Health Professions at Baylor College of Medicine

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

Baylor College of Medicine is located in Houston, Texas and approximately 1,607 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 73 students received their master's degree in health professions.

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.

Baylor College of Medicine Health Professions Degrees Available

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

Baylor College of Medicine Health Professions Rankings

There were 217 students who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #133 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at Baylor College of Medicine

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the health professions majors at Baylor College of Medicine.

Baylor College of Medicine Health Professions Master’s Program

Of the 73 health professions students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Baylor College of Medicine, about 18% were men and 82% were women.

Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from Baylor College of Medicine, 73% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	53
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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 Baylor College of Medicine. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Medicine	200
Allied Health Professions	39
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	22
Nursing	16
Mental & Social Health Services	8
Medical Science	5

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 Baylor College of Medicine.

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.