Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools

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2022 Undergraduate Tuition

$16,320

0.983% growth from 2021

2022 Average Net Price

$24,605

After Financial Aid

2022 Acceptance Rate

70.3%

23,547 Applicants

2022 Enrolled Students

208,486

59.6% Full-Time

2022 Graduation Rate

55.8%

3,538 Graduates

About

Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools is a Carnegie Classification grouping of higher education institutions. In 2022, the most popular Bachelor's Degree concentrations at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools were Registered Nursing (26,723 degrees awarded), Family Practice Nurse (3,478 degrees), and Chiropractic (2,786 degrees).

The median undergraduate tuition at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools is $16,320, which is $5,764 more than than the national median of $10,556. The cost of out-of-state tuition is $16,370, which is 100% of the cost for in-state students, and is $1,437 more than than the national median $14,933.

Special Focus Institutions

Costs

The median in-state tuition for Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools is $16,320, which is $5,640 more than than the national median in-state tuition of $10,680. The cost of out-of-state tuition is $16,370, which is 100% of the cost for in-state students, and is $1,437 more 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 $24,605.

Tuition Costs

$16,320

2022 Undergraduate Tuition

In 2022, the cost of out-of-state tuition at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools was $16,370, which is 100% of the cost for in-state students, which was $16,320. The cost of out-of-state tuition at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools is $1,437 more than than the overall (public and private) national median of $14,933, and the in-state tuition is $5,640 more than than the overall (public and private) national median $10,680.

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

$24,605

2022 Value

3.98%

1 Year Growth

In 2022 Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools had an average net price — the price paid after factoring in grants and loans — of $24,605. Between 2021 and 2022, the average net price of Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools grew by 3.98%.

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

$10,912

Room and Board

$1,253

Books and Supplies

The average yearly cost of room and board at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools was of $10,912 in 2022. The cost of room and board increased by 2.89% between 2021 and 2022.

During the same period, the average yearly cost of books and supplies was $1,253. The cost of books and supplies increased by 4.42% 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

69%

Undergraduates Receiving Financial Aid through Grants

64%

Undergraduates Receiving Financial Aid through Loans

69% of undergraduate students at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools received financial aid through grants or loans in 2022. This represents a decline of 4.17% with respect to 2021, when 72% 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 23,547 undergraduate applications in 2022, which represents a 6.12% annual growth. Out of those 23,547 applicants, 16,556 students were accepted for enrollment, representing a 70.3% acceptance rate.

There were 208,486 students enrolled at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools in 2022. 9.06% of first-time enrollees submitted SAT scores with their applications.

Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools has an overall enrollment yield of 25.6%, which represents the number of admitted students who ended up enrolling.

Acceptance Rate

70.3%

Acceptance Rate in 2022

16,556

Accepted Out of 23,547

In 2022, the undergraduate acceptance rate of Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools was 70.3% (16,556 admissions from 23,547 applications). This is lower than the acceptance rate of 2021, which was 71.7%. Between 2021 and 2022, the number of applicants declined by 6.12%, while admissions declined by 7.95%.

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

9.06%

Submission Percentage (2022)

312

Scores Submitted (2022)

9.06% of enrolled first-time students at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools in 2022 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 208,486 students in 2022. The full-time enrollment at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools is 124,300 students and the part-time enrollment is 84,186. 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 37.5% White, 28% Hispanic or Latino, 12.9% Black or African American, 9.63% Asian, 2.93% Two or More Races, 0.507% American Indian or Alaska Native, and 0.449% 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 (29.3%), followed by White Female (23.3%) and Hispanic or Latino Male (10.6%). Students enrolled in full-time Graduate programs are most commonly White Female (33%), followed by White Male (13.8%) and Hispanic or Latino Female (12.4%).

Full-Time vs Part-Time Enrollment

59.6%

Full-Time Enrollment

The total enrollment at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools in 2022, both undergraduate and graduate, is 208,486 students. The full-time enrollment at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools is 124,300 and the part-time enrollment is 84,186. This means that 59.6% of students enrolled at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools are enrolled full-time compared with 71.2% 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

70%

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 Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools was 70%. 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 (2022)

White
78,241 enrolled students
Hispanic or Latino
58,478 enrolled students
Black or African American
26,800 enrolled students

The enrolled student population at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools is 37.5% White, 28% Hispanic or Latino, 12.9% Black or African American, 9.63% Asian, 2.93% Two or More Races, 0.507% American Indian or Alaska Native, and 0.449% 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, 13,193 students (6.33%) did not report their race.

Graduates

In 2022, 42,809 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 (30,703 degrees awarded). There were 1.54 times more white recipients than the next closest race/ethnicity group, hispanic or latino (19884 degrees).

The most common Bachelor's Degree concentration at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools is Registered Nursing (20,268 degrees awarded), followed by Other Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research, & Clinical Nursing (385 degrees) and Health Care Administration & Management (358 degrees).

In 2022, 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 (61,150 degrees awarded), Construction (779 degrees), and Personal & Culinary Services (2,696 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 (1,445,297 people), Medical & health services managers (190,823 people), Other managers (161,594 people), Elementary & middle school teachers (157,525 people), and Physicians (148,707 people).

The most specialized majors at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools in 2022 are Health (61,150 degrees awarded), Construction (779 degrees), Personal & Culinary Services (2,696 degrees), Psychology (3,604 degrees), and Mechanical Technologies (684 degrees) (as of 2022).

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 (61,150 degrees awarded), Construction (779 degrees), Personal & Culinary Services (2,696 degrees), Psychology (3,604 degrees), and Mechanical Technologies (684 degrees) (as of 2022).

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 (2022)

Registered Nursing
20,268 degrees awarded
Other Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research, & Clinical Nursing
385 degrees awarded
Health Care Administration & Management
358 degrees awarded

In 2022, the most common bachelors degree concentration at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools was Registered Nursing with 20,268 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

16,014

Degrees Awarded to Men

in 2022

58,823

Degrees Awarded to Women

in 2022

In 2022, 16,014 degrees were awarded to men at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools, which is 0.272 times less than the number of degrees awarded to females (58,823).

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 2022, 3440 degrees were awarded to men at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools in Registered Nursing, which is 0.148 times less than the 23283 female recipients with that same degree.

Most Common Female Majors

In 2022, 23283 degrees were awarded to men at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools in Registered Nursing, which is 6.77 times more than the 3440 male recipients with that same degree.

Time to Complete

48%

100% Completion Time

50%

150% Completion Time

In 2022, 48% 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 (77.6%)

The student demographic with the highest graduation rate in 2022 at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools is Female and Asian (77.6% 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, 4.52% of graduates (160 students) did not report their race.

Race & Ethnicity by Share

Most Common Student Race or Ethnicity (2022)

White
30,703 degrees awarded
Hispanic or Latino
19,884 degrees awarded
Black or African American
8,317 degrees awarded

The most common race/ethnicity at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools is white (30,703 degrees awarded). There were 1.54 times more white recipients than the next closest race/ethnicity group, hispanic or latino (19884 degrees).

6.25% of degree recipients (4,675 students) did not report their race.

Race & Ethnicity by Sex

Most Common Sex Demographic (2022)

White Female
25,209 degrees awarded
Hispanic or Latino Female
14,386 degrees awarded
Black or African American Female
7,072 degrees awarded

The most common race/ethnicity and sex grouping at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools is white female (25,209 degrees awarded). There were 1.75 times more white female recipients than the next closest race/ethnicity group, hispanic or latino female (14386 degrees).

Operations

Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools has an endowment valued at nearly $6.68M, as of the end of the 2022 fiscal year. The return on its endowment was of −314M (−4.69k%) compared to the 0.21% average return (24.5k on 11.6M) across all Special Focus Institutions.

In 2022, Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools had a total salary expenditure of 13.7M. Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools employs 2,486 Assistant professors, 1,577 Instructors and 1,384 Associate professors. Most academics at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools are Female Assistant professor (1,841), Female Instructor (1,190), and Female Associate professor (922).

The most common positions for non-instructional staff at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools are: Management, with 3,458 employees, Librarians, Curators, Archivists, and Academic Affairs and Other Education Services, with 2,529 employees, and Office and Administrative Support with 2,453 employees.

Endowment

$6.68M

2022 Endowment

23.1%

decline from 2021

Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools has an endowment valued at about $6.68M, as of the end of the 2022 fiscal year. The endowment of Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools declined 23.1% from the previous year. The value of their endowment was $4.96M 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

$192M - Federal
$21.9M - State
$10.9M - Local

As of 2022, Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools received $192M in grants and contracts from the federal government, $21.9M from state grants and contracts, and $10.9M from local grants and contracts.

Salary Expenditure

$6.22M

2022 Salaries

1.48%

growth from 2021

In 2022, Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools paid a median of $6.22M in salaries, which represents 45.5% of their overall expenditure ($13.7M) and a 1.48% growth from the previous year. This is compared to a 10.7% growth between 2020 and 2021, and a 5.59% growth between 2019 and 2020.

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

Instructional Salaries

$611M

Instructional Salaries

6,798

Number of Employees

In 2022, Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools paid a total of $611M to 6,798 employees working as instructors, which represents 29.9% of all salaries paid.

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

Occupations by Share

Assistant professor

Most Common Instructor

2,486 Employees

Management

Most Common Non-Instructional Employee

3,458 Employees

In 2022, the most common positions for instructional staff at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools were Assistant professor with 2,486 employees, Instructor with 1,577 employees, and Associate professor with 1,384 employees.

In 2022, the most common positions for non-instructional staff at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools were Management with 3,458 employees, Librarians, Curators, Archivists, and Academic Affairs and Other Education Services with 2,529 employees, and Office and Administrative Support with 2,453 employees.

Instructors by Academic Rank and Sex

Most Common Demographic (2022)

Female Assistant professor
Female Instructor
Female Associate professor

In 2022, the most common demographic for instructional staff at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools was Female Assistant professor with 1,841 employees, Female Instructor with 1,190 employees, and Female Associate professor with 922 employees.

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