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Health Professions at Rowan University

33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

Rowan is located in Glassboro, New Jersey and approximately 19,678 students attend the school each year.

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.

Rowan Health Professions Degrees Available

Basic Certificate in Health Professions (Less Than 1 Year)
Bachelor’s Degree in Health Professions
Master’s Degree in Health Professions

Online Classes Are Available at Rowan

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Rowan offers distance education options for health professions at the following degree levels:

Bachelor’s Degree
Master’s Degree

Rowan Health Professions Rankings

The health professions major at Rowan 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 268 students who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #106 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at Rowan

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

Rowan Health Professions Bachelor’s Program

73% Women

33% 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 Rowan since its program graduates 9% more men than average.

About 64% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in health professions at Rowan are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	10
Black or African American	31
Hispanic or Latino	30
White	156
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	14

Rowan Health Professions Master’s Program

76% Women

43% 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. Rowan does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 6% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	23
Black or African American	20
Hispanic or Latino	18
White	73
International Students	13
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Medicine	268
Nursing	116
Health Sciences & Services	84
Other Health Professions	67
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	45
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services	42
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	18
Allied Health Professions	10
Mental & Social Health Services	9
Medical Illustration & Informatics	7
Public Health	6
Health/Medical Prep Programs	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 Rowan 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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