normal time, and 62% within 200%.

    The following chart shows these completion rates over time compared to the average for the Special Focus Institutions Carnegie Classification group.

    Graduation rate is defined as the percentage of full-time, first-time students who received a degree or award within a specific percentage of "normal time" to completion for their program.

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    Graduation Rate by Race and Sex

    Showing demographic groups with ≥ 5 graduating students.
    Asian Female
    Highest Graduation Rate (71%)

    The student demographic with the highest graduation rate in 2024 at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools is Female and Asian (71% graduation rate). Across all Special Focus Institutions, Asian Female students have the highest graduation rate (75.5%).

    The department of education defines graduation rate as the percentage of full-time, first-time students who received a degree or award within 150% of "normal time" to completion.

    The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) categorizes any student who is studying in the United States on a temporary basis as a "Non-Resident Alien", and the graduation rate of those students is shown in the chart below. Additionally, 6.08% of graduates (231 students) did not report their race.

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    Race & Ethnicity by Share

    Most Common Student Race or Ethnicity (2024)
    1. White
      33,730 degrees awarded
    2. Hispanic or Latino
      19,379 degrees awarded
    3. Black or African American
      12,150 degrees awarded

    The most common race/ethnicity at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools is white (33,730 degrees awarded). There were 1.74 times more white recipients than the next closest race/ethnicity group, hispanic or latino (19,379 degrees).

    5.64% of degree recipients (4,721 students) did not report their race.

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    Race & Ethnicity by Sex

    Most Common Sex Demographic (2024)
    1. White Female
      29,149 degrees awarded
    2. White Female
      28,502 degrees awarded
    3. White Female
      28,401 degrees awarded

    The most common race/ethnicity and sex grouping at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools is white female (29,149 degrees awarded). There were 1.02 times more white female recipients than the next closest race/ethnicity group, white female (28,502 degrees).

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    Operations

    Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools has an endowment valued at nearly $9.29M, as of the end of the 2024 fiscal year. The return on its endowment was of 456M (4.91k%) compared to the 2.96% average return (416k on 14.1M) across all Special Focus Institutions.

    In 2024, Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools had a total salary expenditure of 11.6M. Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools employs 2,324 Assistant professors, 1,943 Instructors and 1,338 Associate professors. Most academics at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools are Female Assistant professor (1,748), Female Instructor (1,566), and Female Associate professor (918).

    The most common positions for non-instructional staff at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools are: Management, with 3,358 employees, Librarians, Curators, Archivists, and Academic Affairs and Other Education Services, with 2,656 employees, and Office and Administrative Support with 2,415 employees.

    Endowment

    $9.29M
    2024 Endowment
    24.2%
    growth from 2023

    Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools has an endowment valued at about $9.29M, as of the end of the 2024 fiscal year. The endowment of Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools grew 24.2% from the previous year. The value of their endowment was $4.78M lower than than the median endowment of Special Focus Institutions according to the Carnegie Classification grouping.

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    Government Grants and Contracts

    Grants & Contracts
    1. $105M - Federal
    2. $23.7M - State
    3. $10.8M - Local

    As of 2024, Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools received $105M in grants and contracts from the federal government, $23.7M from state grants and contracts, and $10.8M from local grants and contracts.

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    Salary Expenditure

    $5.9M
    2024 Salaries
    6.86%
    growth from 2023

    In 2024, Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools paid a median of $5.9M in salaries, which represents 50.9% of their overall expenditure ($11.6M) and a 6.86% growth from the previous year. This is compared to a 0.943% growth between 2022 and 2023, and a 13% growth between 2021 and 2022.

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    Instructional Salaries

    $715M
    Instructional Salaries
    7,293
    Number of Employees

    In 2024, Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools paid a total of $715M to 7,293 employees working as instructors, which represents 30.4% of all salaries paid.

    This is compared to a median of $213k (6.38%) for similar Special Focus Institutions.

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    Occupations by Share

    In 2024, the most common positions for non-instructional staff at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools were Management with 3,358 employees, Librarians, Curators, Archivists, and Academic Affairs and Other Education Services with 2,656 employees, and Office and Administrative Support with 2,415 employees.

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