Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools

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2023 Undergraduate Tuition

$17,817

9.17% growth from 2022

2023 Average Net Price

$25,197

After Financial Aid

2023 Acceptance Rate

67.1%

23,185 Applicants

2023 Enrolled Students

211,571

59.6% Full-Time

2023 Graduation Rate

53.8%

3,047 Graduates

About

Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools is a Carnegie Classification grouping of higher education institutions. In 2023, the most popular Bachelor's Degree concentrations at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools were Registered Nursing (25,258 degrees awarded), Family Practice Nurse (2,582 degrees), and Chiropractic (2,575 degrees).

The median undergraduate tuition at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools is $17,817, which is $7,237 more than than the national median of $10,580. The cost of out-of-state tuition is $17,935, which is 101% of the cost for in-state students, and is $2,976 more than than the national median $14,959.

Special Focus Institutions

Costs

The median in-state tuition for Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools is $17,817, which is $7,045 more than than the national median in-state tuition of $10,773. The cost of out-of-state tuition is $17,935, which is 101% of the cost for in-state students, and is $2,976 more than than the national median out-of-state tuition of $14,959.

After taking grants and loans into account, the average net price for students is $25,197.

Tuition Costs

$17,817

2023 Undergraduate Tuition

In 2023, the cost of out-of-state tuition at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools was $17,935, which is 101% of the cost for in-state students, which was $17,817. The cost of out-of-state tuition at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools is $2,976 more than than the overall (public and private) national median of $14,959, and the in-state tuition is $7,045 more than than the overall (public and private) national median $10,773.

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

$25,197

2023 Value

2.41%

1 Year Growth

In 2023 Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools had an average net price — the price paid after factoring in grants and loans — of $25,197. Between 2022 and 2023, the average net price of Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools grew by 2.41%.

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

$11,130

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 $11,130 in 2023. The cost of room and board increased by 2% between 2022 and 2023.

During the same period, the average yearly cost of books and supplies was $1,200. The cost of books and supplies decreased by 4.23% 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

64%

Undergraduates Receiving Financial Aid through Grants

65%

Undergraduates Receiving Financial Aid through Loans

64% of undergraduate students at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools received financial aid through grants or loans in 2023. This represents a decline of 7.25% with respect to 2022, when 69% 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 23,185 undergraduate applications in 2023, which represents a 1.54% annual growth. Out of those 23,185 applicants, 15,567 students were accepted for enrollment, representing a 67.1% acceptance rate.

There were 211,571 students enrolled at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools in 2023. 9.84% of first-time enrollees submitted SAT scores with their applications.

Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools has an overall enrollment yield of 26.7%, which represents the number of admitted students who ended up enrolling.

Acceptance Rate

67.1%

Acceptance Rate in 2023

15,567

Accepted Out of 23,185

In 2023, the undergraduate acceptance rate of Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools was 67.1% (15,567 admissions from 23,185 applications). This is lower than the acceptance rate of 2022, which was 70.3%. Between 2022 and 2023, the number of applicants declined by 1.54%, while admissions declined by 5.97%.

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

9.84%

Submission Percentage (2023)

273

Scores Submitted (2023)

9.84% of enrolled first-time students at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools in 2023 submitted SAT scores with their applications.

The following chart shows the average SAT scores for the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentile of applicants for each section of the test that they are evaluated on.

Enrollment

Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools had a total enrollment of 211,571 students in 2023. The full-time enrollment at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools is 126,116 students and the part-time enrollment is 85,455. This means that 59.6% 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 36.2% White, 28.9% Hispanic or Latino, 13.8% Black or African American, 9.68% Asian, 2.82% Two or More Races, 0.501% American Indian or Alaska Native, and 0.414% 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 Hispanic or Latino Female (29.2%), followed by White Female (22.6%) and Black or African American Female (10.6%). Students enrolled in full-time Graduate programs are most commonly White Female (33.3%), followed by White Male (13.7%) and Hispanic or Latino Female (12.3%).

Full-Time vs Part-Time Enrollment

59.6%

Full-Time Enrollment

The total enrollment at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools in 2023, both undergraduate and graduate, is 211,571 students. The full-time enrollment at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools is 126,116 and the part-time enrollment is 85,455. This means that 59.6% of students enrolled at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools are enrolled full-time compared with 70.4% 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

67%

2023 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 67%. Compared with the full-time retention rate at similar Special Focus Institutions (73%), 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 (2023)

White
76,558 enrolled students
Hispanic or Latino
61,120 enrolled students
Black or African American
29,217 enrolled students

The enrolled student population at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools is 36.2% White, 28.9% Hispanic or Latino, 13.8% Black or African American, 9.68% Asian, 2.82% Two or More Races, 0.501% American Indian or Alaska Native, and 0.414% 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 41.6% White, 19.6% Hispanic or Latino, and 14.5% 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, 12,686 students (6%) did not report their race.

Graduates

In 2023, 41,777 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 (27,977 degrees awarded). There were 1.38 times more white recipients than the next closest race/ethnicity group, hispanic or latino (20,220 degrees).

The most common Bachelor's Degree concentration at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools is Registered Nursing (18,595 degrees awarded), followed by Health Care Administration & Management (445 degrees) and General Health Services (378 degrees).

In 2023, 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 (58,122 degrees awarded), Personal & Culinary Services (3,080 degrees), and Psychology (3,730 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 (1,511,927 people), Medical & health services managers (201,197 people), Other managers (197,809 people), Elementary & middle school teachers (166,755 people), and Nurse practitioners & nurse midwives (160,351 people).

The most specialized majors at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools in 2023 are Health (58,122 degrees awarded), Personal & Culinary Services (3,080 degrees), Psychology (3,730 degrees), Construction (772 degrees), and Agriculture (644 degrees) (as of 2023).

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, Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers, and Magnetic resonance imaging technologists

The most specialized majors at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools are Health (58,122 degrees awarded), Personal & Culinary Services (3,080 degrees), Psychology (3,730 degrees), Construction (772 degrees), and Agriculture (644 degrees) (as of 2023).

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 (1,647,940 people), Elementary & secondary schools (547,165 people), Outpatient care centers (383,491 people), Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges (289,051 people), and Offices of physicians (243,734 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 (2023)

Registered Nursing
18,595 degrees awarded
Health Care Administration & Management
445 degrees awarded
General Health Services
378 degrees awarded

In 2023, the most common bachelors degree concentration at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools was Registered Nursing with 18,595 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

15,140

Degrees Awarded to Men

in 2023

56,917

Degrees Awarded to Women

in 2023

In 2023, 15,140 degrees were awarded to men at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools, which is 0.266 times less than the number of degrees awarded to females (56,917).

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 2023, 3,289 degrees were awarded to men at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools in Registered Nursing, which is 0.15 times less than the 21,969 female recipients with that same degree.

Most Common Female Majors

In 2023, 21,969 degrees were awarded to men at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools in Registered Nursing, which is 6.68 times more than the 3,289 male recipients with that same degree.

Time to Complete

43%

100% Completion Time

50%

150% Completion Time

In 2023, 43% 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, 50% completed their degrees within 150% of the normal time, and 50% 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 (72.5%)

The student demographic with the highest graduation rate in 2023 at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools is Female and Asian (72.5% graduation rate). Across all Special Focus Institutions, Non-resident Alien Male students have the highest graduation rate (65.7%).

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, 8.8% of graduates (268 students) did not report their race.

Race & Ethnicity by Share

Most Common Student Race or Ethnicity (2023)

White
27,977 degrees awarded
Hispanic or Latino
20,220 degrees awarded
Black or African American
8,277 degrees awarded

The most common race/ethnicity at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools is white (27,977 degrees awarded). There were 1.38 times more white recipients than the next closest race/ethnicity group, hispanic or latino (20,220 degrees).

6.37% of degree recipients (4,593 students) did not report their race.

Race & Ethnicity by Sex

Most Common Sex Demographic (2023)

White Female
22,947 degrees awarded
Hispanic or Latino Female
14,886 degrees awarded
Black or African American Female
7,059 degrees awarded

The most common race/ethnicity and sex grouping at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools is white female (22,947 degrees awarded). There were 1.54 times more white female recipients than the next closest race/ethnicity group, hispanic or latino female (14,886 degrees).

Operations

Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools has an endowment valued at nearly $7.53M, as of the end of the 2023 fiscal year. The return on its endowment was of 254M (3.37k%) compared to the 1.93% average return (240k on 12.4M) across all Special Focus Institutions.

In 2023, Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools had a total salary expenditure of 13.6M. Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools employs 2,588 Assistant professors, 1,597 Instructors and 1,384 Associate professors. Most academics at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools are Female Assistant professor (1,904), Female Instructor (1,206), and Female Associate professor (920).

The most common positions for non-instructional staff at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools are: Management, with 3,503 employees, Librarians, Curators, Archivists, and Academic Affairs and Other Education Services, with 2,449 employees, and Office and Administrative Support with 2,427 employees.

Endowment

$7.53M

2023 Endowment

12.7%

growth from 2022

Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools has an endowment valued at about $7.53M, as of the end of the 2023 fiscal year. The endowment of Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools grew 12.7% from the previous year. The value of their endowment was $4.91M 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

$129M - Federal
$27M - State
$13.3M - Local

As of 2023, Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools received $129M in grants and contracts from the federal government, $27M from state grants and contracts, and $13.3M from local grants and contracts.

Salary Expenditure

$6.53M

2023 Salaries

5.07%

growth from 2022

In 2023, Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools paid a median of $6.53M in salaries, which represents 47.9% of their overall expenditure ($13.6M) and a 5.07% growth from the previous year. This is compared to a 1.48% growth between 2021 and 2022, and a 10.7% growth between 2020 and 2021.

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

Instructional Salaries

$642M

Instructional Salaries

6,950

Number of Employees

In 2023, Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools paid a total of $642M to 6,950 employees working as instructors, which represents 29.9% of all salaries paid.

This is compared to a median of $208k (5.9%) for similar Special Focus Institutions.

Occupations by Share

Assistant professor

Most Common Instructor

2,588 Employees

Management

Most Common Non-Instructional Employee

3,503 Employees

In 2023, the most common positions for instructional staff at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools were Assistant professor with 2,588 employees, Instructor with 1,597 employees, and Associate professor with 1,384 employees.

In 2023, the most common positions for non-instructional staff at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools were Management with 3,503 employees, Librarians, Curators, Archivists, and Academic Affairs and Other Education Services with 2,449 employees, and Office and Administrative Support with 2,427 employees.

Instructors by Academic Rank and Sex

Most Common Demographic (2023)

Female Assistant professor
Female Instructor
Female Associate professor

In 2023, the most common demographic for instructional staff at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools was Female Assistant professor with 1,904 employees, Female Instructor with 1,206 employees, and Female Associate professor with 920 employees.

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