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Health & pre-med fields at Wisconsin

Wisconsin graduates about 377 pre-med & health fields majors a year, 5% of its graduating class. That puts it 40th of 543 schools we score for pre-med & health fields, a standout program at 83 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $77,000 four years out, about the national figure for the same major. Research spending in the field runs about $555 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

83/100Standout#40 of 543 for pre-med & health fields →
Graduates a year3775% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$77,0001.00× the same major nationally
Research in the field$555Ma year, NSF
Admit rate45%whole school
SAT middle 50%1340–1510whole school

Around Wisconsin

Horticulture and Agricultural Physics and Soil Science Building
Horticulture and Agricultural Physics and Soil Science Building - panoramioPhoto: Corey Coyle · CC BY 3.0 · source
By Babcock Hall at Linden Drive / Babcock Drive on the University of Wisconsin–M
Plaque about the first reliable test of milk quality (53939412283)Photo: Chris Rycroft from Madison, Wisconsin, United States · CC BY 2.0 · source
Babcock Hall
Babcock Hall - panoramioPhoto: Corey Coyle · CC BY 3.0 · source
Hiram Smith Hall and Annex
Hiram Smith Hall and Annex - panoramioPhoto: Corey Coyle · CC BY 3.0 · source

Where pre-med & health fields happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Veterinary Medicine South, Hanson Biomedical Sciences Building, Plant Sciences, Muscle & Meat Science Research Laboratory, Medical Sciences, Bardeen Medical Laboratories, Nutritional Sciences, DeLuca Biochemical Sciences Building, Animal Science Building, Veterinary Medicine North, Materials Science and Engineering, Medical Sciences Center.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 145 · Dorm 28 · Student housing 23 · Athletics 12 · Arts 7 · Chapel 6.

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Nearby in the pre-med & health fields ranking

  1. Washington University in St. Louis 84
  2. University of Missouri 83
  3. Texas A&M University 83
  4. Duquesne University 83
  5. University of Minnesota–Twin Cities 83
  6. Saint Joseph's University 83
  7. University of California, Berkeley 83
  8. Boston College 83

Other strong majors at Wisconsin

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Wisconsin 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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