Public Health at The University of Texas at San Antonio

What traits are you looking for in a public health school? To help you decide if The University of Texas at San Antonio is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's public health program.

UTSA is located in San Antonio, Texas and has a total student population of 34,742. In 2021, 269 public health majors received their bachelor's degree from UTSA.

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

UTSA Public Health Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Health

UTSA Public Health Rankings

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

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 public health major at UTSA is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Public Health. 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 Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools	14
Most Popular Public Health Schools	37
Most Popular Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools	44
Most Focused Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools	57
Most Focused Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools	71
	103
Best Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools	110
Best Value Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools	111
Most Focused Public Health Schools	125
Best Value Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools	136
Best Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools	215
	311
Best Value Public Health Schools	313
Best Public Health Schools	357
	506

How Much Do Public Health Graduates from UTSA Make?

The median salary of public health students who receive their bachelor's degree at UTSA is $30,412. This is less than $32,238, which is the national average of all public health majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Public Health Student Demographics at UTSA

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the public health majors at The University of Texas at San Antonio.

UTSA Public Health Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 269 public health majors earned their bachelor's degree from UTSA. Of these graduates, 23% were men and 77% were women. The typical public health bachelor's degree program is made up of only 21% men. So male students are more repesented at UTSA since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 38% more racial-ethnic minorities in its public 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 at San Antonio with a bachelor's in public health.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	26
Black or African American	47
Hispanic or Latino	148
White	34
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	12

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

Concentrations Within Public Health

Public Health 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 at San Antonio. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Public Health	277

Related Majors

• Medical Science
• Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services
• Health Sciences & Services
• Mental & Social Health Services
• Bioethics/Medical Ethics

Careers That Public Health Grads May Go Into

A degree in public 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 at San Antonio.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Medical and Health Services Managers	30,010	$105,450
Health Specialties Professors	13,930	$139,540
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	11,870	$75,720
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	4,170	$80,880
Community Health Workers	2,820	$41,640

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 BrianReading under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.