Allied Health Technologies
The Allied Health Technologies Major: is offered jointly with the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-School of Health Related Professions in Newark (UMDNJ-SHRP) and the Department of Biological Sciences at Rutgers-Newark. Graduates become members of health care teams contributing to the diagnosis and treatment of disease in a variety of health care, industrial, governmental, and educational settings.
Allied Health Technologies Majors take three years of course work at Rutgers-Newark and must apply to the senior clinical year at UMDNJ-SHRP beginning the fall term of their junior year through a separate admissions process. Admission requirements for the senior clinical year include a cumulative grade-point average of 2.75 and grades of C or better in all prerequisite core science courses taken at Rutgers-Newark. Students may specialize in diagnostic medical sonography, vascular technology, nuclear medicine technology or respiratory care.
Departmental Website:
http://newarkbioweb.rutgers.edu/department/FAQ-CLS-AHT.html
Please click on the tabs below to see a list of sample occupations possible with an Allied Health Technologies degree and a list employers who have hired Rutgers-Newark students with a degree in Allied Health Technologies.
- Sample Occupations
- Employers who have Hired R-N Graduates
Sample Occupations
- Athletic Coach
- Blood Bank Specialist
- Cardiovascular Technologist/Technician
- Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)
- Health Information Technician
- Health Services Manager/Administrator
- Hematologist
- Home Health Care Provider
- Immunologist
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Technologist
- Medical Administrative Assistant
- Medical Assistant
- Medical Transcriptionist
- Medical Writer
- Microbiologist
- Nuclear Medicine Technologist
- Occupational Therapist
- Personal Trainer
- Pharmacy Technician
- Physical Therapist
- Physician's Assistant
- Radiography Technician
- Respiratory Therapist
- Sales Representative (Medical/Pharmacy)
- Science Laboratory Technician
- Serologist
- Sonographer
- Sports Manager
- Surgical Technician
- Vocational School Teacher
- X-Ray Technician
Employers Who Have Hired R-N Graduates
- University of Medicine & Dentistry of NJ
- CVS
- Trinitas
- Beth Israel Hospital
- Robert Wood Johnson
- St. Michaels Medical Center
- St. Barnabas Medical Center

