Other Health Aides, Attendants, & Orderlies
Add ComparisonIn 2021, the locations with the highest concentration of Other Health Aides, Attendants, & Orderlies degree recipients are San Antonio, TX, Newark, NJ, and Ponce, PR. In 2021, the locations with a relatively high number of Other Health Aides, Attendants, & Orderlies degree recipients are Ponce, PR, San Antonio, TX, and Newark, NJ. The most common degree awarded to students studying Other Health Aides, Attendants, & Orderlies is a 1 to 2 year postsecondary certificate.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Other Health Aides, Attendants, & Orderlies and the types of students that study this field. Quest College (439507) awards the most degrees in Other Health Aides, Attendants, & Orderlies in the US, but Trinity College of Puerto Rico and Quest College (439507) have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Other Health Aides, Attendants, & Orderlies.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Other Health Aides, Attendants, & Orderlies programs are Public, 2-year institutions (4 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Private for-profit, 2-year (79 completions).
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Other Health Aides, Attendants, & Orderlies, is Private for-profit, 2-year (79 completions in 2021).
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Other Health Aides, Attendants, & Orderlies programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
Quest College (439507) has the most Other Health Aides, Attendants, & Orderlies degree recipients, with 79 degrees awarded in 2021.
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Other Health Aides, Attendants, & Orderlies.
Out of all institutions that offer Other Health Aides, Attendants, & Orderlies programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, Trinity College of Puerto Rico has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Other Health Aides, Attendants, & Orderlies, with 34.3%.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in Other Health Aides, Attendants, & Orderlies by year.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest growth in degrees awarded for Other Health Aides, Attendants, & Orderlies.
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 $81,847 and the most common occupations are Registered nurses, Pharmacists, and Nurse practitioners & nurse midwives.
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 $81,847 and the most common occupations are Registered nurses, Pharmacists, and Nurse practitioners & nurse midwives.
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 Nurse practitioners & nurse midwives.
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 3.68%, from 4.3M in 2020 to 4.46M in 2021.
The largest single share of Health graduates go on to work as Registered nurses (36.7%). 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, Farm supplies merchant wholesalers, and Pharmaceutical & medicine manufacturing.
The number of Health graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 3.68%, from 4.3M in 2020 to 4.46M in 2021.
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 31 years old, which represent 2.98% and 2.93% of the population, respectively.
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Other Health Aides, Attendants, & Orderlies are 1 to 2 Year Postsecondary Certificate and Associates 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 Other Health Aides, Attendants, & Orderlies.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Other Health Aides, Attendants, & Orderlies for each race & ethnicity. Hispanic or Latino 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 Other Health Aides, Attendants, & Orderlies.
There are a relatively high number of people that were born in Philippines that hold Health degrees (5.11 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 (199,567 degree recipients).
