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2023 Most Popular Health Professions Schools in Texas

73 Colleges
$44,225 Avg Salary
$18,402 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Health Professions School for You

Out of the majors we analyze each year, health professions was ranked 2nd in Texas. In fact, 13,925 were awarded in the state in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Health Professions Schools in Texas ranking. Our analysis looked at 73 schools in Texas to see which programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Health Professions program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Health Professions Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named The University of Texas at Arlington the most popular school in Texas for health professions students. Located in the city of Arlington, UT Arlington is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center is a great place for health professions students. Located in the city of Lubbock, TTUHSC is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

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Out of the 73 schools in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Houston, UTHealth is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

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Out of the 73 schools in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas Medical Branch landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the town of Galveston, UTMB Galveston is a public school with a small student population.

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Out of the 73 schools in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the large city of San Antonio, UT Health San Antonio is a public college with a small student population.

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Texas Woman’s University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular health professions programs. TWU is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Denton.

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With a ranking of #7, Texas A&M University - College Station did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for health professions students. Texas A&M College Station is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of College Station.

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The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Health Professions Schools in Texas ranking. Located in the midsize city of Edinburg, UT Rio Grande Valley is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#9

Baylor University

Waco, TX

Baylor University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Health Professions Schools in Texas ranking. Located in the city of Waco, Baylor is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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The University of Texas at Austin came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Health Professions Schools in Texas ranking. Located in the large city of Austin, UT Austin is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Additional Noteworthy Schools

These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also popular but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Most Popular Health Professions Schools in Texas award.

Rank College Location
11 University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Dallas, TX
12 University of Houston Houston, TX
13 The University of Texas at El Paso El Paso, TX
14 University of North Texas Health Science Center Fort Worth, TX

Best Health Professions Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Most Popular Health Professions Schools in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 8,330
Oklahoma 1,490
New Mexico 848

Health Professions Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 66,964
Medicine 28,629
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 24,774
Public Health 19,473
Health & Medical Administrative Services 17,335
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences 16,952
Mental & Social Health Services 16,815
Allied Health Professions 12,950
Communication Sciences 10,547
Dentistry 6,770
Bioethics/Medical Ethics 4,684
Chiropractic 2,658
Alternative Medicine & Systems 2,582
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services 2,481
Optometry 1,822
Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences 1,762
Medical Illustration & Informatics 1,747
Health Sciences & Services 1,746
Other Health Professions 1,261
Health/Medical Prep Programs 1,122
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science 954
Medical Science 909
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 462
Dental Support Services 122
Alternative Medical Support Services 80
Movement & Mind-Body Therapies 55
Energy & Biologically Based Therapies 37
Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services 11
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 4

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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