San Antonio offers a comprehensive array of health professions educational programs, including a leading dental school, medical school, six nursing schools, pharmacy and pubic health schools, and numerous allied health training programs.

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA) is the region’s leading provider of health professions education, with almost 3,000 students enrolled in five schools: School of Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Dental School, School of Nursing and School of Allied Health Sciences.  Together, the schools award 69 health-related degree specialties and pre- and post-baccalaureate certificate programs. 

Opened in 1968, the Health Science Center is one of six academic health science centers in The University of Texas System.  It encompasses six campuses in San Antonio and South Texas, with more than 2 million square feet of education, research, treatment and administration facilities. 

Hispanics comprise more than 25% of the full-time student body of The Health Science Center, which is designated as a Hispanic-Serving Institution by the U.S. Department of Education.  The School of Medicine ranks second nationally among medical schools (behind Stanford University) in Hispanic Business magazine’s “Top Ten Graduate Schools for Hispanics” survey. CONTINUE READING.