Health/Medical Physics at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

If you plan to study health/medical physics, take a look at what The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

MD Anderson is located in Houston, Texas and approximately 358 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 15 health/medical physics majors received their bachelor's degree from MD Anderson.

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

MD Anderson Health/Medical Physics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Health/Medical Physics

MD Anderson Health/Medical Physics Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the health/medical physics progam at MD Anderson compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The health/medical physics major at MD Anderson is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Health/Medical Physics. 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 Medical Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1
Most Focused Medical Physics Schools	1
Most Focused Medical Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1
Most Popular Medical Physics Schools	4

Health/Medical Physics Student Demographics at MD Anderson

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the health/medical physics majors at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

MD Anderson Health/Medical Physics Bachelor’s Program

The health/medical physics program at MD Anderson awarded 15 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 60% of these degrees went to men with the other 40% going to women. The typical health/medical physics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 38% women. So female students are more repesented at MD Anderson since its program graduates 2% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 27% more racial-ethnic minorities in its health/medical physics 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 MD Anderson Cancer Center with a bachelor's in health/medical physics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	4
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

MD Anderson also has a doctoral program available in health/medical physics. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Health/Medical Physics Grads May Go Into

A degree in health/medical physics 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 MD Anderson Cancer Center.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Health Specialties Professors	13,930	$139,540
Physicists	1,000	$118,300

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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