Health Professions at The University of Texas at El Paso

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. Of the 3,981 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from The University of Texas at El Paso in 2021, 434 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.

UTEP Health Professions Degrees Available

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

• Master’s Degree

UTEP Health Professions Rankings

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

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 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools	139
Best Value Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools	266

In 2021, 234 students received their master’s degree in health professions from UTEP. This makes it the #132 most popular school for health professions master’s degree candidates in the country.

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

Of the 434 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in health professions from UTEP in 2021, 21% were men and 79% were 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 3% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 51% 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	14
Black or African American	14
Hispanic or Latino	363
White	31
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

UTEP Health Professions Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 234 students earned a master's degree in health professions from UTEP. About 84% of these graduates were women and the other 16% were men.

In the health professions master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 76% of degree recipients. That is 35% 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	6
Black or African American	15
Hispanic or Latino	155
White	48
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

UTEP also has a doctoral program available in health professions. In 2021, 89 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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
• Image Credit: By Adrian Garcia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.