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Health & pre-med fields at Boston College

Boston College graduates about 115 pre-med & health fields majors a year, 5% of its graduating class. That puts it 40th of 543 schools we score for pre-med & health fields, a standout program at 83 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $95,000 four years out, 1.07× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $9 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

83/100Standout#40 of 543 for pre-med & health fields →
Graduates a year1155% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$95,0001.07× the same major nationally
Research in the field$9Ma year, NSF
Admit rate16%whole school
SAT middle 50%1435–1540whole school

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Nearby in the pre-med & health fields ranking

  1. University of Wisconsin–Madison 83
  2. University of Minnesota–Twin Cities 83
  3. Saint Joseph's University 83
  4. University of California, Berkeley 83
  5. University of California, Los Angeles 83
  6. University at Buffalo–SUNY 82
  7. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 82
  8. University of Georgia 82

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How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Boston College with every school we score in pre-med & health fields. It weighs the school's overall strength; how many students graduate in the major and what share of the class they are; research spending in the field (NSF); early pay against the same major nationally; how many courses the catalog lists; and test scores. 80+ is a standout program, 65+ strong, 45+ solid. Sources: US Department of Education (College Scorecard, IPEDS), NSF HERD, each school's current course catalog, OpenStreetMap and Wikimedia Commons.

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