Health Professions at The University of Texas at Arlington

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

UT Arlington is located in Arlington, Texas and approximately 48,072 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 1,400 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.

UT Arlington Health Professions Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at UT Arlington

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

For those who are interested in distance learning, UT Arlington does offer online courses in health professions for the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

UT Arlington Health Professions Rankings

There were 50 students who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #348 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at UT Arlington

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

UT Arlington Health Professions Master’s Program

The health professions program at UT Arlington awarded 1,400 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 12% of these degrees went to men with the other 88% going to women.

In the health professions master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 48% of degree recipients. That is 13% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	140
Black or African American	212
Hispanic or Latino	279
White	695
International Students	11
Other Races/Ethnicities	63

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Nursing	1,347
Bioethics/Medical Ethics	153
Health & Medical Administrative Services	43
Allied Health Professions	11
Public Health	2

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 The University of Texas at Arlington.

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 Kllwiki under License

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