Rutgers School of Health Professions

There are few health profession schools offering the education and training that you’ll find at Rutgers School of Health Professions. Our faculty is engaged in research and scholarship, and is frequently invited to present papers at regional, national, and international conferences.

The dedication of the faculty, the caliber of teaching, and the quality of patient care provided by our graduates has earned our school enormous respect and admiration, and secured our position as one of the leading health professions schools in the country. Our Physician Assistant program its one of several programs that are nationally ranked.

Our approach to health and wellness is holistic and patient-centered. Our commitment to deliver quality health education through web-based technologies has expanded our scope nationally. Today, a third of our students are health professionals taking courses and earning a degree online.

Rutgers SHP programs meet the emerging health care workforce needs. Our mission is to educate students to become socially responsible health professionals who will function competently, creatively and collaboratively in a dynamic health care environment. The philosophy of the Rutgers School of Health Professions is that quality health care, education, practice and research as a community effort. Only as a team will we provide quality health care.