Health & pre-med fields at UConn
UConn graduates about 656 pre-med & health fields majors a year, 12% of its graduating class. That puts it 12th of 543 schools we score for pre-med & health fields, a standout program at 88 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $84,000 four years out, 1.09× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $145 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.
Around UConn
Where pre-med & health fields happens
Buildings on campus that fit the field: Science 1 Research Building, Edward V. Gant Science Complex, George Safford Torrey Life Sciences Building, Hilda May Williams Student Health Services, Engineering Science Building, Bio Science Complex, David C. Phillips Communication Sciences Building, Biobehavioral Science Building, Environmental Health and Safety Office.
Named buildings on the campus map: Dorm 64 · Academic 60 · Student housing 19 · Athletics 11 · Arts 9 · Chapel 8.
Nearby in the pre-med & health fields ranking
Other strong majors at UConn
- Communications & media 89 · #20
- Biology 85 · #39
- Psychology 83 · #44
- Nursing 83 · #19
- Environmental science 83 · #55
- Sociology & anthropology 83 · #73
How the score works
The score is out of 100 and compares UConn 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.