Interest in healthcare jobs is on the rise
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A CWRU Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing student participates in a class during the fall 2020 semester at the Health Education Campus.
Ashley Bailey was just a few months into nursing school when the pandemic hit.
The next several months looked vastly different than she d planned. The Hondros College of Nursing student hadn t expected to do her clinicals online through virtual clinical experiences her nursing video game, as she calls it. With COVID-19 restrictions, bartending was no longer the reliable, flexible and lucrative option she d expected to carry her through her collegiate journey.
Among the five most common major fields for students pursuing an associate degree or undergraduate certificate, health professions and related clinical sciences programs fared the best in enrollment this spring, according to the latest numbers available from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center.