Health Professions at Houston Baptist University

Every health professions school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the health professions program at Houston Baptist University stacks up to those at other schools.

HBU is located in Houston, Texas and has a total student population of 3,963. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 94 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.

HBU Health Professions Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Health Professions

Online Classes Are Available at HBU

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.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? HBU offers distance education options for health professions at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

HBU Health Professions Rankings

There were 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #668 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at HBU

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

HBU Health Professions Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 11% of health professions master's degrees went to men and 89% went to women.

In the health professions master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 52% of degree recipients. That is 17% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	22
Hispanic or Latino	18
White	36
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	14

Concentrations Within Health Professions

The following health professions concentations are available at Houston Baptist University. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Houston Baptist University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Nursing	64
Mental & Social Health Services	31

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 Houston Baptist University.

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 LUSportsFan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.