Health Sciences & Services at University of Houston

What traits are you looking for in a health science school? To help you decide if University of Houston is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's health science program.

UH is located in Houston, Texas and has a total student population of 47,090. Of the 8,890 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Houston in 2021, 222 of them were health sciences and services majors.

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

UH Health Sciences & Services Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Health Science

UH Health Sciences & Services Rankings

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

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 science major at UH is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Health Sciences & Services. 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 Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools	15

Earnings of UH Health Science Graduates

The median salary of health science students who receive their bachelor's degree at UH is $30,274. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $31,369 for all health science students.

Health Science Student Demographics at UH

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

UH Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Program

Of the 222 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Health Sciences & Services from UH in 2020-2021, 21% were men and 79% were women. The typical health science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at UH since its program graduates 1% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 31% more racial-ethnic minorities in its health science 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 science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	67
Black or African American	45
Hispanic or Latino	63
White	30
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

UH also has a doctoral program available in health science. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Bioethics/Medical Ethics
• Allied Health Professions
• Communication Sciences
• Optometry
• Nursing

Careers That Health Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in health science 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
Community Health Workers	2,820	$41,640

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.