Allied Health Professions at Texas State University

If you are interested in studying allied health professions, you may want to check out the program at Texas State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Texas State is located in San Marcos, Texas and approximately 37,812 students attend the school each year.

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

Texas State Allied Health Professions Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Allied Health

Texas State Allied Health Professions Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the allied health progam at Texas State compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The allied health major at Texas State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Allied Health Professions. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Allied Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	14
Best Value Allied Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools	166
Most Focused Allied Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	204
Best Allied Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	212
Most Popular Allied Health Professions Trade Schools	232
	262
Best Allied Health Professions Trade Schools	495
Best Value Allied Health Professions Schools	837
	967
Most Focused Allied Health Professions Trade Schools	1,159

Earnings of Texas State Allied Health Graduates

The median salary of allied health students who receive their bachelor's degree at Texas State is $51,667. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 1% higher than the national average of $51,384 for all allied health bachelor's degree recipients.

Allied Health Student Demographics at Texas State

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

Texas State Allied Health Professions Bachelor’s Program

Of the 80 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Allied Health Professions from Texas State in 2020-2021, 19% were men and 81% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 33% more racial-ethnic minorities in its allied health bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Texas State University with a bachelor's in allied health.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	40
White	22
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Texas State also has a doctoral program available in allied health. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Allied Health Professions

The following allied health concentations are available at Texas State University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Texas State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Respiratory Care Therapy	48
Medical Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiation Therapy	16
Athletic Training	16

Related Majors

• Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science
• Health Sciences & Services
• Health & Medical Administrative Services

Careers That Allied Health Grads May Go Into

A degree in allied health 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 Texas State University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics	19,450	$36,620
Health Specialties Professors	13,930	$139,540
Respiratory Therapists	11,250	$59,930
Surgical Technologists	10,340	$49,410
Health Technologists and Technicians	10,080	$43,990

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 Billy Hathorn under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.