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Health & pre-med fields at UC Irvine

UC Irvine graduates about 555 pre-med & health fields majors a year, 6% of its graduating class. That puts it 77th of 543 schools we score for pre-med & health fields, a strong program at 78 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $66,000 four years out, below the national figure for the same major (0.95×). Research spending in the field runs about $239 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

Graduates a year5556% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$66,0000.95× the same major nationally
Research in the field$239Ma year, NSF
Admit rate29%whole school

Around UC Irvine

The Engineering Tower, located in the Henry Samueli School of Engineering, is th
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The science plaza at the University of California, Irvine. On the left is Rowlan
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Natural Sciences II, Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
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Where pre-med & health fields happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Physical Sciences Lecture Hall, Gottschalk Medical Plaza, Medical Surge I, Medical Sciences D, Cheney Building, Medical Sciences E, Medical Sciences A Annex, Medical Education Building, Gillespie Neuroscience Research Facility, Falling Leaves Foundation​ Medical Innovation Building​, Health Sciences Parking Structure, College of Health Sciences Building, Sue & Bill Gross Nursing and Health Sciences Hall.

Named buildings on the campus map: Dorm 128 · Academic 107 · Student housing 52 · Offices 16 · Athletics 7 · Arts 5.

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Nearby in the pre-med & health fields ranking

  1. Howard University 79
  2. Syracuse University 79
  3. Southern Methodist University 79
  4. University of Arizona 78
  5. University of Utah 78
  6. Mercer University 78
  7. University of Missouri–Kansas City 78
  8. Virginia Tech 78

Other strong majors at UC Irvine

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares UC Irvine 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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