Health Professions at St. John Fisher College

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

Fisher is located in Rochester, New York and approximately 3,610 students attend the school each year. Of the 758 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from St. John Fisher College in 2021, 225 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.

Fisher Health Professions Degrees Available

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

Fisher Health Professions Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks health professions programs across the country. The following shows how Fisher performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The health professions major at Fisher 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
Most Focused Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools	193
Best Value Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools	207
Most Focused Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools	243
Most Popular Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools	253
Most Popular Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools	338
Most Popular Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools	342
Best Health Professions Schools	535
Most Popular Health Professions Schools	556
Best Value Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools	858

In 2021, 117 students received their master’s degree in health professions from Fisher. This makes it the #304 most popular school for health professions master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 81 students who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #275 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at Fisher

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the health professions majors at St. John Fisher College.

Fisher Health Professions Bachelor’s Program

Of the 225 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in health professions from Fisher in 2021, 11% were men and 89% were women.

About 84% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in health professions at Fisher 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 St. John Fisher College with a bachelor's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	17
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	190
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Fisher Health Professions Master’s Program

The health professions program at Fisher awarded 117 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 14% of these degrees went to men with the other 86% going to women.

Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from Fisher, 79% 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 St. John Fisher College with a master's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	93
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	12

Fisher also has a doctoral program available in health professions. In 2021, 81 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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at St. John Fisher College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Nursing	302
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	93
Mental & Social Health Services	24
Public Health	10

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 NY, the home state for St. John Fisher College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Personal Care Aides	199,060	$27,640
Home Health Aides	191,820	$26,240
Registered Nurses	182,490	$85,610
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	112,510	$70,770
Nursing Assistants	91,400	$37,010

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 Stephen Wolfe under License

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