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2101 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-7001
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1315 Oakwood Avenue, Raleigh, North Carolina 27610-2298
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3800 Hillsborough St, Raleigh, North Carolina 27607-5298
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6541 Meridien Drive, Suite 113, Raleigh, North Carolina 27616-3211
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118 East South Street, Raleigh, North Carolina 27601
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9101 Fayetteville Road, Raleigh, North Carolina 27603-5696
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5511 Capital Center Dr Ste 390, Raleigh, North Carolina 27606-3380
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Health Science Schools in Raleigh

Raleigh, NC (population: 421,938) has seven health science schools within its city limits. North Carolina State University at Raleigh, the highest ranked school in the city with a health science program, has a total student population of 33,819. It is the 70th highest ranked school in the USA and the 4th highest in the state of North Carolina (#1 is Duke University).

Health Science students from Raleigh schools who go on to become health psychologists, physicians, doctors, nurses, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 83,530 people working as environmental scientists and specialists, including health alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $67,360. Also, Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors make on average $40,420 per year and there are about 78,470 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Raleigh-Cary area alone, there are 70 employed substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors earning an average salary of $40,940. Environmental scientists and specialists, including health in this area earn $56,550/yr and there are 1,290 employed.

Raleigh lies in Wake county, which is one of the 64 counties in North Carolina. Overall, the Raleigh-Cary area has 499,330 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 0.6% unemployment rate, $20.85/hr average worker wage, and a $43,370 average annual salary. Thus, about 2.592 out of every 1000 jobs in Raleigh are held by environmental scientists and specialists, including health, and 0.130/1000 are held by substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors.

Of the 7 health science schools in Raleigh, only 2 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, University of Phoenix-Raleigh Campus comes out as the most expensive ($23,904/yr) for health science students, with North Carolina State University at Raleigh as the lowest, reported at only $7,978/yr.


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