Health Professions at University of North Texas

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

UNT is located in Denton, Texas and approximately 40,953 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 180 health professions majors received their bachelor's degree from UNT.

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.

UNT Health Professions Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at UNT

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

UNT does offer online education options in health professions for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

UNT Health Professions Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the health professions progam at UNT 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 professions major at UNT 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 Online Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools	138
Best Value Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools	184
Best Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools	490
Most Popular Health Professions Schools	856

In 2021, 110 students received their master’s degree in health professions from UNT. This makes it the #326 most popular school for health professions master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 13 students who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #498 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at UNT

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

UNT Health Professions Bachelor’s Program

The health professions program at UNT awarded 180 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 11% of these degrees went to men with the other 89% going to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 13% 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 North Texas with a bachelor's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	15
Black or African American	28
Hispanic or Latino	46
White	73
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

UNT Health Professions Master’s Program

Of the 110 students who earned a master's degree in Health Professions from UNT in 2020-2021, 16% were men and 84% were women.

In the health professions master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 48% of degree recipients. That is 7% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	21
Hispanic or Latino	20
White	53
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

UNT also has a doctoral program available in health professions. In 2021, 13 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Health Professions

If you plan to be a health professions major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of North Texas. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Communication Sciences	133
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	92
Health & Medical Administrative Services	48
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	16
Public Health	13
Health Sciences & Services	3

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 North Texas.

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 Michael Barera under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.