Health Services Administration
Add ComparisonThe locations with the highest concentration of Health Services Administration degree recipients are New Brunswick, NJ, West Haven, UT, and Boston, MA. The locations with a relatively high number of Health Services Administration degree recipients are West Haven, UT, Parma, OH, and Hialeah, FL. The most common degree awarded to students studying Health Services Administration is a bachelors degree.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Health Services Administration and the types of students that study this field. Rutgers University-New Brunswick awards the most degrees in Health Services Administration in the US, but Stevens-Henager College (438151) and Independence University (465812) have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Health Services Administration.
Tuition costs for Health Services Administration majors are, on average, $8,208 for in-state public colleges, and $35,588 for out of state private colleges.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Health Services Administration programs are Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above institutions (56 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above (1,232 completions).
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Health Services Administration, is Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above (1,232 completions).
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Health Services Administration programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
Rutgers University-New Brunswick has the most Health Services Administration degree recipients, with 194 degrees awarded in 2020.
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Health Services Administration.
Out of all institutions that offer Health Services Administration programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, Stevens-Henager College (438151) has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Health Services Administration, with 16.7%.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in Health Services Administration by year.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest growth in degrees awarded for Health Services Administration.
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 $78,297 and the most common occupations are Registered nurses, Pharmacists, and Medical & health services managers.
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 $78,297 and the most common occupations are Registered nurses, Pharmacists, and Medical & health services managers.
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 Medical & health services managers.
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 4.2%, from 4.13M in 2019 to 4.3M in 2020.
The largest single share of Health graduates go on to work as Registered nurses (36.9%). 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, Pharmaceutical & medicine manufacturing, and Farm supplies merchant wholesalers.
The number of Health graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 4.2%, from 4.13M in 2019 to 4.3M in 2020.
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 28 years old, which represent 2.91% and 2.87% of the population, respectively.
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Health Services Administration are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, 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 Health Services Administration.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Health Services Administration for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.
This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of Bachelors Degree recipients in Health Services Administration. White Female students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and sex.
There are a relatively high number of people that were born in Philippines that hold Health degrees (5.24 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 (198,228 degree recipients).
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Health Services Administration field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Health Services Administration majors need many skills, but most especially Speaking. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Health Services Administration majors need more than the average amount of Management of Financial Resources, Operations Analysis, and Management of Material Resources.
These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for Health Services Administration majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Management of Financial Resources is very distinctive for majors, but the Speaking, Coordination, and Reading Comprehension are the three most important skills for people in the field.