by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Health Sciences & Services is a major offered under the health professions program of study at Florida Gulf Coast University. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the master’s degree program in health science, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.
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During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time graduate students at FGCU paid an average of $1,301 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $372 per credit hour. Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $6,974 | $28,170 |
| Fees | $1,987 | $3,046 |
health science who receive their master’s degree from FGCU make an average of $55,964 a year during the early days of their career. That is 12% lower than the national average of $63,540.
If you’re one of the many students who want the flexibility of distance learning courses, you’ll be happy to hear that FGCU offers online option in its health science master’s degree program. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the FGCU Online Learning page.
Women made up around 83.3% of the health science students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 74.8%.
Of those graduates who received a master’s degree in health science at FGCU in 2019-2020, 8.3% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 50%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 0 |
| Black or African American | 1 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 10 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 1 |
Health Sciences & Services students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences | 12 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to health sciences and services.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Allied Health Professions | 19 |
| Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions | 9 |
| Nursing | 18 |
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
More about our data sources and methodologies.