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Public Health at Rider University

Public Health at Rider University

What traits are you looking for in a public health school? To help you decide if Rider University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's public health program.

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 Public Health section at the bottom of this page.

Rider Public Health Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Public Health

Rider Public Health Rankings

The public health major at Rider is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Public Health. 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.

Public Health Student Demographics at Rider

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

Rider Public Health Bachelor’s Program

78% Women
56% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 22% of public health bachelor's degrees went to men and 78% went to women. The typical public health bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at Rider since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% more racial-ethnic minorities in its public health bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 4
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Concentrations Within Public Health

If you plan to be a public health major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. 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 Services Administration 10

Careers That Public Health Grads May Go Into

A degree in public health 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
Medical and Health Services Managers 11,260 $116,750
Health Specialties Professors 4,420 $109,190
Environmental Scientists and Specialists 2,670 $80,350
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists 2,240 $80,990
Community Health Workers 1,250 $51,560

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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