Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General programs in New Jersey
18 schools in New Jersey teach this, at certificate or associate level. 4 of them report what graduates earn two years out; the highest is $31,314 at Hudson County Community College.
What this work pays in New Jersey
Health Education Specialists in New Jersey earn a median of $73,740 a year across 1,420 jobs. That is what the occupation pays everyone in it — not what graduates of any one program below earned.
| Also leads to | Median | Jobs in New Jersey |
|---|---|---|
| Community Health Workers | $55,790 | 1,330 |
Occupation wages: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025.
Schools
| School | Credential | Median debt | Graduate earnings, 2 yrs | Graduates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hudson County Community College Jersey City | Associate's degree | — | $31,314 (19 grads) | 51 |
| Middlesex College Edison | Associate's degree | $5,500 | $30,228 (21 grads) | 88 |
| Berkeley College-Woodland Park Woodland Park | Associate's degree | $15,244 | $29,141 (19 grads) | 17 |
| Rowan College of South Jersey-Gloucester Campus Sewell | Associate's degree | $13,750 | $21,052 (19 grads) | 153 |
| UCNJ Union College of Union County, New Jersey Cranford | Associate's degree | $10,250 | not published | 110 |
| Camden County College Blackwood | Associate's degree | — | not published | 20 |
| Essex County College Newark | Associate's degree | — | not published | 5 |
| Middlesex College Edison | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 4 |
| Ocean County College Toms River | Associate's degree | — | not published | 1 |
| Passaic County Community College Paterson | Associate's degree | — | not published | 2 |
| Raritan Valley Community College Branchburg | Associate's degree | — | not published | 63 |
| Rowan College at Burlington County Mount Laurel | Associate's degree | — | not published | 118 |
| Rowan College of South Jersey-Cumberland Campus Vineland | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 2 |
| Rowan College of South Jersey-Gloucester Campus Sewell | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | — |
| Rowan University Glassboro | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 1 |
| Saint Peter's University Jersey City | Associate's degree | — | not published | 1 |
| Sussex County Community College Newton | Associate's degree | — | not published | 2 |
| Thomas Edison State University Trenton | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 2 |
A dash under earnings or debt means the U.S. Department of Education has not published a figure for that program — it withholds any median computed from too few graduates, which covers about four of every five programs. It never means zero, and it says nothing about whether the program is any good. Where a figure is shown, the number of graduates behind it is shown with it.
Email me when these figures change
The U.S. Department of Education publishes new cost, debt and earnings figures once a year, and every number on this page changes at once. One email when that happens for Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General — nothing else, and nothing in between.
Program and outcome figures: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10.