Health & pre-med fields at Minnesota
Minnesota graduates about 351 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 $76,000 four years out, 1.06× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $535 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.
Around Minnesota
Where pre-med & health fields happens
Buildings on campus that fit the field: Health Sciences Education Center, Phi Chi Medical Fraternity, Education Sciences Building, Boynton Health Service, University of Minnesota Medical Center East Bank Hospital, Moos Health Sciences Tower, Wallin Medical Biosciences Building, University of Minnesota Health Clinics and Surgery Center.
Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 73 · Athletics 10 · Fraternity or sorority house 9 · Dorm 5 · Student housing 5 · Chapel 3.
Nearby in the pre-med & health fields ranking
Other strong majors at Minnesota
- Education 89 · #1
- Computer science 88 · #42
- Biology 88 · #28
- Communications & media 87 · #34
- Math & statistics 86 · #52
- Psychology 85 · #28
How the score works
The score is out of 100 and compares Minnesota 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.