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Health & pre-med fields at UNC

UNC graduates about 307 pre-med & health fields majors a year, 6% of its graduating class. That puts it 14th of 543 schools we score for pre-med & health fields, a standout program at 87 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $82,000 four years out, 1.05× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $697 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

87/100Standout#14 of 543 for pre-med & health fields →
Graduates a year3076% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$82,0001.05× the same major nationally
Research in the field$697Ma year, NSF
Admit rate17%whole school
SAT middle 50%1350–1530whole school

Around UNC

Carolina Center for Genome Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Carolina Center for Genome Sciences UNCCH 20140901Photo: Bbfd · CC0 · source
Student & Academic Services Buildings (SASB) South, University of North Caro
Student & Academic Services Buildings South UNCCH 20140830Photo: Bbfd · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
South Campus Study Commons, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
South Campus Study Commons interior UNCCH 20141010Photo: Bbfd · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Hardin Residence Hall at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Hardin Residence Hall at UNCPhoto: Mx. Granger · CC0 · source

Where pre-med & health fields happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Genome Sciences Building, Stalling Evans Sports Medicine Centre, NC Area Health Education Cener, Issac M. Taylor Medical Biomolecular Research Building, Health Science Library, UNC Medical Center, Medical School Wings, Medical School Building 52, Taylor Student Health Center, Koury Oral Health Sciences Building, Genetic Medicine Research Building.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 100 · Dorm 53 · Athletics 14 · Arts 7 · Library 4 · Offices 2.

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Nearby in the pre-med & health fields ranking

  1. University of Washington 87
  2. University of Delaware 87
  3. Northeastern University 87
  4. Creighton University 87
  5. Boston University 87
  6. Tulane University of Louisiana 87
  7. Case Western Reserve University 87
  8. Tufts University 87

Other strong majors at UNC

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares UNC 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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