Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions

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2020 Undergraduate Tuition

$14,009

1.42% growth from 2019

2020 Average Net Price

$22,773

After Financial Aid

2020 Acceptance Rate

81.1%

5,967 Applicants

2020 Enrolled Students

93,371

88.2% Full-Time

2020 Graduation Rate

58.4%

19,671 Graduates

About

Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions is a Carnegie Classification grouping of higher education institutions. In 2016, the most popular Bachelor's Degree concentrations at Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions were Registered Nursing (632 degrees awarded), Health Care Administration & Management (77 degrees), and Respiratory Care Therapist (23 degrees).

In 2020, 46,716 degrees were awarded across all undergraduate and graduate programs at Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions. 83.9% of these degrees were awarded to women, and 16.1% awarded men. The most common race/ethnicity group of degree recipients was white (14,232 degrees), 1.22 times more than then the next closest race/ethnicity group, hispanic or latino (11659 degrees).

The median undergraduate tuition at Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions is $14,009, which is $3,988 more than than the national median of $10,021. The cost of out-of-state tuition is $14,165, which is 101% of the cost for in-state students, and is $370 less than than the national median $14,535.

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Costs

The median in-state tuition for Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions is $14,009, which is $3,809 more than than the national median in-state tuition of $10,200. The cost of out-of-state tuition is $14,165, which is 101% of the cost for in-state students, and is $370 less than than the national median out-of-state tuition of $14,535.

After taking grants and loans into account, the average net price for students is $22,773.

Student Expenses

Tuition Costs

$14,009

2020 Undergraduate Tuition

In 2020, the cost of out-of-state tuition at Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions was $14,165, which is 101% of the cost for in-state students, which was $14,009. The cost of out-of-state tuition at Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions is $370 more than than the overall (public and private) national median of $14,535, and the in-state tuition is $3,809 more than than the overall (public and private) national median $10,200.

This chart compares the tuition costs of Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions (in red) with those of other similar universities.

Average Net Price

$22,773

2020 Value

2.26%

1 Year Growth

In 2020 Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions had an average net price — the price paid after factoring in grants and loans — of $22,773. Between 2019 and 2020, the average net price of Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions grew by 2.26%.

This chart compares the average net price of Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions (in red) with that of other similar universities.

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.

Other Student Expenses

$8,512

Room and Board

$1,213

Books and Supplies

The average yearly cost of room and board at Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions was of $8,512 in 2020. During the same period, the average yearly cost of books and supplies was $1,213. The cost of room and board increased by 2.3% between 2019 and 2020. The cost of books and supplies decreased by 5.2% during the same period.

This chart compares the average student costs at Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions (in red) with that of similar universities.

Financial Aid

Financial Aid by Income Level

70%

Undergraduates Receiving Financial Aid through Grants

69%

Undergraduates Receiving Financial Aid through Loans

70% of undergraduate students at Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions received financial aid through grants or loans in 2020. This represents a growth of 1.45% with respect to 2019, when 69% of undergraduate students received financial aid.

This chart compares the average award discount at Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions (in red) with that of other similar universities.

The average award discount is the ratio between the average grant or scholarship value, and the cost, which is the sum of out-of-state tuition, room, board, book, supplies, and other expenses.

Admissions

Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions received 5,967 undergraduate applications in 2020, which represents a 23.6% annual decline. Out of those 5,967 applicants, 4,841 students were accepted for enrollment, representing a 81.1% acceptance rate.

There were 93,371 students enrolled at Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions in 2020, and 62.3% of first-time enrollees submitted SAT scores with their applications.

Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions has an overall enrollment yield of 55.7%, which represents the number of admitted students who ended up enrolling.

Acceptance Rate

81.1%

Acceptance Rate in 2020

4,841

Accepted Out of 5,967

In 2020, the undergraduate acceptance rate of Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions was 81.1% (4,841 admissions from 5,967 applications). This is higher than the acceptance rate of 2019, which was 72.6%. Between 2019 and 2020, the number of applicants declined by −23.6%, while admissions declined by −14.6%.

This chart compares the acceptance rate of Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions (in red) with that of other similar universities.

SAT Scores

62.3%

Submission Percentage

Scores Submitted

62.3% of enrolled first-time students at Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions in 2020 submitted SAT scores with their applications.

This chart shows the SAT scores for the 25th and 75th percentile of applicants broken out into each section of the test that their are evaluated on.

Enrollment

Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions has a total enrollment of 93,371 students. The full-time enrollment at Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions is 82,384 students and the part-time enrollment is 10,987. This means that 88.2% of students enrolled at Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions are enrolled full-time.

The enrolled student population at Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions, both undergraduate and graduate, is 31.2% White, 29.2% Black or African American, 23.1% Hispanic or Latino, 4.02% Asian, 3.4% Two or More Races, 1.04% American Indian or Alaska Native, and 0.681% Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders.

Students enrolled at Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions in full-time Undergraduate programs are most commonly Black or African American Female (26.6%), followed by White Female (25.3%) and Hispanic or Latino Female (19.4%). Students enrolled in full-time Graduate programs are most commonly Hispanic or Latino Female (52.4%), followed by Hispanic or Latino Male (25.1%) and Black or African American Female (8.23%).

Full-Time vs Part-Time Enrollment

88.2%

Full-Time Enrollment

The total enrollment at Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions, both undergraduate and graduate, is 93,371 students. The full-time enrollment at Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions is 82,384 and the part-time enrollment is 10,987. This means that 88.2% of students enrolled at Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions are enrolled full-time compared with 68.5% at similar Special Focus Institutions.

This chart shows the full-time vs part-time enrollment status at Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions (in red) compares to similar universities.

Retention Rate over Time

69%

2020 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 Two-Year: Health Professions was 69%. Compared with the full-time retention rate at similar Special Focus Institutions (71.5%), Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions had a retention rate lower than its peers.

This chart shows the retention rate over time at Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions (highlighted in red) compares to similar universities.

Enrollment by Race & Ethnicity

Most Common Race or Ethnicity

White
29,171
Black or African American
27,298
Hispanic or Latino
21,591

The enrolled student population at Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions is 31.2% White, 29.2% Black or African American, 23.1% Hispanic or Latino, 4.02% Asian, 3.4% Two or More Races, 1.04% American Indian or Alaska Native, and 0.681% 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 44% White, 17.3% Hispanic or Latino, and 14.4% 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, 6,697 students (7.17%) did not report their race.

Graduates

In 2020, 31666 more women than men received degrees from Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions. The most common race/ethnicity group of degree recipients at Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions is white (14,232 degrees awarded). There were 1.22 times more white graduates than the next closest race/ethnicity group, hispanic or latino (11659 degrees).

The most common Bachelor's Degree concentration at Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions is Registered Nursing (632 degrees awarded), followed by Health Care Administration & Management (77 degrees) and Respiratory Care Therapist (23 degrees).

The most specialized majors across all degree types at Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions, meaning they have significantly more degrees awarded in that concentration than the national average across all institutions, are Health (40,408 degrees awarded), Transportation (579 degrees), and Mechanical Technologies (854 degrees).

Workforce

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 Two-Year: Health Professions are Registered nurses (1,303,781 people), Social workers, all other (161,685 people), Medical & health services managers (157,006 people), Pharmacists (131,595 people), and Nurse practitioners & nurse midwives (119,538 people).

The most specialized majors at Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions are Health (40,408 degrees awarded), Transportation (579 degrees), Mechanical Technologies (854 degrees), Public Administration and Social Service (666 degrees), and Science Technologies (47 degrees).

Highest Paying Jobs by Major

Other financial specialists

Highest Paying Job

The highest paying jobs for people who hold a degree in one of the 5 most specialized majors at Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions are Other financial specialists, Surgeons, Physicians, Aircraft pilots & flight engineers, and Personal financial advisors

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 Two-Year: Health Professions are General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals (1,470,712 people), Elementary & secondary schools (266,422 people), Outpatient care centers (246,649 people), Offices of physicians (187,082 people), and Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges (147,734 people).

Degrees

Majors Awarded

IPEDS uses the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) standard, so the categories may not match the exact concentrations offered by Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions.

Most Common

Registered Nursing
632 degree-majorss awarded
Health Care Administration & Management
77 degree-majorss awarded
Respiratory Care Therapist
23 degree-majorss awarded

In 2020, the most common bachelors degree concentration at Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions was Registered Nursing with 632 degrees awarded.

This visualization illustrates the percentage of degree-majors recipients from bachelors degree programs at Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions according to their major.

Sex Breakdown for Common Majors

7,525

Degrees Awarded to Men

in 2020

39,191

Degrees Awarded to Women

in 2020

In 2020, 7,525 degrees were awarded to men at Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions, which is 0.192 times less than the number of degrees awarded to females (39,191).

This chart displays the sex disparity between the top 5 majors at Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions by degrees awarded.

Most Common Male Majors

In 2020, 821 degrees were awarded to men at Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions in Registered Nursing, which is 0.146 times less than the 5638 female recipients with that same degree.

Most Common Female Majors

In 2020, 8557 degrees were awarded to women at Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions in Medical Assistant, which is 13.7 times more than the 625 male recipients with that same degree.

Time to Complete

41%

100% Completion Time

63%

150% Completion Time

In 2020, 41% of students graduating from Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions completed their program within 100% "normal time" (i.e. 4 years for a 4-year degree). Comparatively, 63% completed their degrees within 150% of the normal time, and 64% 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.

Diversity

Graduation Rate by Race and Sex

Showing demographic groups with ≥ 5 graduating students.

Asian Female

Highest Graduation Rate (78.2%)

The student demographic with the highest graduation rate at Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions is Female and Asian (78.2% graduation rate). Across all Special Focus Institutions, Asian Female students have the highest graduation rate (72.4%).

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, 16.6% of graduates (3269 students) did not report their race.

Race & Ethnicity by Share

Most Common Student Race or Ethnicity

White
14,232 degrees awarded
Hispanic or Latino
11,659 degrees awarded
Black or African American
11,047 degrees awarded

The most common race/ethnicity at Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions is white (14,232 degrees awarded). There were 1.22 times more white recipients than the next closest race/ethnicity group, hispanic or latino (11659 degrees).

11.9% of degree recipients (5,558 students) did not report their race.

Race & Ethnicity by Sex

Most Common Sex Demographic

White Female
11,970 degrees awarded
Hispanic or Latino Female
9,579 degrees awarded
Black or African American Female
9,403 degrees awarded

The most common race/ethnicity and sex grouping at Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions is white female (11,970 degrees awarded). There were 1.25 times more white female recipients than the next closest race/ethnicity group, hispanic or latino female (9,579 degrees).

Operations

Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions has an endowment valued at nearly $347k, as of the end of the 2020 fiscal year. The return on its endowment was of $4.5M (1.3k%), compared to the 1.87% average return ($195k on $10.4M) across all Special Focus Institutions.

In 2020, Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions had a total salary expenditure of $6.68M. Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions employs 2,517 Instructors, 373 No academic ranks, and 168 Assistant professors. Most academics at Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions are Female Instructors (1,972), Male Instructors(545), and Female No academic ranks (259).

The most common positions for non-instructional staff at Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions are: Librarians, Curators, Archivists, and Academic Affairs and Other Education Services, with 1589 employees, Office and Administrative Support, with 1531 employees, and Management with 1328 employees.

Finances

Endowment

$347k

2020 Endowment

13.9%

decline from 2019

Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions has an endowment valued at about $347k, as of the end of the 2020 fiscal year. The endowment of Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions declined 13.9% from the previous year. The value of their endowment was $10.1M lower than than the median endowment of Special Focus Institutions according to the Carnegie Classification grouping.

This line chart shows how the endowment at Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions (in red) compares to that of some similar universities.

The small bar chart below shows the endowment quintiles for all universities in the Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions Carnegie Classification grouping.

Government Grants and Contracts

Grants & Contracts

$83M - Federal
$6.75M - State
$2.49M - Local

As of 2020, Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions received $83M in grants and contracts from the federal government, $6.75M from state grants and contracts, and $2.49M from local grants and contracts.

Expenses

Salary Expenditure

$2.45M

2020 Salaries

1.45%

decline from 2019

In 2020, Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions paid a median of $2.45M in salaries, which represents 36.7% of their overall expenditure ($6.68M) and a 1.45% decline from the previous year. This is compared to a 1.21% decline from 2018 and a 8.59% growth from 2017.

The median for similar Special Focus Institutions is 2.95M (42.1% of overall expenditures).

Instructional Salaries

$203M

Instructional Salaries

3,130

Number of Employees

In 2020, Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions paid a total of $203M to 3,130 employees working as instructors, which represents 29.9% of all salaries paid.

This is compared to a median of $855k (29%) for similar Special Focus Institutions.

Faculty and Staff

Occupations by Share

Instructor

Most Common Instructor

2517 Employees

Librarians, Curators, Archivists, and Academic Affairs and Other Education Services

Most Common Non-Instructional Employee

1589 Employees

In 2020, the most common positions for instructional staff at Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions were Instructor with 2,517 employees; No academic rank with 373 employees; and No academic rank with 168 employees.

In 2020, the most common positions for non-instructional staff at Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions were Librarians, Curators, Archivists, and Academic Affairs and Other Education Services with 1,589 employees; Office and Administrative Support with 1,531 employees; and Management with 1,328 employees.

Instructors by Academic Rank and Sex

Most Common Demographic

Female Instructor
Male Instructor
Female No academic rank

In 2020, the most common demographic for instructional staff at Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions was Female Instructor with 1,972 employees, Male Instructor with 545 employees, and Female No academic rank with 259 employees.

This chart shows the sex split between each academic rank present at Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions.