2023 Most Popular Health Professions Schools in Texas
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.
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2023 Most Popular Health Professions Schools in Texas
The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Health Professions Colleges.
Top 10 Most Popular Health Professions Schools
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.
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.
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.
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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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.
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 |
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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 |
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Arizona | 8,330 |
Oklahoma | 1,490 |
New Mexico | 848 |
Majors Related to Health Professions
Health Professions Majors to Study
Major | Annual Graduates |
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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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