Health Professions at Rivier University

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

Rivier is located in Nashua, New Hampshire and has a total student population of 2,178. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 113 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.

Rivier Health Professions Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Rivier

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.

Rivier does offer online education options in health professions for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Master’s Degree

Rivier Health Professions Rankings

There were 4 students who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #599 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at Rivier

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

Rivier Health Professions Master’s Program

Of the 113 students who graduated with a master’s in health professions from Rivier in 2021, 14% were men and 86% were women.

Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from Rivier, 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 Rivier University with a master's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	89
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

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 Rivier University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Nursing	101
Mental & Social Health Services	15
Health & Medical Administrative Services	11
Public Health	5
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants	4
Bioethics/Medical Ethics	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 NH, the home state for Rivier University.

Occupation	Jobs in NH	Average Salary in NH
Registered Nurses	13,630	$72,760
Personal Care Aides	8,600	$26,900
Nursing Assistants	7,980	$32,200
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	7,780	$59,020
Software Applications Developers	6,540	$110,740

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 RivierCollege under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.