Health & pre-med fields at UC Merced
UC Merced graduates about 112 pre-med & health fields majors a year, 6% of its graduating class. That puts it 190th of 543 schools we score for pre-med & health fields, a strong program at 66 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $56,000 four years out, about the national figure for the same major. Research spending in the field runs about $11 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.
Around UC Merced
Where pre-med & health fields happens
Buildings on campus that fit the field: Environmental, Health, & Safety, Health and Athletic Center, Social Science & Management Building, Science and Engineering Building I, Science & Engineering Building 2, Arts & Computational Sciences, Medical Education Building, Biomedical Sciences and Physics.
Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 22 · Dorm 18 · Athletics 3 · Dining 2 · Library 1.
Nearby in the pre-med & health fields ranking
Other strong majors at UC Merced
- Biology 71 · #170
- Psychology 71 · #148
- Sociology & anthropology 68 · #169
- Engineering (all) 67 · #151
- Political science & IR 64 · #219
- English & writing 63 · #207
How the score works
The score is out of 100 and compares UC Merced 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.