Health Professions at Fairleigh Dickinson University - Florham Campus

47% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

If you plan to study health professions, take a look at what Fairleigh Dickinson University - Florham Campus has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

FDU is located in Madison, New Jersey and has a total student population of 3,396.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Health Professions section at the bottom of this page.

FDU Health Professions Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Health Professions
Master’s Degree in Health Professions

FDU Health Professions Rankings

The health professions major at FDU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Health Professions. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

There were 75 students who received their doctoral degrees in health professions. This makes the school the #291 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at FDU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the health professions majors at Fairleigh Dickinson University - Florham Campus.

FDU Health Professions Bachelor’s Program

90% Women

47% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 10% of health professions bachelor's degrees went to men and 90% went to women.

About 51% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in health professions at FDU are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 3% more racial-ethnic minorities in its health professions bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Fairleigh Dickinson University - Florham Campus with a bachelor's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	25
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

FDU Health Professions Master’s Program

76% Women

54% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 24% of health professions master's degrees went to men and 76% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 18% men graduate in health professions each year. FDU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 6% more men than average.

In the health professions master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 54% of degree recipients. That is 10% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Fairleigh Dickinson University - Florham Campus with a master's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	14
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	16
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Concentrations Within Health Professions

Health Professions majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Fairleigh Dickinson University - Florham Campus. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	75
Nursing	50
Health Sciences & Services	24
Allied Health Professions	1
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	1

Careers That Health Professions Grads May Go Into

A degree in health professions can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NJ, the home state for Fairleigh Dickinson University - Florham Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in NJ	Average Salary in NJ
Registered Nurses	79,530	$82,750
Nursing Assistants	56,500	$30,380
Software Applications Developers	46,930	$107,640
Home Health Aides	41,040	$24,450
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	40,100	$62,910

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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