Health care is a booming industry with a wide range of rewarding jobs working with patients, communities, or behind the scenes. Explore your career options with these guides to careers in the health industry.
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Stanford University
Skills you'll gain: Cooking, Preventative Care, Food and Beverage, Behavioral Health, Socioeconomics, Education and Training, Culture, Environmental Issue
Yale University
Skills you'll gain: Health Systems, Epidemiology, Health Care, Infectious Diseases, Socioeconomics, Health Assessment, Preventative Care, Environment Health And Safety, Economic Development, Demography, Emergency Response, Governance
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Skills you'll gain: Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases, Research Design, Research Methodologies, Science and Research, Health Care, Medical Science and Research, Statistical Analysis, Risk Analysis
Working in health care can look like a lot of different things. You may work directly with patients as a doctor, nurse, or physical therapist, or maybe you work within communities through a public health career. You'll also find jobs behind the scenes, working in a lab or with health care data. You'll find several fields to explore:
![[Featured Image] A group discusses the value of community health worker certification for improving individuals’ skill sets.](https://images.ctfassets.net/wp1lcwdav1p1/2Akgbix9yWU2lbmoYKrRV6/0594b81181ab4a6cf67e3b16648a6584/GettyImages-611878506.jpg?w=330&h=216&q=60&fit=fill&f=faces&fm=jpg&fl=progressive)
![[Featured Image] Two RNs discuss the most common career change for nurses and how they plan to pursue their professional passions.](https://images.ctfassets.net/wp1lcwdav1p1/6rgmdSAHBxeGgKARBhyj7e/ed935fbe1f1d6b94ffb3e204d4601528/GettyImages-1201413055.jpg?w=330&h=216&q=60&fit=fill&f=faces&fm=jpg&fl=progressive)
![[Featured Image] Two medical technologists examine a test tube in a lab while earning a competitive salary.](https://images.ctfassets.net/wp1lcwdav1p1/1vnsQj4ogyfnHXvXFJ1wPS/7f041e07c1102cc8b93a390f254ccec7/GettyImages-1405237871.jpg?w=330&h=216&q=60&fit=fill&f=faces&fm=jpg&fl=progressive)
![[Featured Image] A health care worker, who receives a community health worker salary, visits an elderly woman in her home to provide health services like taking blood pressure using a stethoscope.](https://images.ctfassets.net/wp1lcwdav1p1/7tDfxFg7JeKDMOCd5kDVWr/d4126d0597a78d5a48226c70d59f271a/GettyImages-1629901654.jpg?w=330&h=216&q=60&fit=fill&f=faces&fm=jpg&fl=progressive)
![[Featured image] A nurse educator, one of the highest-paying public health jobs, speaks to students in a classroom.](https://images.ctfassets.net/wp1lcwdav1p1/2zb1aejuq0pp3gFdLQY3TA/2e78bbdcf32891ffcb8ca2c1e0c9f657/GettyImages-1441981174.jpg?w=330&h=216&q=60&fit=fill&f=faces&fm=jpg&fl=progressive)
![[Featured Image] A public health consultant smiles at a person across the desk while explaining information on a mobile device.](https://images.ctfassets.net/wp1lcwdav1p1/1lC0uRxgKlIXrp6WgX1qKp/bea3ec5dd2da5ec2bac6427af3ebc331/GettyImages-1401761851.jpg?w=330&h=216&q=60&fit=fill&f=faces&fm=jpg&fl=progressive)
![[Featured image] A community health worker sits in a gymnasium working with two young children.](https://images.ctfassets.net/wp1lcwdav1p1/6eW74Qx3NQLMZjHVq0VULi/daf1bfc51f7d9608f95554b503081599/GettyImages-1432208095.jpg?w=330&h=216&q=60&fit=fill&f=faces&fm=jpg&fl=progressive)
![[Featured image] A travel nurse in teal scrubs walks through an airport.](https://images.ctfassets.net/wp1lcwdav1p1/3OenOLQ9Igco9zuHu7jQ1h/da1ce2724f3399832288825366ffb604/GettyImages-1753686442.jpg?w=330&h=216&q=60&fit=fill&f=faces&fm=jpg&fl=progressive)
![[Featured image] An IT support specialist in a health care facility works on connecting a tablet with a computer system.](https://images.ctfassets.net/wp1lcwdav1p1/7webZperCypnxa18coQaO7/1948ecb0ef694fd1ea77499e8d1fc150/GettyImages-1440512414.jpg?w=330&h=216&q=60&fit=fill&f=faces&fm=jpg&fl=progressive)
![[Featured image] Nurse at a computer](https://images.ctfassets.net/wp1lcwdav1p1/3pHquPozxtpenNa9v7vync/e9581ad3528967e92dfdcfa939af33aa/iStock-1212168161.jpg?w=330&h=216&q=60&fit=fill&f=faces&fm=jpg&fl=progressive)
![[Featured image] A smiling person who works in public health is standing outside an administration building.](https://images.ctfassets.net/wp1lcwdav1p1/6EfJkJlGmdAiORkTiNCaAR/b06eae80c2c834357f5cfd4ebb6d5165/iStock-1194870018.jpg?w=330&h=216&q=60&fit=fill&f=faces&fm=jpg&fl=progressive)
![[Featured Image] Two health inspectors dressed in white lab coats, gloves, hair nets, and face masks hold clipboards as they inspect packages of vegetables in a supermarket.](https://images.ctfassets.net/wp1lcwdav1p1/01aOpAwhICi4YEv708n8Xo/003d44f2b518654b512dd3e2eb76cbc1/GettyImages-1471521170__1_.jpg?w=330&h=216&q=60&fit=fill&f=faces&fm=jpg&fl=progressive)
![[Fetured imge] Two health information managers stand in a white room, looking at patient data on a laptop computer while standing in front of two desktop computers](https://images.ctfassets.net/wp1lcwdav1p1/1RrbflGLI49vB1LjuXux6f/d769161926d789ac43da94c908447d3c/GettyImages-1267151244__1_.jpg?w=330&h=216&q=60&fit=fill&f=faces&fm=jpg&fl=progressive)
![[Featured Image] Two health inspectors dressed in white lab coats, gloves, hair nets, and face masks hold clipboards as they inspect packages of vegetables in a supermarket.](https://images.ctfassets.net/wp1lcwdav1p1/2BEJozTFUnyfZKt3aOhRkJ/80b954483961f7ed900a78d970fc6a27/GettyImages-1471521170.jpg?w=330&h=216&q=60&fit=fill&f=faces&fm=jpg&fl=progressive)
![[Featured Image] Medical social worker provides care and support to a senior patient.](https://images.ctfassets.net/wp1lcwdav1p1/4TDAItlLOpuZLQtNr7Wz9h/90a849d71184e7d6a0f90ad230812440/GettyImages-1719538017.jpg?w=330&h=216&q=60&fit=fill&f=faces&fm=jpg&fl=progressive)
