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Health & pre-med fields at Delaware

Delaware graduates about 525 pre-med & health fields majors a year, 12% of its graduating class. That puts it 14th of 543 schools we score for pre-med & health fields, a standout program at 87 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $88,000 four years out, 1.24× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $41 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

87/100Standout#14 of 543 for pre-med & health fields →
Graduates a year52512% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$88,0001.24× the same major nationally
Research in the field$41Ma year, NSF
Admit rate71%whole school
SAT middle 50%1190–1360whole school

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Where pre-med & health fields happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: New Science Building, Center for Biomedical & Brain Imaging, Composites Manufacturing Science Lab.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 41 · Dorm 26 · Dining 5 · Athletics 1 · Arts 1 · Offices 1.

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Nearby in the pre-med & health fields ranking

  1. Georgetown University 88
  2. Rutgers University–New Brunswick 87
  3. Stony Brook University–SUNY 87
  4. University of Washington 87
  5. Northeastern University 87
  6. Creighton University 87
  7. University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill 87
  8. Boston University 87

Other strong majors at Delaware

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Delaware 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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