Allied Health Professions at The University of Texas Medical Branch

If you plan to study allied health professions, take a look at what The University of Texas Medical Branch has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UTMB Galveston is located in Galveston, Texas and has a total student population of 3,458.

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.

UTMB Galveston Allied Health Professions Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Allied Health

UTMB Galveston Allied Health Professions Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks allied health programs across the country. The following shows how UTMB Galveston performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The allied health major at UTMB Galveston 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
Best Allied Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	45
Best Allied Health Professions Trade Schools	87
Best Value Allied Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools	87
	89
Most Focused Allied Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	127
Most Popular Allied Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	129
	378
Best Value Allied Health Professions Schools	670
Most Popular Allied Health Professions Trade Schools	816
Most Focused Allied Health Professions Trade Schools	971

Earnings of UTMB Galveston Allied Health Graduates

The median salary of allied health students who receive their bachelor's degree at UTMB Galveston is $57,548. This is 12% higher than $51,384, which is the national average for all allied health bachelor's degree recipients.

Allied Health Student Demographics at UTMB Galveston

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

UTMB Galveston Allied Health Professions Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 21 students earned a bachelor's degree in allied health from UTMB Galveston. About 62% of these graduates were women and the other 38% were men. The typical allied health bachelor's degree program is made up of only 37% men. So male students are more repesented at UTMB Galveston since its program graduates 1% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 31% 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 The University of Texas Medical Branch with a bachelor's in allied health.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	5
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UTMB Galveston 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

Allied Health Professions majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from The University of Texas Medical Branch. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Respiratory Care Therapy	21

Related Majors

• Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science

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 The University of Texas Medical Branch.

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 Nsaum75 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.