Allied Health Professions at Thomas Edison State University

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

TESU is located in Trenton, New Jersey and approximately 10,495 students attend the school each year.

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.

TESU Allied Health Professions Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Allied Health

Online Classes Are Available at TESU

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.

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

• Bachelor’s Degree

TESU Allied Health Professions Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The allied health major at TESU 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
Best Value Allied Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools	6
	18
Most Popular Online Allied Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	41
Most Popular Online Allied Health Professions Trade Schools	62
	87
Best Allied Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	109
Best Value Allied Health Professions Schools	203
Best Allied Health Professions Trade Schools	211
Most Popular Allied Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	283
Most Focused Allied Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	334
Most Popular Allied Health Professions Trade Schools	1,202
Most Focused Allied Health Professions Trade Schools	1,342

Allied Health Student Demographics at TESU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the allied health majors at Thomas Edison State University.

TESU Allied Health Professions Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 allied health majors earned their bachelor's degree from TESU. Of these graduates, 43% were men and 57% were women. The typical allied health bachelor's degree program is made up of only 37% men. So male students are more repesented at TESU since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 7% 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 Thomas Edison State University with a bachelor's in allied health.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

TESU 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

Allied 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 Thomas Edison State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Other Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions	7

Related Majors

• 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 NJ, the home state for Thomas Edison State University.

Occupation	Jobs in NJ	Average Salary in NJ
Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics	8,230	$37,460
Health Specialties Professors	4,420	$109,190
Respiratory Therapists	3,090	$73,390
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers	2,840	$77,110
Physician Assistants	2,810	$116,270

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.