Health Professions at The University of Texas at San Antonio

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

UTSA is located in San Antonio, Texas and approximately 34,742 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 540 students received a bachelor's degree in health professions from UTSA.

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.

UTSA Health Professions Degrees Available

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

UTSA Health Professions Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The health professions major at UTSA 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 Schools	293
Most Focused Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools	310
Best Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools	562

In 2021, 112 students received their master’s degree in health professions from UTSA. This makes it the #321 most popular school for health professions master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 2 students who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #633 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at UTSA

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

UTSA Health Professions Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 22% of health professions bachelor's degrees went to men and 78% 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 UTSA since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 45% 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 San Antonio with a bachelor's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	46
Black or African American	79
Hispanic or Latino	317
White	70
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	24

UTSA Health Professions Master’s Program

Of the 112 health professions students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from UTSA, about 13% were men and 87% were women.

In the health professions master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 71% of degree recipients. That is 30% 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 San Antonio with a master's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	64
White	28
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

UTSA also has a doctoral program available in health professions. In 2021, 2 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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at The University of Texas at San Antonio. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Public Health	277
Bioethics/Medical Ethics	158
Mental & Social Health Services	124
Health Sciences & Services	102
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services	23
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 San Antonio.

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 BrianReading under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.