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Health & pre-med fields at UT Austin

UT Austin graduates about 561 pre-med & health fields majors a year, 5% of its graduating class. That puts it 35th of 543 schools we score for pre-med & health fields, a standout program at 84 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $68,000 four years out, 1.05× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $90 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

84/100Standout#35 of 543 for pre-med & health fields →
Graduates a year5615% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$68,0001.05× the same major nationally
Research in the field$90Ma year, NSF
Admit rate27%whole school
SAT middle 50%1230–1500whole school

Around UT Austin

The Jackson School of Geosciences building at the University of Texas at Austin
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Looking north from the Stadium
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Alpha Phi Omega runs the flag before home games; always a crowd pleaser!
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Where pre-med & health fields happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Biomedical Engineering Building, Neural Molecular Science Building, O’Donnell Building for Applied Computational Engineering and Sciences, Jackson Geological Sciences Building, Bill and Melinda Gates Computer Science Complex, Larry R. Faulkner Nano Science and Technology Building, Health Transformation Building, Health Discovery Building, Health Center Garage, Nursing School, Dell Seton Medical Center at the University of Texas, Health Learning Building.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 142 · Dorm 16 · Athletics 11 · Arts 7 · Chapel 3 · Library 3.

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Nearby in the pre-med & health fields ranking

  1. Drexel University 85
  2. Cornell University 85
  3. University of Kentucky 84
  4. University of Alabama at Birmingham 84
  5. University of Virginia 84
  6. Washington University in St. Louis 84
  7. University of Missouri 83
  8. Texas A&M University 83

Other strong majors at UT Austin

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares UT Austin 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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