Special Focus Four-Year: Medical Schools & Centers

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2021 Undergraduate Tuition
$8,841
6.85% growth from 2020
2021 Average Net Price
$10,660
After Financial Aid
2021 Acceptance Rate
77.7%
5,222 Applicants
2021 Enrolled Students
126,471
84.4% Full-Time
2021 Graduation Rate
69.4%
368 Graduates

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Special Focus Four-Year: Medical Schools & Centers is a Carnegie Classification grouping of higher education institutions. In 2021, the most popular Bachelor's Degree concentrations at Special Focus Four-Year: Medical Schools & Centers were Registered Nursing (5,639 degrees awarded), Medicine (5,574 degrees), and Osteopathic Medicine/Osteopathy. (4,058 degrees).

In 2021, 40,126 degrees were awarded across all undergraduate and graduate programs at Special Focus Four-Year: Medical Schools & Centers. 66.4% of these degrees were awarded to women, and 33.6% awarded men. The most common race/ethnicity group of degree recipients was white (20,668 degrees), 3.2 times more than then the next closest race/ethnicity group, asian (6,461 degrees).

The median undergraduate tuition at Special Focus Four-Year: Medical Schools & Centers is $8,841, which is $1,359 less than than the national median of $10,200. The cost of out-of-state tuition is $19,420, which is 220% of the cost for in-state students, and is $4,846 more than than the national median $14,574.

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The median in-state tuition for Special Focus Four-Year: Medical Schools & Centers is $8,841, which is $1,557 less than than the national median in-state tuition of $10,398. The cost of out-of-state tuition is $19,420, which is 220% of the cost for in-state students, and is $4,846 more than than the national median out-of-state tuition of $14,574.

After taking grants and loans into account, the average net price for students is $10,660.

Tuition Costs

$8,841
2021 Undergraduate Tuition

In 2021, the cost of out-of-state tuition at Special Focus Four-Year: Medical Schools & Centers was $19,420, which is 220% of the cost for in-state students, which was $8,841. The cost of out-of-state tuition at Special Focus Four-Year: Medical Schools & Centers is $4,846 more than than the overall (public and private) national median of $14,574, and the in-state tuition is $1,557 more than than the overall (public and private) national median $10,398.

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Average Net Price

$10,660
2021 Value
1.48%
1 Year Growth

In 2021 Special Focus Four-Year: Medical Schools & Centers had an average net price — the price paid after factoring in grants and loans — of $10,660. Between 2020 and 2021, the average net price of Special Focus Four-Year: Medical Schools & Centers grew by 1.48%.

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Average net price is calculated from full-time beginning undergraduate students who were awarded a grant or scholarship from federal, state or local governments, or the institution.

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Other Student Expenses

$9,000
Room and Board
$1,100
Books and Supplies

The average yearly cost of room and board at Special Focus Four-Year: Medical Schools & Centers was of $9,000 in 2021. The cost of room and board did not change between 2020 and 2021.

During the same period, the average yearly cost of books and supplies was $1,100. The cost of books and supplies did not change during the same period.

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Financial Aid by Income Level

65%
Undergraduates Receiving Financial Aid through Grants
49%
Undergraduates Receiving Financial Aid through Loans

65% of undergraduate students at Special Focus Four-Year: Medical Schools & Centers received financial aid through grants or loans in 2021. This represents a growth of 0.775% with respect to 2020, when 64.5% of undergraduate students received financial aid.

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The average award discount is the ratio between the average grant or scholarship value, and the cost, which is the sum of out-of-state tuition, room, board, book, supplies, and other expenses.

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Special Focus Four-Year: Medical Schools & Centers received 5,222 undergraduate applications in 2021, which represents a 12.5% annual growth. Out of those 5,222 applicants, 4,060 students were accepted for enrollment, representing a 77.7% acceptance rate.

There were 126,471 students enrolled at Special Focus Four-Year: Medical Schools & Centers in 2021. 31% of first-time enrollees submitted SAT scores with their applications.

Special Focus Four-Year: Medical Schools & Centers has an overall enrollment yield of 18%, which represents the number of admitted students who ended up enrolling.

Acceptance Rate

77.7%
Acceptance Rate in 2021
4,060
Accepted Out of 5,222

In 2021, the undergraduate acceptance rate of Special Focus Four-Year: Medical Schools & Centers was 77.7% (4,060 admissions from 5,222 applications). This is higher than the acceptance rate of 2020, which was 68.9%. Between 2020 and 2021, the number of applicants grew by 12.5%, while admissions grew by 27%..

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SAT Scores

31%
Submission Percentage (2021)
214
Scores Submitted (2021)

31% of enrolled first-time students at Special Focus Four-Year: Medical Schools & Centers in 2021 submitted SAT scores with their applications.

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Special Focus Four-Year: Medical Schools & Centers had a total enrollment of 126,471 students in 2021. The full-time enrollment at Special Focus Four-Year: Medical Schools & Centers is 106,745 students and the part-time enrollment is 19,726. This means that 84.4% of students enrolled at Special Focus Four-Year: Medical Schools & Centers are enrolled full-time.

The enrolled student population at Special Focus Four-Year: Medical Schools & Centers, both undergraduate and graduate, is 49.2% White, 17.4% Asian, 13.7% Hispanic or Latino, 8.9% Black or African American, 3.58% Two or More Races, 0.341% American Indian or Alaska Native, and 0.103% Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders.

Students enrolled at Special Focus Four-Year: Medical Schools & Centers in full-time Undergraduate programs are most commonly White Female (42.1%), followed by Hispanic or Latino Female (16.3%) and Asian Female (9.09%). Students enrolled in full-time Graduate programs are most commonly White Female (29.4%), followed by White Male (19.6%) and Asian Female (11.6%).

Full-Time vs Part-Time Enrollment

84.4%
Full-Time Enrollment

The total enrollment at Special Focus Four-Year: Medical Schools & Centers in 2021, both undergraduate and graduate, is 126,471 students. The full-time enrollment at Special Focus Four-Year: Medical Schools & Centers is 106,745 and the part-time enrollment is 19,726. This means that 84.4% of students enrolled at Special Focus Four-Year: Medical Schools & Centers are enrolled full-time compared with 69.7% at similar Special Focus Institutions.

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Retention Rate over Time

92%
2021 Retention Rate

Retention rate measures the number of first-time students who began their studies the previous fall and returned to school the following fall. The retention rate for full-time undergraduates at Special Focus Four-Year: Medical Schools & Centers was 92%. Compared with the full-time retention rate at similar Special Focus Institutions (69%), Special Focus Four-Year: Medical Schools & Centers had a retention rate higher than its peers.

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Enrollment by Race & Ethnicity

Most Common Race or Ethnicity (2021)
  1. White
    62,163 enrolled students
  2. Asian
    22,048 enrolled students
  3. Hispanic or Latino
    17,275 enrolled students

The enrolled student population at Special Focus Four-Year: Medical Schools & Centers is 49.2% White, 17.4% Asian, 13.7% Hispanic or Latino, 8.9% Black or African American, 3.58% Two or More Races, 0.341% American Indian or Alaska Native, and 0.103% Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders. This includes both full-time and part-time students as well as graduate and undergraduates. By comparison, enrollment for all Special Focus Institutions is 43.6% White, 18.4% Hispanic or Latino, and 14% Black or African American.

Any student who is studying in the United States on a temporary basis is categorized as a "Non-Resident Alien", and the share of those students are shown in the chart below. Additionally, 3,724 students (2.94%) did not report their race.

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In 2021, 13,136 more women than men received degrees from Special Focus Four-Year: Medical Schools & Centers. The most common race/ethnicity group of degree recipients at Special Focus Four-Year: Medical Schools & Centers is white (20,668 degrees awarded). There were 3.2 times more white recipients than the next closest race/ethnicity group, asian (6461 degrees).

The most common Professional Doctorate concentration at Special Focus Four-Year: Medical Schools & Centers is Medicine (5,574 degrees awarded), followed by Osteopathic Medicine/Osteopathy. (4,058 degrees) and Pharmacy (2,020 degrees).

In 2021,  the most specialized majors across all degree types at Special Focus Four-Year: Medical Schools & Centers, meaning they have significantly more degrees awarded in that concentration than the national average across all institutions, are Health (34,935 degrees awarded), Biology (2,743 degrees), and Architecture and Related Services (126 degrees).

Common Jobs by Major

Most Common Job

The most common jobs for people who hold a degree in one of the 5 most specialized majors at Special Focus Four-Year: Medical Schools & Centers are Registered nurses (1,409,129 people), Physicians (486,371 people), Medical & health services managers (197,993 people), Other managers (196,574 people), and Pharmacists (184,645 people).

The most specialized majors at Special Focus Four-Year: Medical Schools & Centers in 2021 are Health (34,935 degrees awarded), Biology (2,743 degrees), Architecture and Related Services (126 degrees), Public Administration and Social Service (450 degrees), and Legal (257 degrees) (as of 2021).

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Highest Paying Jobs by Major

Highest Paying Job

The highest paying jobs for people who hold a degree in one of the 5 most specialized majors at Special Focus Four-Year: Medical Schools & Centers are Surgeons, Magnetic resonance imaging technologists, Aircraft pilots & flight engineers, Physicians, and Securities, commodities, & financial services sales agents

The most specialized majors at Special Focus Four-Year: Medical Schools & Centers are Health (34,935 degrees awarded), Biology (2,743 degrees), Architecture and Related Services (126 degrees), Public Administration and Social Service (450 degrees), and Legal (257 degrees) (as of 2021).

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Common Industries by Major

The most common industries for people who hold a degree in one of the 5 most specialized majors at Special Focus Four-Year: Medical Schools & Centers are General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals (1,920,126 people), Elementary & secondary schools (425,462 people), Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges (401,971 people), Offices of physicians (375,165 people), and Outpatient care centers (337,903 people).

The most specialized majors at Special Focus Four-Year: Medical Schools & Centers are Health (34,935 degrees awarded), Biology (2,743 degrees), Architecture and Related Services (126 degrees), Public Administration and Social Service (450 degrees), and Legal (257 degrees) (as of 2021).

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Majors Awarded

IPEDS uses the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) standard, so the categories may not match the exact concentrations offered by Special Focus Four-Year: Medical Schools & Centers.
Most Common (2021)
  1. 5,574 degrees awarded
  2. 4,058 degrees awarded
  3. 2,020 degrees awarded

In 2021, the most common professional doctorate concentration at Special Focus Four-Year: Medical Schools & Centers was Medicine with 5,574 degrees awarded.

This visualization illustrates the percentage of degree-majors recipients from professional doctorate programs at Special Focus Four-Year: Medical Schools & Centers according to their major.

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Sex Breakdown for Common Majors

13,495
Degrees Awarded to Men
in 2021
26,631
Degrees Awarded to Women
in 2021

In 2021, 13,495 degrees were awarded to men at Special Focus Four-Year: Medical Schools & Centers, which is 0.507 times less than the number of degrees awarded to females (26,631).

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Most Common Male Majors

In 2021, 2787 degrees were awarded to men at Special Focus Four-Year: Medical Schools & Centers in Medicine, which is 1 times approximately the same the 2787 female recipients with that same degree.

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Most Common Female Majors

In 2021, 4841 degrees were awarded to men at Special Focus Four-Year: Medical Schools & Centers in Registered Nursing, which is 6.07 times more than the 798 male recipients with that same degree.

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Time to Complete

29%
100% Completion Time
70%
150% Completion Time

In 2021, 29% of students graduating from Special Focus Four-Year: Medical Schools & Centers completed their program within 100% "normal time" (i.e. 4 years for a 4-year degree). Comparatively, 70% completed their degrees within 150% of the normal time, and 70% within 200%.

The following chart shows these completion rates over time compared to the average for the Special Focus Institutions Carnegie Classification group.

Graduation rate is defined as the percentage of full-time, first-time students who received a degree or award within a specific percentage of "normal time" to completion for their program.

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Graduation Rate by Race and Sex

Showing demographic groups with ≥ 5 graduating students.
American Indian or Alaska Native Female
Highest Graduation Rate (100%)

The student demographic with the highest graduation rate in 2021 at Special Focus Four-Year: Medical Schools & Centers is Female and American Indian or Alaska Native (100% graduation rate). Across all Special Focus Institutions, Asian Female students have the highest graduation rate (72.9%).

The department of education defines graduation rate as the percentage of full-time, first-time students who received a degree or award within 150% of "normal time" to completion.

The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) categorizes any student who is studying in the United States on a temporary basis as a "Non-Resident Alien", and the graduation rate of those students is shown in the chart below. Additionally, 6.79% of graduates (25 students) did not report their race.

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Race & Ethnicity by Share

Most Common Student Race or Ethnicity (2021)
  1. White
    20,668 degrees awarded
  2. Asian
    6,461 degrees awarded
  3. Hispanic or Latino
    5,335 degrees awarded

The most common race/ethnicity at Special Focus Four-Year: Medical Schools & Centers is white (20,668 degrees awarded). There were 3.2 times more white recipients than the next closest race/ethnicity group, asian (6461 degrees).

3.51% of degree recipients (1,407 students) did not report their race.

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Race & Ethnicity by Sex

Most Common Sex Demographic (2021)
  1. White Female
    13,754 degrees awarded
  2. White Male
    6,914 degrees awarded
  3. Asian Female
    3,958 degrees awarded

The most common race/ethnicity and sex grouping at Special Focus Four-Year: Medical Schools & Centers is white female (13,754 degrees awarded). There were 1.99 times more white female recipients than the next closest race/ethnicity group, white male (6914 degrees).

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Special Focus Four-Year: Medical Schools & Centers has an endowment valued at nearly $141M, as of the end of the 2021 fiscal year. The return on its endowment was of 5.26B (3.72k%) compared to the 4.56% average return (574k on 12.6M) across all Special Focus Institutions.

In 2021, Special Focus Four-Year: Medical Schools & Centers had a total salary expenditure of 347M. Special Focus Four-Year: Medical Schools & Centers employs 2,795 Assistant professors, 1,549 Associate professors and 1,250 Professors. Most academics at Special Focus Four-Year: Medical Schools & Centers are Female Assistant professor (1,818), Male Assistant professor (977), and Female Associate professor (940).

The most common positions for non-instructional staff at Special Focus Four-Year: Medical Schools & Centers are: Office and Administrative Support, with 8,303 employees, Management, with 7,934 employees, and Computer, Engineering, and Science with 6,068 employees.

Endowment

$141M
2021 Endowment
21.8%
growth from 2020

Special Focus Four-Year: Medical Schools & Centers has an endowment valued at about $141M, as of the end of the 2021 fiscal year. The endowment of Special Focus Four-Year: Medical Schools & Centers grew 21.8% from the previous year. The value of their endowment was $129M higher than than the median endowment of Special Focus Institutions according to the Carnegie Classification grouping.

This line chart shows how the endowment at Special Focus Four-Year: Medical Schools & Centers (in red) compares to that of some similar universities.

The small bar chart below shows the endowment quintiles for all universities in the Special Focus Four-Year: Medical Schools & Centers Carnegie Classification grouping.

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Government Grants and Contracts

Grants & Contracts
  1. $5.28B - Federal
  2. $755M - State
  3. $1.52B - Local

As of 2021, Special Focus Four-Year: Medical Schools & Centers received $5.28B in grants and contracts from the federal government, $755M from state grants and contracts, and $1.52B from local grants and contracts.

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Salary Expenditure

$131M
2021 Salaries
1.03%
growth from 2020

In 2021, Special Focus Four-Year: Medical Schools & Centers paid a median of $131M in salaries, which represents 37.8% of their overall expenditure ($347M) and a 1.03% growth from the previous year.

The median for similar Special Focus Institutions is 3.06M (42.8% of overall expenditures).

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Instructional Salaries

$815M
Instructional Salaries
6,625
Number of Employees

In 2021, Special Focus Four-Year: Medical Schools & Centers paid a total of $815M to 6,625 employees working as instructors, which represents 3.02% of all salaries paid.

This is compared to a median of $871k (28.4%) for similar Special Focus Institutions.

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Occupations by Share

Assistant professor
Most Common Instructor
2,795 Employees
Office and Administrative Support
Most Common Non-Instructional Employee
8,303 Employees

In 2021, the most common positions for instructional staff at Special Focus Four-Year: Medical Schools & Centers were Assistant professor with 2,795 employees, Associate professor with 1,549 employees, and Professor with 1,250 employees.

In 2021, the most common positions for non-instructional staff at Special Focus Four-Year: Medical Schools & Centers were Office and Administrative Support with 8,303 employees, Management with 7,934 employees, and Computer, Engineering, and Science with 6,068 employees.

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Instructors by Academic Rank and Sex

Most Common Demographic (2021)
  1. Female Assistant professor
  2. Male Assistant professor
  3. Female Associate professor

In 2021, the most common demographic for instructional staff at Special Focus Four-Year: Medical Schools & Centers was Female Assistant professor with 1,818 employees, Male Assistant professor with 977 employees, and Female Associate professor with 940 employees.

This chart shows the sex split between each academic rank present at Special Focus Four-Year: Medical Schools & Centers.

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