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Health Professions at Rider University

42% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

Rider is located in Lawrenceville, New Jersey and has a total student population of 4,636.

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.

Rider Health Professions Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Rider

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

For those who are interested in distance learning, Rider does offer online courses in health professions for the following degree levels:

Bachelor’s Degree

Rider Health Professions Rankings

The health professions major at Rider 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.

Health Professions Student Demographics at Rider

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

Rider Health Professions Bachelor’s Program

73% Women

42% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 27% of health professions bachelor's degrees went to men and 73% went to women. The typical health professions bachelor's degree program is made up of only 18% men. So male students are more repesented at Rider since its program graduates 9% more men than average.

About 52% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in health professions at Rider are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	17
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Rider Health Professions Master’s Program

85% Women

26% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 15% of health professions master's degrees went to men and 85% went to women.

Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from Rider, 74% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	20
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Health Professions

Health Professions majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Rider University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Health Sciences & Services	35
Mental & Social Health Services	27
Public Health	10
Nursing	4

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 Rider 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
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