Health Professions at Kean University

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

Kean is located in Union, New Jersey and approximately 14,064 students attend the school each year. Of the 2,562 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Kean University in 2021, 112 of them were health professions majors.

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.

Kean Health Professions Degrees Available

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

Kean Health Professions Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the health professions progam at Kean compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The health professions major at Kean 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
	41
Best Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools	181
Best Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools	249
Best Value Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools	252
Most Focused Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools	459
Best Value Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools	481
Most Popular Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools	506
Best Value Health Professions Schools	1,105

In 2021, 61 students received their master’s degree in health professions from Kean. This makes it the #511 most popular school for health professions master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 32 students who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #412 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at Kean

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the health professions majors at Kean University.

Kean Health Professions Bachelor’s Program

Of the 112 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Health Professions from Kean in 2020-2021, 25% were men and 75% were women. The typical health professions bachelor's degree program is made up of only 18% men. So male students are more repesented at Kean since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 7% 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 Kean University with a bachelor's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	26
Hispanic or Latino	24
White	49
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

Kean Health Professions Master’s Program

Of the 61 students who earned a master's degree in Health Professions from Kean in 2020-2021, 11% were men and 89% were women.

Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from Kean, 51% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	31
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

Kean also has a doctoral program available in health professions. In 2021, 32 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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 Kean University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	76
Nursing	62
Mental & Social Health Services	20
Allied Health Professions	19
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	9
Communication Sciences	9
Public Health	8
Health & Medical Administrative Services	7

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 Kean University.

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Daniel Collins under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.