Health Professions at University of Houston

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

UH is located in Houston, Texas and approximately 47,090 students attend the school each year. Of the 8,890 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Houston in 2021, 388 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.

UH Health Professions Degrees Available

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

UH Health Professions Rankings

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

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 UH 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
Best Value Health Professions Schools	1,123

In 2021, 77 students received their master’s degree in health professions from UH. This makes it the #433 most popular school for health professions master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 255 students who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #109 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at UH

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

UH Health Professions Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 388 students earned a bachelor's degree in health professions from UH. About 84% of these graduates were women and the other 16% were men.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 34% 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 University of Houston with a bachelor's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	100
Black or African American	63
Hispanic or Latino	116
White	87
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	15

UH Health Professions Master’s Program

The health professions program at UH awarded 77 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 8% of these degrees went to men with the other 92% going to women.

In the health professions master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 57% of degree recipients. That is 16% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	11
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	23
White	30
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

UH also has a doctoral program available in health professions. In 2021, 255 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 University of Houston. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Health Sciences & Services	222
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	158
Nursing	130
Optometry	105
Communication Sciences	93
Allied Health Professions	11
Bioethics/Medical Ethics	1

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 University of Houston.

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 RJN2 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.