Top Ranked Programs
Jacksonville University's program mix is anchored in health professions and applied professional fields. Nursing is the largest program with 272 graduates, followed by Air Transportation, Kinesiology, Psychology, General, and Business Administration. The institution's Health concentration reflects its regional positioning as a private university serving students pursuing stable, credential-based careers in healthcare and related fields. The strongest earnings outcomes cluster in health and business-adjacent programs. Nursing graduates earn median four-year earnings of $89,191 with 272 graduates, while Finance delivers $70,456 for 19 graduates. Psychology, General and Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods round out the higher-earning programs, with graduates earning $62,622 and $61,660 respectively. These outcomes reflect the labor-market demand for healthcare professionals and the direct-to-workforce pathway that characterizes most health-professions degrees. The program portfolio emphasizes fields where four-year earnings directly reflect workforce entry and early-career compensation. Health-professions programs are high-mobility pathways where graduates enter stable, geographically distributed labor markets immediately after degree completion. The [supply and demand for college graduates](/analysis/supply-demand-map-college-degrees/) provides context for how Jacksonville University's dominant program families align with national labor-market demand in healthcare and related sectors.