Medical Scientist at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

If you plan to study medical scientist, take a look at what The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UTHealth is located in Houston, Texas and has a total student population of 5,608.

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

UTHealth Medical Scientist Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Medical Scientist

UTHealth Medical Scientist Rankings

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Medical Scientist Student Demographics at UTHealth

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the medical scientist majors at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.

UTHealth Medical Scientist Master’s Program

Of the 11 students who earned a master's degree in Medical Scientist from UTHealth in 2020-2021, 55% were men and 45% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 41% men graduate in medical scientist each year. UTHealth does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 13% more men than average.

In the medical scientist master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 45% of degree recipients. That is 12% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston with a master's in medical scientist.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	4
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

Careers That Medical Scientist Grads May Go Into

A degree in medical scientist 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 Health Science Center at Houston.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Medical Scientists	5,240	$72,260
Natural Sciences Managers	2,620	$127,270
Epidemiologists	690	$71,320

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 Zereshk under License

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