by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is Physician Assistant. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Allied Health Professions is a major offered under the health professions program of study at The University of Tennessee - Health Science Center. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the master’s degree program in allied health, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, and more.
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Out-of-state part-time graduates at UTHSC paid an average of $1,274 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $712 per credit hour. The average full-time tuition and fees for graduate students are shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $12,798 | $23,000 |
| Fees | $1,382 | $1,430 |
allied health who receive their master’s degree from UTHSC make an average of $95,073 a year during the early days of their career. That is about the same as the national average of $95,483.
UTHSC does not offer an online option for its allied health master’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the UTHSC Online Learning page.
Women made up around 72.4% of the allied health students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 72.4%.
Of those graduates who received a master’s degree in allied health at UTHSC in 2019-2020, 34.5% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 23%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 3 |
| Black or African American | 5 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 1 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 1 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 17 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 2 |
Allied Health Professions students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Physician Assistant | 29 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to allied health professions.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Communication Sciences | 62 |
| Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences | 16 |
| Dental Support Services | 3 |
| Health & Medical Administrative Services | 21 |
| Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science | 10 |
*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.
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