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Health Sciences & Services at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

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Health Sciences & Services at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

What traits are you looking for in a health science school? To help you decide if The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's health science program.

UT Rio Grande Valley is located in Edinburg, Texas and approximately 32,441 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 158 students received their master's degree in health science.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Health Sciences & Services section at the bottom of this page.

UT Rio Grande Valley Health Sciences & Services Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Health Science

UT Rio Grande Valley Health Sciences & Services Rankings

Health Science Student Demographics at UT Rio Grande Valley

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the health science majors at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.

UT Rio Grande Valley Health Sciences & Services Master’s Program

70% Women
87% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 30% of health science master's degrees went to men and 70% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 26% men graduate in health science each year. UT Rio Grande Valley does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 4% more men than average.

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In the health science master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 87% of degree recipients. That is 40% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley with a master's in health science.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 9
Black or African American 11
Hispanic or Latino 117
White 17
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

Careers That Health Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in health science 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 Rio Grande Valley.

Occupation Jobs in TX Average Salary in TX
Community Health Workers 2,820 $41,640

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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