Allied Health Professions at University of Arizona

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

University of Arizona is located in Tucson, Arizona and has a total student population of 45,601.

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.

University of Arizona Allied Health Professions Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Allied Health

University of Arizona Allied Health Professions Rankings

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

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 University of Arizona 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
	203
Best Allied Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	207
Best Value Allied Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools	308
Most Popular Allied Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	387
Most Focused Allied Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	423
Best Allied Health Professions Trade Schools	476
	814
Best Value Allied Health Professions Schools	1,039
Most Popular Allied Health Professions Trade Schools	1,383
Most Focused Allied Health Professions Trade Schools	1,459

Allied Health Student Demographics at University of Arizona

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

University of Arizona Allied Health Professions Bachelor’s Program

The allied health program at University of Arizona awarded 2 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 50% of these degrees went to men with the other 50% going to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 15% 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 University of Arizona with a bachelor's in allied health.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

University of Arizona 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

If you plan to be a allied health 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 Arizona. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)	2

Related Majors

• Mental & Social Health 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 AZ, the home state for University of Arizona.

Occupation	Jobs in AZ	Average Salary in AZ
Health Specialties Professors	3,660	$133,640
Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics	3,620	$38,260
Health Technologists and Technicians	2,660	$48,840
Respiratory Therapists	2,560	$58,420
Surgical Technologists	2,300	$50,680

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 Msr69er under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.