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Health & pre-med fields at WashU

WashU graduates about 20 pre-med & health fields majors a year, 1% 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. Research spending in the field runs about $712 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 year201% of the class
Research in the field$712Ma year, NSF
Admit rate12%whole school
SAT middle 50%1500–1570whole school

Around WashU

Arts and Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis (Schools at Washington U
Arts and Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis,I Gusti Nyoman Haris PraPhoto: MKRI22 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Wine-cap Stropharia (Stropharia rugosoannulata)
Stropharia rugosoannulata 193908529Photo: Cazody · CC0 · source
Thurtene Carnival,Washington University in St. Louis, April 2018
Thurtene CarnivalPhoto: LittleT889 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
The West end of Danforth Campus in the snow. Picture taken from Seigle hall.
West end of Danforth CampusPhoto: Shubinator · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source

Where pre-med & health fields happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Life Sciences Building, Environmental Health and Safety Facility.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 84 · Dorm 37 · Student housing 28 · Athletics 5 · Library 5 · Chapel 2.

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Nearby in the pre-med & health fields ranking

  1. University of Kentucky 84
  2. University of Alabama at Birmingham 84
  3. The University of Texas–Austin 84
  4. University of Virginia 84
  5. University of Missouri 83
  6. Texas A&M University 83
  7. Duquesne University 83
  8. University of Wisconsin–Madison 83

Other strong majors at WashU

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares WashU 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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