Allied Health Professions at University of Arizona

If you plan to study allied health professions, take a look at what University of Arizona has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

University of Arizona is located in Tucson, Arizona and has a total student population of 45,601.

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

University of Arizona Allied Health Professions Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Allied Health

University of Arizona Allied Health Professions Rankings

The allied health major at University of Arizona is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Allied 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.

Allied Health Student Demographics at University of Arizona

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the allied health majors at University of Arizona.

University of Arizona Allied Health Professions Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 57% of allied health bachelor's degrees went to men and 43% went to women. The typical allied health bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at University of Arizona since its program graduates 22% more men than average.

About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in allied health at University of Arizona are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% more racial-ethnic minorities in its allied health bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Allied Health Professions

Allied 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 University of Arizona. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)	2

Related Majors

• Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions
• Other Health Professions
• Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science
• Medical Science
• Health/Medical Prep Programs

Careers That Allied Health Grads May Go Into

A degree in allied health can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for AZ, the home state for University of Arizona.

Occupation	Jobs in AZ	Average Salary in AZ
Health Specialties Professors	3,660	$133,640
Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics	3,620	$38,260
Health Technologists and Technicians	2,660	$48,840
Respiratory Therapists	2,560	$58,420
Surgical Technologists	2,300	$50,680

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 Msr69er under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.