Health Sciences B.S.
If you’re interested in health and wellness and believe a career as a health care professional is for you or if you’re looking for an undergraduate program with a strong science foundation to prepare you for an advanced degree in a health related field, Health Sciences is the program for you. Health Sciences is a pre-professional program that prepares students for employment or graduate education in health and human service areas—growing fields that need people like you. According to the US Department of Labor, the health care/services industry is an excellent growth area due in part to an aging population, advances in medical technology, and a shift from inpatient to outpatient services.
See yourself…
- Managing a corporate fitness center implementing educational health and wellness programs.
- Educating the population on health and wellness and the positive impact it has on quality of life.
- Working in government public health agencies.
- Performing diagnostic fitness assessment tests and developing exercise prescription plans for injury or disease prevention.
- Educating K-12 as a certified health teacher.
- Working as a speech pathologist, surgical assistant, nuclear medicine technologist or other allied health profession.
- Enrolling in a graduate degree program for Physical or Occupational Therapy, Athletic Training, School Health or Community Health Education or medical or dental schools.
What you’ll earn…
Because a Health Sciences degree can prepare you for a multitude of health care employment settings, your earning potential is vast. The median earning of a Physical Therapist nationwide is $62,000-$72,000 and $54,660 for an Occupational Therapist. Health educators can earn up to $65,000 a year.
Accelerated Graduate Degrees
The Health Sciences majors at Russell Sage College are also eligible to apply for acceleration into graduate programs in Occupational Therapy (3+2 Bachelor's/MS in OT) and Physical Therapy (3+3 Bachelor's/DPT).
