Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools

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2021 Undergraduate Tuition

$16,482

0.711% growth from 2020

2021 Average Net Price

$23,663

After Financial Aid

2021 Acceptance Rate

71.7%

25,083 Applicants

2021 Enrolled Students

217,421

58.3% Full-Time

2021 Graduation Rate

53.1%

2,955 Graduates

About

Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools is a Carnegie Classification grouping of higher education institutions. In 2021, the most popular Bachelor's Degree concentrations at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools were Registered Nursing (27,312 degrees awarded), Family Practice Nurse (3,402 degrees), and Chiropractic (2,560 degrees).

In 2021, 77,207 degrees were awarded across all undergraduate and graduate programs at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools. 78.3% of these degrees were awarded to women, and 21.7% awarded men. The most common race/ethnicity group of degree recipients was white (32,303 degrees), 1.56 times more than then the next closest race/ethnicity group, hispanic or latino (20,697 degrees).

The median undergraduate tuition at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools is $16,482, which is $6,282 more than than the national median of $10,200. The cost of out-of-state tuition is $16,818, which is 102% of the cost for in-state students, and is $2,244 more than than the national median $14,574.

Special Focus Institutions

Costs

The median in-state tuition for Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools is $16,482, which is $6,084 more than than the national median in-state tuition of $10,398. The cost of out-of-state tuition is $16,818, which is 102% of the cost for in-state students, and is $2,244 more than than the national median out-of-state tuition of $14,574.

After taking grants and loans into account, the average net price for students is $23,663.

Tuition Costs

$16,482

2021 Undergraduate Tuition

In 2021, the cost of out-of-state tuition at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools was $16,818, which is 102% of the cost for in-state students, which was $16,482. The cost of out-of-state tuition at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools is $2,244 more than than the overall (public and private) national median of $14,574, and the in-state tuition is $6,084 more than than the overall (public and private) national median $10,398.

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

Average Net Price

$23,663

2021 Value

3.33%

1 Year Growth

In 2021 Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools had an average net price — the price paid after factoring in grants and loans — of $23,663. Between 2020 and 2021, the average net price of Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools grew by 3.33%.

This chart compares the average net price of Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools (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

$10,606

Room and Board

$1,200

Books and Supplies

The average yearly cost of room and board at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools was of $10,606 in 2021. The cost of room and board increased by 9.53% between 2020 and 2021.

During the same period, the average yearly cost of books and supplies was $1,200. The cost of books and supplies did not change during the same period.

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

Financial Aid by Income Level

72%

Undergraduates Receiving Financial Aid through Grants

65%

Undergraduates Receiving Financial Aid through Loans

72% of undergraduate students at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools received financial aid through grants or loans in 2021. This represents a decline of 2.7% with respect to 2020, when 74% of undergraduate students received financial aid.

This chart compares the average award discount at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools (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 Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools received 25,083 undergraduate applications in 2021, which represents a 7.89% annual growth. Out of those 25,083 applicants, 17,985 students were accepted for enrollment, representing a 71.7% acceptance rate.

There were 217,421 students enrolled at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools in 2021. 13.4% of first-time enrollees submitted SAT scores with their applications.

Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools has an overall enrollment yield of 23%, which represents the number of admitted students who ended up enrolling.

Acceptance Rate

71.7%

Acceptance Rate in 2021

17,985

Accepted Out of 25,083

In 2021, the undergraduate acceptance rate of Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools was 71.7% (17,985 admissions from 25,083 applications). This is lower than the acceptance rate of 2020, which was 73%. Between 2020 and 2021, the number of applicants grew by 7.89%, while admissions grew by 5.96%..

This chart compares the acceptance rate of Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools (in red) with that of other similar universities, and the chart below shows the acceptance rate by gender.

SAT Scores

13.4%

Submission Percentage (2021)

386

Scores Submitted (2021)

13.4% of enrolled first-time students at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools in 2021 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 Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools had a total enrollment of 217,421 students in 2021. The full-time enrollment at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools is 126,748 students and the part-time enrollment is 90,673. This means that 58.3% 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 39.9% White, 25.9% Hispanic or Latino, 12.6% Black or African American, 9.21% Asian, 2.77% Two or More Races, 0.495% American Indian or Alaska Native, and 0.466% 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 White Female (27.2%), followed by Hispanic or Latino Female (25.1%) and Black or African American Female (10.3%). Students enrolled in full-time Graduate programs are most commonly White Female (34.1%), followed by White Male (14.3%) and Hispanic or Latino Female (11.2%).

Full-Time vs Part-Time Enrollment

58.3%

Full-Time Enrollment

The total enrollment at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools in 2021, both undergraduate and graduate, is 217,421 students. The full-time enrollment at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools is 126,748 and the part-time enrollment is 90,673. This means that 58.3% of students enrolled at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools are enrolled full-time compared with 69.7% at similar Special Focus Institutions.

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

Retention Rate over Time

62%

2021 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 62%. Compared with the full-time retention rate at similar Special Focus Institutions (69%), Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools had a retention rate lower than its peers.

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

Enrollment by Race & Ethnicity

Most Common Race or Ethnicity (2021)

White
86,767 enrolled students
Hispanic or Latino
56,366 enrolled students
Black or African American
27,484 enrolled students

The enrolled student population at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools is 39.9% White, 25.9% Hispanic or Latino, 12.6% Black or African American, 9.21% Asian, 2.77% Two or More Races, 0.495% American Indian or Alaska Native, and 0.466% 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 43.6% White, 18.4% Hispanic or Latino, and 14% 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, 15,305 students (7.04%) did not report their race.

Graduates

In 2021, 43,757 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 (32,303 degrees awarded). There were 1.56 times more white recipients than the next closest race/ethnicity group, hispanic or latino (20697 degrees).

The most common Bachelor's Degree concentration at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools is Registered Nursing (20,992 degrees awarded), followed by Nursing Administration (620 degrees) and Health Care Administration & Management (423 degrees).

In 2021, 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 (62,967 degrees awarded), Personal & Culinary Services (3,004 degrees), and Psychology (3,595 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 (1,380,365 people), Medical & health services managers (182,333 people), Elementary & middle school teachers (157,139 people), Other managers (153,212 people), and Physicians (147,700 people).

The most specialized majors at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools in 2021 are Health (62,967 degrees awarded), Personal & Culinary Services (3,004 degrees), Psychology (3,595 degrees), Construction (562 degrees), and Mechanical Technologies (703 degrees) (as of 2021).

Highest Paying Jobs by Major

Surgeons

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 Surgeons, Chief executives & legislators, Physicians, Dentists, and Atmospheric & space scientists

The most specialized majors at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools are Health (62,967 degrees awarded), Personal & Culinary Services (3,004 degrees), Psychology (3,595 degrees), Construction (562 degrees), and Mechanical Technologies (703 degrees) (as of 2021).

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 (1,605,198 people), Elementary & secondary schools (526,430 people), Outpatient care centers (350,293 people), Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges (275,560 people), and Offices of physicians (232,170 people).

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 (2021)

Registered Nursing
20,992 degree-majors awarded
Nursing Administration
620 degree-majors awarded
Health Care Administration & Management
423 degree-majors awarded

In 2021, the most common bachelors degree concentration at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools was Registered Nursing with 20,992 degrees awarded.

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

Sex Breakdown for Common Majors

16,725

Degrees Awarded to Men

in 2021

60,482

Degrees Awarded to Women

in 2021

In 2021, 16,725 degrees were awarded to men at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools, which is 0.277 times less than the number of degrees awarded to females (60,482).

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

Most Common Male Majors

In 2021, 3613 degrees were awarded to men at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools in Registered Nursing, which is 0.152 times less than the 23699 female recipients with that same degree.

Most Common Female Majors

In 2021, 23699 degrees were awarded to men at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools in Registered Nursing, which is 6.56 times more than the 3613 male recipients with that same degree.

Time to Complete

38%

100% Completion Time

46%

150% Completion Time

In 2021, 38% 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, 46% completed their degrees within 150% of the normal time, and 46% 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.

Graduation Rate by Race and Sex

Showing demographic groups with ≥ 5 graduating students.

Asian Female

Highest Graduation Rate (73.2%)

The student demographic with the highest graduation rate in 2021 at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools is Female and Asian (73.2% graduation rate). Across all Special Focus Institutions, Asian Female students have the highest graduation rate (72.9%).

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, 3.25% of graduates (96 students) did not report their race.

Race & Ethnicity by Share

Most Common Student Race or Ethnicity (2021)

White
32,303 degrees awarded
Hispanic or Latino
20,697 degrees awarded
Black or African American
8,202 degrees awarded

The most common race/ethnicity at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools is white (32,303 degrees awarded). There were 1.56 times more white recipients than the next closest race/ethnicity group, hispanic or latino (20697 degrees).

6.18% of degree recipients (4,771 students) did not report their race.

Race & Ethnicity by Sex

Most Common Sex Demographic (2021)

White Female
26,542 degrees awarded
Hispanic or Latino Female
15,018 degrees awarded
Black or African American Female
6,965 degrees awarded

The most common race/ethnicity and sex grouping at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools is white female (26,542 degrees awarded). There were 1.77 times more white female recipients than the next closest race/ethnicity group, hispanic or latino female (15018 degrees).

Operations

Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools has an endowment valued at nearly $8.69M, as of the end of the 2021 fiscal year. The return on its endowment was of 822M (9.46k%) compared to the 4.56% average return (574k on 12.6M) across all Special Focus Institutions.

In 2021, Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools had a total salary expenditure of 12.6M. Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools employs 2,466 Assistant professors, 1,657 Instructors and 1,491 Associate professors. Most academics at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools are Female Assistant professor (1,820), Female Instructor (1,268), and Female Associate professor (992).

The most common positions for non-instructional staff at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools are: Management, with 3,288 employees, Office and Administrative Support, with 2,533 employees, and Librarians, Curators, Archivists, and Academic Affairs and Other Education Services with 2,437 employees.

Endowment

$8.69M

2021 Endowment

11.8%

growth from 2020

Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools has an endowment valued at about $8.69M, as of the end of the 2021 fiscal year. The endowment of Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools grew 11.8% from the previous year. The value of their endowment was $3.92M 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 Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools (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 Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools Carnegie Classification grouping.

Government Grants and Contracts

Grants & Contracts

$182M - Federal
$33.6M - State
$10.6M - Local

As of 2021, Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools received $182M in grants and contracts from the federal government, $33.6M from state grants and contracts, and $10.6M from local grants and contracts.

Salary Expenditure

$6.13M

2021 Salaries

10.7%

growth from 2020

In 2021, Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools paid a median of $6.13M in salaries, which represents 48.8% of their overall expenditure ($12.6M) and a 10.7% growth from the previous year.

The median for similar Special Focus Institutions is 3.06M (42.8% of overall expenditures).

Instructional Salaries

$595M

Instructional Salaries

6,845

Number of Employees

In 2021, Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools paid a total of $595M to 6,845 employees working as instructors, which represents 29.6% of all salaries paid.

This is compared to a median of $871k (28.4%) for similar Special Focus Institutions.

Occupations by Share

Assistant professor

Most Common Instructor

2,466 Employees

Management

Most Common Non-Instructional Employee

3,288 Employees

In 2021, the most common positions for instructional staff at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools were Assistant professor with 2,466 employees, Instructor with 1,657 employees, and Associate professor with 1,491 employees.

In 2021, the most common positions for non-instructional staff at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools were Management with 3,288 employees, Office and Administrative Support with 2,533 employees, and Librarians, Curators, Archivists, and Academic Affairs and Other Education Services with 2,437 employees.

Instructors by Academic Rank and Sex

Most Common Demographic (2021)

Female Assistant professor
Female Instructor
Female Associate professor

In 2021, the most common demographic for instructional staff at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools was Female Assistant professor with 1,820 employees, Female Instructor with 1,268 employees, and Female Associate professor with 992 employees.

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