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Health & pre-med fields at Virginia Tech

Virginia Tech graduates about 107 pre-med & health fields majors a year, 2% 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. Research spending in the field runs about $100 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

78/100Strong#77 of 543 for pre-med & health fields →
Graduates a year1072% of the class
Research in the field$100Ma year, NSF
Admit rate55%whole school
SAT middle 50%1240–1430whole school

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Burruss Hall, at the head of the Drillfield on the campus of Virginia Tech in Bl
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Williams Hall, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia
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Stephen Davis speaking with attendees at the Virginia Tech tour stop of "This Is
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Pamplin Hall, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia
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Nearby in the pre-med & health fields ranking

  1. University of California, Irvine 78
  2. University of Utah 78
  3. Mercer University 78
  4. University of Missouri–Kansas City 78
  5. American University 78
  6. Santa Clara University 78
  7. University of Mississippi 77
  8. Auburn University 77

Other strong majors at Virginia Tech

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Virginia Tech 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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