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Health & pre-med fields at Georgia

Georgia graduates about 272 pre-med & health fields majors a year, 3% of its graduating class. That puts it 49th of 543 schools we score for pre-med & health fields, a standout program at 82 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $75,000 four years out, 1.27× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $173 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

82/100Standout#49 of 543 for pre-med & health fields →
Graduates a year2723% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$75,0001.27× the same major nationally
Research in the field$173Ma year, NSF
Admit rate38%whole school
SAT middle 50%1220–1420whole school

Around Georgia

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Justin Williams in 2025
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Justin Williams in 2025
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Lipscomb Hall at the University of Georgia
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Where pre-med & health fields happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Life Sciences Fermentation Lab, Family Science Center 2, Family Science Center 1, Environmental Health Sciences, Food Science Building, Marine Science Building, Shirley Mathis McBay Science Library, Poultry Science Building, Fred C. Davison Life Sciences Complex.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 119 · Dorm 24 · Student housing 6 · Dining 5 · Library 5 · Chapel 4.

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Nearby in the pre-med & health fields ranking

  1. Boston College 83
  2. University of California, Los Angeles 83
  3. University at Buffalo–SUNY 82
  4. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 82
  5. University of Notre Dame 82
  6. The Catholic University of America 82
  7. University of Massachusetts–Amherst 81
  8. The Pennsylvania State University–University Park 81

Other strong majors at Georgia

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Georgia 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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