Health Professions at Rowan University

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

Rowan is located in Glassboro, New Jersey and has a total student population of 19,678. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 149 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.

Rowan Health Professions Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Health Professions
• Doctorate 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:

• Master’s Degree

Rowan Health Professions Rankings

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 Master’s Program

Of the 149 students who earned a master's degree in Health Professions from Rowan in 2020-2021, 28% were men and 72% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 25% men graduate in health professions each year. Rowan does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 3% more men than average.

Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from Rowan, 55% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the health professions master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 40% of degree recipients. That is 4% better than the national 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	25
Black or African American	22
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	82
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Medicine	268
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	45
Nursing	43
Health Sciences & Services	23
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	18
Allied Health Professions	10
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services	10
Mental & Social Health Services	9
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
• Image Credit: By Wasted Time R under License

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