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Epidemiology at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Epidemiology at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

If you are interested in studying epidemiology, you may want to check out the program at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UTHealth is located in Houston, Texas and approximately 5,608 students attend the school each year.

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

UTHealth Epidemiology Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Epidemiology

UTHealth Epidemiology Rankings

There were 14 students who received their doctoral degrees in epidemiology, making the school the #7 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Epidemiology Student Demographics at UTHealth

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the epidemiology majors at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.

UTHealth Epidemiology Master’s Program

79% Women
58% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 21% of epidemiology master's degrees went to men and 79% went to women.

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In the epidemiology master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 58% of degree recipients. That is 21% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston with a master's in epidemiology.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 34
Black or African American 19
Hispanic or Latino 38
White 36
International Students 26
Other Races/Ethnicities 6

Careers That Epidemiology Grads May Go Into

A degree in epidemiology 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 Health Science Center at Houston.

Occupation Jobs in TX Average Salary in TX
Health Specialties Professors 13,930 $139,540
Medical Scientists 5,240 $72,260
Epidemiologists 690 $71,320

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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