Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions

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2022 Undergraduate Tuition
$14,608
2.34% growth from 2021
2022 Average Net Price
$24,344
After Financial Aid
2022 Acceptance Rate
83.8%
5,930 Applicants
2022 Enrolled Students
94,770
86.6% Full-Time
2022 Graduation Rate
52.9%
16,712 Graduates

About

Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions is a Carnegie Classification grouping of higher education institutions. In 2022, the most popular Bachelor's Degree concentrations at Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions were Medical Assistant (9,268 degrees awarded), Registered Nursing (7,233 degrees), and Medical Insurance Specialist (4,807 degrees).

The median undergraduate tuition at Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions is $14,608, which is $4,052 more than than the national median of $10,556. The cost of out-of-state tuition is $14,608, which is 100% of the cost for in-state students, and is $325 less than than the national median $14,933.

Costs

The median in-state tuition for Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions is $14,608, which is $3,928 more than than the national median in-state tuition of $10,680. The cost of out-of-state tuition is $14,608, which is 100% of the cost for in-state students, and is $325 less than than the national median out-of-state tuition of $14,933.

After taking grants and loans into account, the average net price for students is $24,344.

Tuition Costs

$14,608
2022 Undergraduate Tuition

In 2022, the cost of out-of-state tuition at Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions was $14,608, which is 100% of the cost for in-state students, which was $14,608. The cost of out-of-state tuition at Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions is $325 more than than the overall (public and private) national median of $14,933, and the in-state tuition is $3,928 more than than the overall (public and private) national median $10,680.

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Average Net Price

$24,344
2022 Value
5.36%
1 Year Growth

In 2022 Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions had an average net price — the price paid after factoring in grants and loans — of $24,344. Between 2021 and 2022, the average net price of Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions grew by 5.36%.

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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

$9,480
Room and Board
$1,221
Books and Supplies

The average yearly cost of room and board at Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions was of $9,480 in 2022. The cost of room and board increased by 8.09% between 2021 and 2022.

During the same period, the average yearly cost of books and supplies was $1,221. The cost of books and supplies increased by 1.75% during the same period.

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Financial Aid by Income Level

74%
Undergraduates Receiving Financial Aid through Grants
67%
Undergraduates Receiving Financial Aid through Loans

74% of undergraduate students at Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions received financial aid through grants or loans in 2022. This represents a decline of 1.33% with respect to 2021, when 75% of undergraduate students received financial aid.

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Admissions

Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions received 5,930 undergraduate applications in 2022, which represents a 10.1% annual growth. Out of those 5,930 applicants, 4,968 students were accepted for enrollment, representing a 83.8% acceptance rate.

There were 94,770 students enrolled at Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions in 2022. 17.8% of first-time enrollees submitted SAT scores with their applications.

Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions has an overall enrollment yield of 59.3%, which represents the number of admitted students who ended up enrolling.

Acceptance Rate

83.8%
Acceptance Rate in 2022
4,968
Accepted Out of 5,930

In 2022, the undergraduate acceptance rate of Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions was 83.8% (4,968 admissions from 5,930 applications). This is lower than the acceptance rate of 2021, which was 85.2%. Between 2021 and 2022, the number of applicants declined by 10.1%, while admissions declined by 11.6%.

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SAT Scores

17.8%
Submission Percentage (2022)
10
Scores Submitted (2022)

17.8% of enrolled first-time students at Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions in 2022 submitted SAT scores with their applications.

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Enrollment

Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions had a total enrollment of 94,770 students in 2022. The full-time enrollment at Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions is 82,029 students and the part-time enrollment is 12,741. This means that 86.6% 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 28.4% Black or African American, 27.3% Hispanic or Latino, 26.2% White, 4.38% Asian, 3.07% Two or More Races, 1.19% American Indian or Alaska Native, and 0.493% 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%), followed by Hispanic or Latino Female (22.5%) and White Female (21.1%). Students enrolled in full-time Graduate programs are most commonly White Female (31.7%), followed by Hispanic or Latino Female (30.2%) and Hispanic or Latino Male (14.7%).

Full-Time vs Part-Time Enrollment

86.6%
Full-Time Enrollment

The total enrollment at Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions in 2022, both undergraduate and graduate, is 94,770 students. The full-time enrollment at Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions is 82,029 and the part-time enrollment is 12,741. This means that 86.6% of students enrolled at Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions are enrolled full-time compared with 71.2% at similar Special Focus Institutions.

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Retention Rate over Time

67%
2022 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 67%. Compared with the full-time retention rate at similar Special Focus Institutions (73%), Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions had a retention rate lower than its peers.

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Enrollment by Race & Ethnicity

Most Common Race or Ethnicity (2022)
  1. Black or African American
    26,924 enrolled students
  2. Hispanic or Latino
    25,915 enrolled students
  3. White
    24,849 enrolled students

The enrolled student population at Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions is 28.4% Black or African American, 27.3% Hispanic or Latino, 26.2% White, 4.38% Asian, 3.07% Two or More Races, 1.19% American Indian or Alaska Native, and 0.493% 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 42.1% White, 19.3% Hispanic or Latino, and 14.1% 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, 8,306 students (8.76%) did not report their race.

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Graduates

In 2022, 35,109 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 (15,470 degrees awarded). There were 1.12 times more white recipients than the next closest race/ethnicity group, hispanic or latino (13769 degrees).

The most common 1 to 2 Year Postsecondary Certificate concentration at Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions is Medical Assistant (7,030 degrees awarded), followed by Licensed Practical & Vocational Nurse Training (2,461 degrees) and Dental Assisting (2,097 degrees).

In 2022,  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 (44,210 degrees awarded), Transportation (783 degrees), and Science Technologies (95 degrees).

Common Jobs by Major

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 (1,405,674 people), Social workers, all other (175,009 people), Medical & health services managers (165,745 people), Nurse practitioners & nurse midwives (141,777 people), and Pharmacists (134,960 people).

The most specialized majors at Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions in 2022 are Health (44,210 degrees awarded), Transportation (783 degrees), Science Technologies (95 degrees), Mechanical Technologies (872 degrees), and Public Administration and Social Service (683 degrees) (as of 2022).

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Highest Paying Jobs by Major

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 Physicians, Surgeons, Cardiovascular technologists and technicians, Aircraft pilots & flight engineers, and Sales representatives, wholesale & manufacturing

The most specialized majors at Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions are Health (44,210 degrees awarded), Transportation (783 degrees), Science Technologies (95 degrees), Mechanical Technologies (872 degrees), and Public Administration and Social Service (683 degrees) (as of 2022).

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Common Industries by Major

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 (1,540,739 people), Elementary & secondary schools (292,415 people), Outpatient care centers (285,751 people), Offices of physicians (209,910 people), and Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges (163,251 people).

The most specialized majors at Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions are Health (44,210 degrees awarded), Transportation (783 degrees), Science Technologies (95 degrees), Mechanical Technologies (872 degrees), and Public Administration and Social Service (683 degrees) (as of 2022).

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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 Two-Year: Health Professions.
Most Common (2022)
  1. 5,663 degrees awarded
  2. 2,977 degrees awarded
  3. 1,680 degrees awarded

In 2022, the most common associates degree concentration at Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions was Registered Nursing with 5,663 degrees awarded.

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Sex Breakdown for Common Majors

7,950
Degrees Awarded to Men
in 2022
43,059
Degrees Awarded to Women
in 2022

In 2022, 7,950 degrees were awarded to men at Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions, which is 0.185 times less than the number of degrees awarded to females (43,059).

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Most Common Male Majors

In 2022, 902 degrees were awarded to men at Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions in Registered Nursing, which is 0.142 times less than the 6331 female recipients with that same degree.

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Most Common Female Majors

In 2022, 8626 degrees were awarded to men at Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions in Medical Assistant, which is 13.4 times more than the 642 male recipients with that same degree.

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Time to Complete

37%
100% Completion Time
60%
150% Completion Time

In 2022, 37% 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, 60% completed their degrees within 150% of the normal time, and 61% 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 (68.5%)

The student demographic with the highest graduation rate in 2022 at Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions is Female and Asian (68.5% graduation rate). Across all Special Focus Institutions, Asian Female students have the highest graduation rate (73.2%).

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, 17.4% of graduates (2916 students) did not report their race.

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Race & Ethnicity by Share

Most Common Student Race or Ethnicity (2022)
  1. White
    15,470 degrees awarded
  2. Hispanic or Latino
    13,769 degrees awarded
  3. Black or African American
    13,619 degrees awarded

The most common race/ethnicity at Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions is white (15,470 degrees awarded). There were 1.12 times more white recipients than the next closest race/ethnicity group, hispanic or latino (13769 degrees).

7.11% of degree recipients (3,625 students) did not report their race.

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Race & Ethnicity by Sex

Most Common Sex Demographic (2022)
  1. White Female
    13,214 degrees awarded
  2. Black or African American Female
    11,827 degrees awarded
  3. Hispanic or Latino Female
    11,386 degrees awarded

The most common race/ethnicity and sex grouping at Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions is white female (13,214 degrees awarded). There were 1.12 times more white female recipients than the next closest race/ethnicity group, black or african american female (11827 degrees).

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Operations

Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions has an endowment valued at nearly $205k, as of the end of the 2022 fiscal year. The return on its endowment was of 4.52M (2.21k%) compared to the 0.21% average return (24.5k on 11.6M) across all Special Focus Institutions.

In 2022, Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions had a total salary expenditure of 6.91M. Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions employs 2,532 Instructors, 344 No academic ranks and 140 Assistant professors. Most academics at Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions are Female Instructor (2,026), Male Instructor (506), and Female No academic rank (257).

The most common positions for non-instructional staff at Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions are: Management, with 1,558 employees, Librarians, Curators, Archivists, and Academic Affairs and Other Education Services, with 1,313 employees, and Office and Administrative Support with 1,180 employees.

Endowment

$205k
2022 Endowment
40.1%
decline from 2021

Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions has an endowment valued at about $205k, as of the end of the 2022 fiscal year. The endowment of Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions declined 40.1% from the previous year. The value of their endowment was $11.4M 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. $99.2M - Federal
  2. $6.51M - State
  3. $1.2M - Local

As of 2022, Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions received $99.2M in grants and contracts from the federal government, $6.51M from state grants and contracts, and $1.2M from local grants and contracts.

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Salary Expenditure

$2.72M
2022 Salaries
7.42%
growth from 2021

In 2022, Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions paid a median of $2.72M in salaries, which represents 39.4% of their overall expenditure ($6.91M) and a 7.42% growth from the previous year. This is compared to a 3.44% growth between 2020 and 2021, and a 1.45% decline between 2019 and 2020.

The median for similar Special Focus Institutions is 3.17M (40.8% of overall expenditures).

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Instructional Salaries

$212M
Instructional Salaries
3,102
Number of Employees

In 2022, Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions paid a total of $212M to 3,102 employees working as instructors, which represents 28.6% of all salaries paid.

This is compared to a median of $975k (30.7%) for similar Special Focus Institutions.

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Occupations by Share

Instructor
Most Common Instructor
2,532 Employees
Management
Most Common Non-Instructional Employee
1,558 Employees

In 2022, the most common positions for instructional staff at Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions were Instructor with 2,532 employees, No academic rank with 344 employees, and Assistant professor with 140 employees.

In 2022, the most common positions for non-instructional staff at Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions were Management with 1,558 employees, Librarians, Curators, Archivists, and Academic Affairs and Other Education Services with 1,313 employees, and Office and Administrative Support with 1,180 employees.

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Instructors by Academic Rank and Sex

Most Common Demographic (2022)
  1. Female Instructor
  2. Male Instructor
  3. Female No academic rank

In 2022, the most common demographic for instructional staff at Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions was Female Instructor with 2,026 employees, Male Instructor with 506 employees, and Female No academic rank with 257 employees.

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