Health Professions at The University of Texas Medical Branch

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

UTMB Galveston is located in Galveston, Texas and has a total student population of 3,458.

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.

UTMB Galveston Health Professions Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at UTMB Galveston

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, UTMB Galveston does offer online courses in health professions for the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

UTMB Galveston Health Professions Rankings

There were 337 students who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #79 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at UTMB Galveston

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

UTMB Galveston Health Professions Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 15% of health professions master's degrees went to men and 85% went to women.

In the health professions master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 49% 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 The University of Texas Medical Branch with a master's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	59
Black or African American	38
Hispanic or Latino	60
White	164
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	15

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 Medical Branch. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Medicine	240
Nursing	212
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	118
Allied Health Professions	88
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	48
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services	19
Bioethics/Medical Ethics	17
Health & Medical Administrative Services	4
Medical Science	2
Public Health	2

Related Majors

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 Medical Branch.

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 Nsaum75 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.