Health Professions at MSU Texas

What traits are you looking for in a health professions school? To help you decide if MSU Texas is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's health professions program.

MSU Texas is located in Wichita Falls, Texas and approximately 5,860 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,168 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from MSU Texas in 2021, 433 of them were health professions majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Health Professions section at the bottom of this page.

MSU Texas Health Professions Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Health Professions
• Master’s Degree in Health Professions

Online Classes Are Available at MSU Texas

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.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? MSU Texas offers distance education options for health professions at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

MSU Texas Health Professions Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the health professions progam at MSU Texas compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 health professions major at MSU Texas is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for 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 Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools	75
Most Popular Online Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools	122
Most Popular Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools	141
	154
Most Popular Online Health Professions Schools	232
Best Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools	343
Best Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools	393
Best Value Health Professions Schools	437
	552
Most Popular Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools	583
Most Focused Health Professions Schools	1,487

In 2021, 48 students received their master’s degree in health professions from MSU Texas. This makes it the #585 most popular school for health professions master’s degree candidates in the country.

Health Professions Student Demographics at MSU Texas

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the health professions majors at MSU Texas.

MSU Texas Health Professions Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 433 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in health professions from MSU Texas. About 20% were men and 80% were women. The typical health professions bachelor's degree program is made up of only 18% men. So male students are more repesented at MSU Texas since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

About 55% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in health professions at MSU Texas are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from MSU Texas with a bachelor's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	15
Black or African American	60
Hispanic or Latino	81
White	237
International Students	18
Other Races/Ethnicities	22

MSU Texas Health Professions Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 48 students graduated with a master's degree in health professions from MSU Texas. About 25% were men and 75% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 18% men graduate in health professions each year. MSU Texas does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 7% more men than average.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from MSU Texas with a master's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	24
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

MSU Texas also has a doctoral program available in health professions. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Health Professions

If you plan to be a health professions major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from MSU Texas. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Allied Health Professions	228
Nursing	217
Dental Support Services	17
Health & Medical Administrative Services	17
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services	1
Bioethics/Medical Ethics	1

Careers That Health Professions Grads May Go Into

A degree in health professions can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for TX, the home state for MSU Texas.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Registered Nurses	210,350	$72,890
Personal Care Aides	206,240	$19,960
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	117,010	$59,580
Medical Secretaries	92,990	$34,150
Nursing Assistants	87,750	$27,030

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
• Image Credit: By Michael Barera under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.