Allied Health Professions at Nova Southeastern University

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

NUS Florida is located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and has a total student population of 20,888.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Allied Health Professions section at the bottom of this page.

NUS Florida Allied Health Professions Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Allied Health

Online Classes Are Available at NUS Florida

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.

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

• Bachelor’s Degree

NUS Florida Allied Health Professions Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the allied health progam at NUS Florida compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 allied health major at NUS Florida is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Allied 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 Popular Allied Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	22
Most Popular Online Allied Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	22
Most Popular Online Allied Health Professions Trade Schools	36
	119
Best Allied Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	121
Most Focused Allied Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	174
Best Allied Health Professions Trade Schools	249
Best Value Allied Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools	267
Most Popular Allied Health Professions Trade Schools	287
	521
Best Value Allied Health Professions Schools	985
Most Focused Allied Health Professions Trade Schools	1,101

How Much Do Allied Health Graduates from NUS Florida Make?

The median salary of allied health students who receive their bachelor's degree at NUS Florida is $53,262. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 4% higher than the national average of $51,384 for all allied health bachelor's degree recipients.

Allied Health Student Demographics at NUS Florida

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the allied health majors at Nova Southeastern University.

NUS Florida Allied Health Professions Bachelor’s Program

Of the 68 allied health students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from NUS Florida, about 28% were men and 72% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 19% more racial-ethnic minorities in its allied health bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	15
Hispanic or Latino	19
White	23
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

NUS Florida also has a doctoral program available in allied health. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Allied Health Professions

The following allied health concentations are available at Nova Southeastern University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Nova Southeastern University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Diagnostic Medical Sonography/Sonographer and Ultrasound Technician	27
Respiratory Care Therapy	21
Cardiopulmonary Technology	19
Athletic Training	1

Related Majors

• Health Sciences & Services
• Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services

Careers That Allied Health Grads May Go Into

A degree in allied health can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for FL, the home state for Nova Southeastern University.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics	11,130	$35,790
Health Technologists and Technicians	9,600	$42,730
Health Specialties Professors	9,250	$80,990
Respiratory Therapists	8,200	$57,960
Surgical Technologists	7,340	$44,030

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 Dgreco under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.