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Overview

Combining medical technology and the humantouch, the healthcare industry diagnoses, treats andadministers care around the clock, responding to theneeds o millions o peoplerom newborns to theterminally ill.

The healthcare industry includes establishments rangingrom small-town private practices o physicians thatemploy only one medical assistant to busy inner-cityhospitals that provide thousands o diverse jobs.

The healthcare industry includes hospitals, nursingand residential care acilities, physicians oces, dentaloces, home healthcare services, oces o other healthpractitioners and ambulatory healthcare services.

Employment Outlook

As one o the largest industries in 2008,healthcare provided 14.3 million jobs or wage

and salary workers.Ten o the 20 astest growing occupations are

healthcare related.

Healthcare will generate 3.2 million new wage andsalary jobs through 2018, more than any otherindustry, largely in response to rapid growth in theelderly population.

Most workers have jobs that require less than ouryears o college education, but health diagnosingand treating practitioners are highly educated.

Harper Highlights

As a Harper student, you will have many classesin Avant, Center or Science, Health Careers andEmerging Technologies. This $88.8 million state-o-the-art acility contains 38 labs, a simulated hospital,a working dental hygiene acility and healthcare clinicsthat simulate the real-world working environment.

As part o the curriculum, you will have the opportunityto participate in supervised clinicals in varioushealthcare settings, such as hospitals, nursing homesand doctors oces. In the clinics and labs you willexperience a low student-to-aculty ratio, giving you thededicated attention needed to be successul.

Take your rst step on a path to a successul career.Learn more about degree, certicate and courseoptions. Contact Admissions Outreach:

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Cardiac Technology (Sonography)* and Diagnostic Medical Sonography*

Harper oers a career-ocused degree option in each o these areas.

Job opportunities should be avorable.

Employment will grow as sonography becomes an increasingly attractive alternative to radiological procedures.

Hospitals employ about 59 percent o all sonographers.

Healthcare Areas o Study

2010Diagnostic cardiac sonographer

Average Pay By Hours Employed

Years Employed 0-5 6-10 11-15 16-20 21-30 31+

Hourly Wage $27.91 $32.95 $35.15 $36.24 $36.92 $38.74

Annual Wage $58,052 $68,536 $73,112 $75,378 $76,794 $80,579

Source: 2010 Cardiovascular Sonographer Salary Survey conducted by the American Society o Echocardiography.

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Dental Hygiene*

Harper oers a career-ocused degree option.

A degree rom an accredited dental hygiene school and a state license are required or this job.

Dental hygienists rank among the astest growing occupations.

Job prospects are expected to be avorable in most areas, but strong competition or jobs is likely in some areas.

About hal o all dental hygienists work part time and fexible scheduling is a distinctive eature o this job.

2010Dental hygienist

Percentile 10% 25%50%

(Median)75% 90%

Hourly Wage $21.64 $26.89 $32.81 $39.10 $45.11

Annual Wage $45,000 $55,930 $68,250 $81,340 $93,820

Dietetic Technician

Harper oers a transer degree, career-ocused degree and credit certicate and class options.

Assist dieticians in the provision o ood service and nutritional programs. Under the supervision o dieticians, may plan and produce meals based onestablished guidelines, teach principles o ood and nutrition, or counsel individuals.

Job opportunities should grow aster than average through 2018.

2010Dietetic technician

Percentile 10% 25%50%

(Median)75% 90%

Hourly Wage $8.60 $10.09 $13.01 $16.95 $20.67

Annual Wage $17,900 $20,980 $27,060 $35,260 $43,000

Percentile 10% 25%50%

(Median)75% 90%

Hourly Wage $21.59 $25.87 $30.95 $36.20 $42.54

Annual Wage $44,900 $53,810 $64,380 $75,290 $88,490

2010Diagnostic medical sonographer

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Emergency Medical Services

Harper oers a career-ocused degree and credit certicate and class options.

Employment is projected to grow as ast as the average or all occupations.

Emergency medical technicians and paramedics need ormal training and certication or licensure; requirements vary by state.

Emergency services unction 24 hours a day, so emergency medical technicians and paramedics have irregular working hours.

Opportunities will be best or those who have earned advanced certications.

2010Emergency medical technicians and paramedics

Percentile 10% 25%50%

(Median)75% 90%

Hourly Wage $9.48 $11.57 $14.60 $19.03 $24.70

Annual Wage $19,710 $24,070 $30,360 $39,590 $51,370

Health Inormation Technology

Harper oers a career-ocused degree and credit certicate and class options.

Employment is expected to grow much aster than the average.

Job prospects should be very good, particularly or technicians with strong computer sotware skills.

Entrants usually have an associate degree.

This is one o the ew health-related occupations in which there is no direct hands-on patient care.

2010Medical records and health inormation technicians

Percentile 10% 25%50%

(Median)75% 90%

Hourly Wage $10.21 $12.29 $15.55 $20.27 $25.69

Annual Wage $21,240 $25,570 $32,350 $42,170 $53,430

Medical Ofce Administration

Harper oers a career-ocused degree and credit certicate and class options.

Employment is projected to grow much aster than average, ranking medical assistants among the astest growing occupations through 2018. Job prospects should be excellent.

About 62 percent o medical assistants work in oces o physicians.

Some medical assistants are trained on the job, but many complete one-year or two-year programs.

2010Medical assistant

Percentile 10% 25%50%

(Median)75% 90%

Hourly Wage $10.01 $11.71 $13.87 $16.56 $19.32

Annual Wage $20,810 $24,370 $28,860 $34,450 $40,190

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Nursing*

Harper oers a transer degree, career-ocused degree, credit certicate and credit and continuing education class options.

Registered nurses (RNs) constitute the largest healthcare occupation, with 2.6 million jobs.

About 60 percent o RN jobs are in hospitals.

The three typical educational paths to registered nursing are a bachelors degree, an associate degree and a diploma rom an approved nursingprogram; advanced practice nursesclinical nurse specialists, nurse anesthetists, nurse-midwives and nurse practitionersneed a masters degree.

Overall job opportunities are expected to be excellent, but may vary by employment and geographic setting.

2010

RN

Percentile 10% 25%50%

(Median)75% 90%

Hourly Wage $21.24 $25.47 $31.10 $37.99 $45.74

Annual Wage $44,190 $52,980 $64,690 $79,020 $95,130

Radiologic Technologist* and Mammography*

Harper oers a career-ocused degree and a credit certicate option.

Employment is projected to grow aster than average; those with knowledge o more than one diagnostic imaging procedure will have the bestemployment opportunities.

Formal training programs in radiography are oered in hospitals or colleges and universities and lead to a certicate, an associate degree, or a

bachelors degree.

Most states require licensure; requirements vary.

Although hospitals will remain the primary employer, a number o new jobs will be ound in physicians oces and diagnostic imaging centers.

2010Radiologic technologists and technicians

Percentile 10% 25%50%

(Median)75% 90%

Hourly Wage $17.55 $21.25 $26.13 $31.53 $36.95

Annual Wage $36,510 $44,200 $54,340 $65,590 $76,850

Pre-Chiropractic

Harper oers a transer degree option.

Job prospects should be good.

Chiropractors must be licensed, requiring two to our years o undergraduate education, the completion o a our-year chiropractic college courseand passing scores on national and state examinations.

About 44 percent o chiropractors are sel-employed.

Earnings typically are relatively low in the beginning but increase as the practice grows.

2010Chiropractor

Percentile 10% 25%50%

(Median)75% 90%

Hourly Wage $15.51 $23.04 $32.31 $46.09 $69.07

Annual Wage $32,270 $47,930 $67,200 $95,870 $143,670

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Pre-Dentistry

Harper oers a transer degree option.

About three out o our dentists are solo practitioners.

Dentists must graduate rom an accredited dental school and pass written and practical examinations; competition or admission to dentalschool is keen.

Faster than average employment growth is projected.

Job prospects should be good, refecting the need to replace the large number o dentists expected to retire.

2010

Dentist/general

Percentile 10% 25%50%

(Median)75% 90%

Hourly Wage $34.32 $48.39 $67.81 (5) (5)

Annual Wage $71,390 $100,650 $141,040 (5) (5)

(5) This wage is equal to or greater than $80/ hour or $166,400 per year

2010Oral and Maxilloacial Surgeons

Percentile 10% 25%50%

(Median)75% 90%

Hourly Wage $47.12 $75.39 (5) (5) (5)

Annual Wage $98,000 $156,810 (5) (5) (5)

(5) This wage is equal to or greater than $80/ hour or $166,400 per year

2010Orthodontists

Percentile 10% 25%50%

(Median)75% 90%

Hourly Wage $34.85 $64.45 (5) (5) (5)

Annual Wage $72,490 $134,050 (5) (5) (5)

(5) This wage is equal to or greater than $80/ hour or $166,400 per year

2010Prosthodontist

Percentile 10% 25%50%

(Median)75% 90%

Hourly Wage $19.89 $22.19 $56.92 (5) (5)

Annual Wage $41,370 $46,160 $118,400 (5) (5)

(5) This wage is equal to or greater than $80/ hour or $166,400 per year

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Pre-Medicine

Harper oers a transer degree option.

Doctors may be anesthesiologists, amily and general practitioners, internists, obstetricians and gynecologists, pediatricians, physicians andsurgeons, or psychiatrists. Please consult the Occupational Outlook Handbook or current income estimates: www.bls.gov/oco

Many doctors work long, irregular hours.

Acceptance to medical school is highly competitive.

Formal education and training requirementstypically our years o undergraduate school, our years o medical school and three to eight years ointernship and residencyare among the most demanding o any occupation, but earnings are among the highest.

Job opportunities should be very good, particularly in rural and low-income areas.

Pre-Pharmacy

Harper oers a transer degree option.

Excellent job opportunities are expected.

Earnings are relatively high, but some pharmacists are required to work nights, weekends and holidays.

Pharmacists are becoming more involved in counseling patients and planning drug therapy programs.

Pharmacists must graduate rom an accredited college o pharmacy and pass a series o examinations to be licensed.

2010Pharmacist

Percentile 10% 25%

50%

(Median) 75% 90%

Hourly Wage $39.47 $47.50 $53.64 $60.45 $66.64

Annual Wage $82,090 $98,810 $111,570 $125,740 $138,620

Pre-Physical Therapy

Harper oers a transer degree option.

Employment is expected to grow much aster than average.

Job opportunities should be good.

Todays entrants to this proession need a post-baccalaureate degree rom an accredited physical therapist program.

About 60 percent o physical therapists work in hospitals or in oces o other health practitioners.

2010Physical therapist

Percentile 10% 25%50%

(Median)75% 90%

Hourly Wage $25.78 $30.88 $36.69 $43.44 $51.89

Annual Wage $53,620 $64,230 $76,310 $90,350 $107,920

Percentile 10% 25%50%

(Median)75% 90%

Hourly Wage $27.62 $35.12 $41.54 $48.89 $56.60

Annual Wage $57,450 $73,040 $86,410 $101,690 $117,720

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Take your rst step on a path to a successul career. Learn more about degree,certicate and course options. Contact Admissions Outreach:

847.925.6700

harpercollege.edu

outreach@harpercollege.edu

Pre-Physician Assistant

Harper oers a transer degree option.

Requirements or admission to training programs vary; most applicants have a college degree and some health-related work experience.

Physician assistants must complete an accredited education program and pass a national exam in order to obtain a license.

Employment is projected to grow much aster than the average

Job opportunities should be good, particularly in rural and inner-city healthcare acilities.

2010Physician assistant

Percentile 10% 25%50%

(Median)75% 90%

Hourly Wage $27.62 $35.12 $41.54 $48.89 $56.60

Annual Wage $57,450 $73,040 $86,410 $101,690 $117,720

Therapeutic Massage Program

Harper oers a continuing education certicate option.

This occupation includes a large percentage o part-time and sel-employed workers.

Many states require ormal training and licensure in order to practice massage therapy.

Employment is expected to grow aster than average as more people learn about the benets o massage therapy.

2010Massage therapist

Percentile 10% 25%50%

(Median)75% 90%

Hourly Wage $8.64 $11.64 $16.78 $24.72 $33.17

Annual Wage $17,970 $24,220 $34,900 $51,410 $69,000

*This is a limited enrollment program and has specifc admission requirements. Please contact the Admissions

Outreach Ofce, 847.925.6700, or consult the website or an overview o these requirements. Students who apply

or this limited enrollment program are required to meet current admission requirements and ollow program

curriculum as defned at the time o acceptance into the program.

Additional Healthcare Areas o Study

Healthcare Activity Director: Harper oers a continuing education certicate option.

Health Education: Harper oers a transer degree and credit course options.

Medical Technology: Harper oers a transer degree option.

Phlebotomy:* Harper oers a career-ocused certicate option.

Physical Education: Harper oers a transer degree and credit and continuing education course options.

Pre-Medical Technology: Harper oers a transer degree option.

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Harper Accreditations

The Higher Learning Commission o the North Central Association o Colleges and Secondary Schools (NCA)

American Dental Association (ADA) Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA)

Commission on Accreditation o Allied Health Education Programs

Commission on Accreditation or Dietetics Education (CADE) o the American Dietetic Association

Illinois Department o Financial and Proessional Regulations

Joint Commission Accreditation o Healthcare Organizations

Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology

National League or Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC), Inc.

Harper Afliations

American Dental Association (ADA)

Commission on Accreditation or Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP)

Commission on Accreditation or Dietetics Education (CADE) o the American Dietetic Association

Dietary Managers Association (DMA)

Illinois Coalition or Nursing Resources (ICNR)

Joint Commission Accreditation o Healthcare Organizations

Joint Review Commission or Education in Radiologic Technology (JRCERT)

National League or Nursing (NLN)

National League or Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC), Inc.

The American Association o Medical Assistants

Harper Scholarships

Cheryl M. Dwyer Memorial Endowed Scholarship

Dr. Charles Shaner Memorial Scholarship or Dental Hygiene

Dr. School Scholarship or Nursing

Harper Cardiac Rehabilitation Endowment Fund

Harper Nursing Student Endowment Scholarship

Illinois Health Improvement (IH) Association Scholarship

Radiologic Technology Scholarship or Working Students

Sharlene Marchiori Memorial Nursing Scholarship

Sylvia Krawiec Memorial Nursing Scholarship

Visit harpercollege.edu for additional scholarships.

Harper Clubs and Organizations

Rad Tech Club

Sonography Club

Student Nurses Association

Visit harpercollege.edu for additional clubs and organizations.

Bureau o Labor Statistics, U.S. Department o Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2010-11 edition. http://www.bls.gov/oco

States Career Clusters Initiative, Health Science Brochure, 2008. http://www.careerclusters.org

U.S. Department o Labor, Salary and Benets, 2009. http://www.careeronestop.org

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