Health Professions at University of North Texas

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

UNT is located in Denton, Texas and approximately 40,953 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 110 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.

UNT Health Professions Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at UNT

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.

UNT does offer online education options in health professions for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

UNT Health Professions Rankings

There were 13 students who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #498 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at UNT

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

UNT Health Professions Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 110 health professions majors earned their master's degree from UNT. Of these graduates, 16% were men and 84% were 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 University of North Texas with a master's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	21
Hispanic or Latino	20
White	53
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Communication Sciences	52
Health & Medical Administrative Services	48
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	22
Health Sciences & Services	3

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 University of North Texas.

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.