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Health & pre-med fields at Notre Dame

Notre Dame graduates about 85 pre-med & health fields majors a year, 4% 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 $58,000 four years out, below the national figure for the same major (0.94×). Research spending in the field runs about $15 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 year854% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$58,0000.94× the same major nationally
Research in the field$15Ma year, NSF
Admit rate11%whole school
SAT middle 50%1450–1550whole school

Around Notre Dame

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Chapel in Zahm Hall at the University of Notre Dame
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Where pre-med & health fields happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Science Building, Jordan Hall of Science, Galvin Life Science Center, Hank Family Center for Environmental Sciences, Nieuwland Science Hall.

Named buildings on the campus map: Dorm 98 · Academic 96 · Athletics 18 · Chapel 6 · Student housing 5 · Library 4.

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Nearby in the pre-med & health fields ranking

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

Other strong majors at Notre Dame

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Notre Dame 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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