Health Professions at Rider University

If you are interested in studying health professions, you may want to check out the program at Rider University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Rider is located in Lawrenceville, New Jersey and approximately 4,636 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 20 students received their master's degree in health professions.

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

• 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

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 Master’s Program

Of the 20 students who earned a master's degree in Health Professions from Rider in 2020-2021, 15% were men and 85% were women.

In the health professions master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 15% better than the national average.*

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	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Mental & Social Health Services	27

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
• Image Credit: By Magneticcarpet under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.