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Health Sciences Degrees

In the Rasmussen University School of Health Sciences, we offer respected and relevant degree options that help you launch or advance your career in healthcare—one of today’s fastest growing and changing industries. Clinical externships and practicum opportunities help you gain hands-on experience using relevant skills tailored to your healthcare profession. With online, on-campus and blended course options, our degrees are designed to fit your busy lifestyle.


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Take Your Education to the Next Level

Many of our Health Sciences programs are designed to help you earn the skills and credentials you need right away, then easily transfer your credits toward a higher degree level at Rasmussen. Want to start with a Certificate or Diploma? You'll be set to easily move up to an Associate’s degree. If you start with an Associate’s degree, you still earn the Certificate or Diploma along the way to bolster your resume. Keep climbing the credential ladder until you've reached your goal—from Associate’s to Bachelor’s to Master’s degree.

School of Health Sciences Programs

Our School of Health Sciences offers a range of education programs in both direct and indirect patient care roles:

Direct Patient Care

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Learn how to perform routine diagnostic procedures, draw blood (phlebotomy) and administer immunizations and first aid through a hands-on externship and relevant curriculum.

Degrees offered: Diploma.

Become well-versed in critical skills through hands-on curriculum in courses such as Clinical Chemistry, Hematology, Blood Banking and Microbiology.

Degrees offered: Associate’s degree.

Learn to read medication orders, fill prescriptions and perform inventory functions within the pharmacy setting. Also gain all the skills necessary to efficiently support pharmacists in a retail setting.

Degrees offered: Certificate.

Sharpen your understanding of how limited mobility can affect a patient’s life while learning how to play a critical role in helping people regain their independence.

Degrees offered: Associate’s degree.

Gain a comprehensive knowledge of standard x-ray, mobile x-ray and fluoroscopic technologies along with patient care techniques through online coursework, on-campus labs and clinical site experiences. You’ll learn key skills for accurate anatomical imaging, operation of radiographic equipment, adherence to safety standards, and patient care and positioning.

Degrees offered: Associate’s degree.

Through fully equipped, industry-standard surgical suite laboratories, you’ll learn common procedures and technology used in the operating room as well as tactics for handling high-pressure situations.

Degrees offered: Associate's degree.

Indirect Patient Care

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Develop the professional communication and leadership skills necessary to collaborate and lead a team of health information professionals, as well as manage health information systems.

Degrees offered: Bachelor's degree.

Prepare to analyze and manage patient care data through in-field insight from instructors and firsthand experiences in a sophisticated digital lab. You'll gain an overview of the entire healthcare system and learn to communicate effectively as part of a healthcare team.

Degrees offered: Associate's degree.

Become a key professional in a healthcare facility by learning coding skills, understanding how to navigate electronic health record systems and gaining industry insight so you can be an important correspondent with healthcare providers and insurance companies.

Degrees offered: Certificate.

Stay relevant in today’s industry by broadening your healthcare experience and building your business skills. Our in-depth coursework, including Principles of Finance, Introduction to Organizational Leadership and Introduction to Human Resource Management, will help build your healthcare knowledge for a successful career across a wide range of work environments.

Degrees offered: Certificate, Associate’s degree (with specializations for Medical Administrative Assistant, Pharmacy Technician, Medical Assisting and Healthcare Administration). For students in Illinois, see Health Sciences below.

Broaden your healthcare experience to prepare for a successful career across a wide range of work environments. You'll gain relevant healthcare skills in one of three specializations, so you can develop the career-focused skills you'll need as a healthcare professional.

Degrees offered: Certificate, Associate's degree for Illinois residents (with specializations for Medical Administrative Assistant, Pharmacy Technician and Medical Assisting).

Develop the customer service and office management professionalism that makes a real difference in the lives of others. You'll gain communication and technology skills as well as learn how to smoothly operate a healthcare facility.

Degrees offered: Certificate.

Be prepared to transition from your current role to management and leadership positions in healthcare. You’ll be able to take on more challenging and strategic functions such as a hospital administrator, clinical director, health services manager or practice manager.

Degrees offered: Master’s degree.

Social Wellness

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Promote the health and well-being of others through leadership roles across a wide range of healthcare career opportunities. You'll learn holistic curriculum—from wellness education to behavioral and physical health.

Degrees offered: Bachelor's degree.

Make change that matters on a local and global community level. Draw from multiple disciplines, from epidemiology, health informatics and analytics to public health policy and administration and population health management. Advance your leadership skills and offer diverse perspectives on a variety of issues that influence health outcomes for people of all backgrounds.

Degrees offered: Master's degree.

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