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Health Professions at The University of Texas at El Paso

92% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

UTEP is located in El Paso, Texas and approximately 24,879 students attend the school each year.

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.

UTEP Health Professions Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at UTEP

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.

For those who are interested in distance learning, UTEP does offer online courses in health professions for the following degree levels:

Bachelor’s Degree
Master’s Degree

UTEP Health Professions Rankings

The health professions major at UTEP 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.

There were 89 students who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #259 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at UTEP

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

UTEP Health Professions Bachelor’s Program

80% Women

92% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 20% of health professions bachelor's degrees went to men and 80% went to women. The typical health professions bachelor's degree program is made up of only 18% men. So male students are more repesented at UTEP since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 48% 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 El Paso with a bachelor's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	20
Hispanic or Latino	483
White	33
International Students	13
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

UTEP Health Professions Master’s Program

78% Women

84% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 22% of health professions master's degrees went to men and 78% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 18% men graduate in health professions each year. UTEP does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 4% more men than average.

In the health professions master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 84% of degree recipients. That is 40% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	10
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	218
White	37
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Concentrations Within Health Professions

Health Professions majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from The University of Texas at El Paso. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Nursing	445
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	148
Public Health	49
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	37
Bioethics/Medical Ethics	33
Communication Sciences	29
Mental & Social Health Services	20
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	18
Health Sciences & Services	4

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 El Paso.

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
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