Building on Excellence
Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, the only private medical school in the Greater Southwest, is recognized as a premier academic health science center and is known for excellence in education, research and patient care. Read more about BCM history.
For 2010, U.S.News & World Report ranked BCM 17th overall among the nation's top medical schools for research and for primary care. BCM is listed 13th among all U.S. medical schools for National Institutes of Health funding, and No. 2 in the nation in federal funding for research and development in the biological sciences at universities and colleges by the National Science Foundation.
Located in the Texas Medical Center, Baylor College of Medicine has affiliations with eight teaching hospitals, each known for medical excellence. Read more about our affiliates.
The college has total research support of $302 million, with $241 million from federal sources, and more than 90 research and patient-care centers and units. Currently, BCM trains more than 3,000 medical, graduate, nurse anesthesia, and physician assistant students, as well as residents and post-doctoral fellows.
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Accreditation
Baylor College of Medicine is accredited by:
- the Liaison Committee on Medical Education, joint committee representing American Medical Association and Association of American Medical Colleges
- the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award masters and doctorate degrees (M.D., Ph.D., M.S.). Contact the Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097 or call 404-679-4500 for questions about the accreditation of Baylor College of Medicine.
- the Accreditation Review Committee on Education for the Physician Assistant, Inc.
- the American College of Nurse Midwives
- the Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs
- the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education
- the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education