Health Professions at Texas Woman’s University

If you are interested in studying health professions, you may want to check out the program at Texas Woman's University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

TWU is located in Denton, Texas and has a total student population of 16,433. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 487 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.

TWU Health Professions Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at TWU

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

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

• Master’s Degree

TWU Health Professions Rankings

There were 152 students who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #184 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at TWU

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

TWU Health Professions Master’s Program

Of the 487 students who graduated with a master’s in health professions from TWU in 2021, 7% were men and 93% were women.

Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from TWU, 52% 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 45% of degree recipients. That is 10% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	50
Black or African American	68
Hispanic or Latino	82
White	251
International Students	12
Other Races/Ethnicities	24

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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Texas Woman's University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	276
Nursing	169
Mental & Social Health Services	101
Health & Medical Administrative Services	67
Communication Sciences	35
Bioethics/Medical Ethics	24

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 Woman's 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 Michael Barera under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.