Registered Nursing at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

What traits are you looking for in a registered nursing school? To help you decide if The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's registered nursing program.

UTHealth is located in Houston, Texas and has a total student population of 5,608. In 2021, 426 registered nursing majors received their bachelor's degree from UTHealth.

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

UTHealth Registered Nursing Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Registered Nursing

UTHealth Registered Nursing Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the registered nursing progam at UTHealth 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 registered nursing major at UTHealth is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Registered Nursing. 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
	232

Registered Nursing Student Demographics at UTHealth

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

UTHealth Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 15% of registered nursing bachelor's degrees went to men and 85% went to women. The typical registered nursing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 13% men. So male students are more repesented at UTHealth since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 29% more racial-ethnic minorities in its registered nursing 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 Health Science Center at Houston with a bachelor's in registered nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	101
Black or African American	60
Hispanic or Latino	97
White	132
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	28

UTHealth also has a doctoral program available in registered nursing. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Nursing Science
• Nursing Administration
• Nurse Anesthetist
• Nursing Practice
• Family Practice Nurse/Nursing

Careers That Registered Nursing Grads May Go Into

A degree in registered nursing 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
Registered Nurses	210,350	$72,890
Nursing Instructors and Professors	3,900	$71,780

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.