Health Professions at Texas Wesleyan University

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

Texas Wesleyan is located in Fort Worth, Texas and approximately 2,197 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 118 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.

Texas Wesleyan Health Professions Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Texas Wesleyan

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.

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

• Master’s Degree

Texas Wesleyan Health Professions Rankings

There were 34 students who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #403 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at Texas Wesleyan

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

Texas Wesleyan Health Professions Master’s Program

The health professions program at Texas Wesleyan awarded 118 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 47% of these degrees went to men with the other 53% going to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 25% men graduate in health professions each year. Texas Wesleyan does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 21% more men than average.

Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from Texas Wesleyan, 53% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the health professions master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 41% of degree recipients. That is 5% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	10
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	20
White	63
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	14

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 Texas Wesleyan University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Nursing	143
Public Health	9

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 Texas Wesleyan 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 Loadmaster (David R. Tribble) under License

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