Health & pre-med fields at SLU
SLU graduates about 543 pre-med & health fields majors a year, 36% of its graduating class. That puts it 11th of 543 schools we score for pre-med & health fields, a standout program at 89 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $68,000 four years out, about the national figure for the same major. Research spending in the field runs about $33 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.
Around SLU
Where pre-med & health fields happens
Buildings on campus that fit the field: Biomedical Engineering, Sinquefield Science and Engineering Center.
Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 55 · Dorm 17 · Athletics 8 · Student housing 8 · Library 2 · Arts 2.
Nearby in the pre-med & health fields ranking
Other strong majors at SLU
- Biology 83 · #57
- Philosophy & religion 83 · #58
- Business & finance 81 · #64
- Languages 81 · #91
- Political science & IR 79 · #103
- Nursing 79 · #32
How the score works
The score is out of 100 and compares SLU 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.