Allied Health Professions at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Every allied health professions school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the allied health program at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley stacks up to those at other schools.

UT Rio Grande Valley is located in Edinburg, Texas and approximately 32,441 students attend the school each year.

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.

UT Rio Grande Valley Allied Health Professions Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Allied Health

UT Rio Grande Valley Allied Health Professions Rankings

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Allied Health Student Demographics at UT Rio Grande Valley

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the allied health majors at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.

UT Rio Grande Valley Allied Health Professions Master’s Program

The allied health program at UT Rio Grande Valley awarded 117 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 32% of these degrees went to men with the other 68% going to women.

In the allied health master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 67% of degree recipients. That is 33% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley with a master's in allied health.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	62
White	35
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

Concentrations Within Allied Health Professions

Allied Health Professions 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 Rio Grande Valley. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Physician Assistant	117

Related Majors

• Health & Medical Administrative Services
• Mental & Social Health Services
• Bioethics/Medical Ethics
• Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science
• Medicine

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 TX, the home state for The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics	19,450	$36,620
Health Specialties Professors	13,930	$139,540
Respiratory Therapists	11,250	$59,930
Surgical Technologists	10,340	$49,410
Health Technologists and Technicians	10,080	$43,990

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.