Health Professions at The University of Texas at Austin

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

UT Austin is located in Austin, Texas and has a total student population of 50,476. Of the 10,592 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from The University of Texas at Austin in 2021, 606 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.

UT Austin Health Professions Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Health Professions (Less Than 1 Year)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Health Professions
• Master’s Degree in Health Professions
• Doctorate Degree in Health Professions

UT Austin Health Professions Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks health professions programs across the country. The following shows how UT Austin performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The health professions major at UT Austin 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 Health Professions Basic Certificate Schools	87
Best Value Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools	434

In 2021, 162 students received their master’s degree in health professions from UT Austin. This makes it the #210 most popular school for health professions master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 232 students who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #124 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at UT Austin

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

UT Austin Health Professions Bachelor’s Program

Of the 606 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Health Professions from UT Austin in 2020-2021, 17% were men and 83% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 23% more racial-ethnic minorities in its health professions bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	133
Black or African American	44
Hispanic or Latino	187
White	194
International Students	17
Other Races/Ethnicities	31

UT Austin Health Professions Master’s Program

Of the 162 students who earned a master's degree in Health Professions from UT Austin in 2020-2021, 23% were men and 77% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 18% men graduate in health professions each year. UT Austin does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 5% more men than average.

Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from UT Austin, 62% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	14
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	23
White	101
International Students	10
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

UT Austin also has a doctoral program available in health professions. In 2021, 232 students 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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at The University of Texas at Austin. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Public Health	359
Nursing	243
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	145
Communication Sciences	139
Medicine	47
Health & Medical Administrative Services	42
Allied Health Professions	16
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	11
Medical Science	2

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 The University of Texas at Austin.

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 Reid Sullivan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.