It may sound dry, but health care needs graduates who can analyse, explain or creatively present data, inform investment decisions and lead teams.

However, school leavers don't need to be a maths dux to get started.

Using data to forecast demand in health care is a talent investors and government pay well for.

Students can enrol in an undergraduate health science degree and study a data major or undertake a ICT-data degree with a health major.

At University of Technology Sydney, three-year Bachelor of Health Science study majoring in digital health analytics requires an ATAR 75.3.