Health Professions at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

What traits are you looking for in a health professions school? To help you decide if The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's health professions program.

MD Anderson is located in Houston, Texas and approximately 358 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 22 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.

MD Anderson Health Professions Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Health Professions

Online Classes Are Available at MD Anderson

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? MD Anderson offers distance education options for health professions at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

MD Anderson Health Professions Rankings

Health Professions Student Demographics at MD Anderson

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

MD Anderson Health Professions Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 22 students earned a master's degree in health professions from MD Anderson. About 68% of these graduates were women and the other 32% were men. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 25% men graduate in health professions each year. MD Anderson does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 7% more men than average.

In the health professions master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 41% of degree recipients. That is 6% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	8
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Concentrations Within Health Professions

The following health professions concentations are available at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Allied Health Professions	13
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	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 The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

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 Zereshk under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.