Fast Facts & Figures
Historical Snapshot
- Founded in 1900 as the University of Dallas Medical Department
- Affiliated with Baylor University in 1903
- Moved from Dallas to Houston in 1943
- In 1969, Baylor College of Medicine became an independent institution
Site
Located in Houston's Texas Medical Center, a 1,000-acre complex of 47 independent institutions
Highlights
- Ranked 17th overall among the nation's top medical schools for research and for primary care in U.S. News & World Report's America's Best Graduate Schools 2010
- Ranked 13th among U.S. medical schools for research funding from the National Institutes of Health
- Ranked 1st among all Texas colleges, universities, and medical schools in federal funding for research and development
- Ranked 2nd in the nation in federal funding for research and development in the biological sciences at universities and colleges
- Is the only private medical school in the greater southwest
- Has 25 departments and more than 90 research and patient-care centers
- Total research support: $323 million ($255 million from federal sources)
- $52.8 million in federal stimulus research funding
- $11.5 million in first round funding from CPRIT, the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas, which was established in 2007 with a commitment of $3 billion to fund groundbreaking cancer research prevention programs and services in Texas over the next 10 years
Faculty
- Full-time 1,685
- Part-time 427
- Voluntary 1,789
- Emeritus 61
Staff
- Full-time 3,791
- Part-time 553
Trainees
- Medical school 693
- Graduate school 583
- Allied Health 150
- Postdoctoral fellows 911
- Resident physicians 943
Alumni
- Medical 7,447 (3,475 living in Texas)
- Resident Physicians 6,727 (2,673 living in Texas)
- Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences 1,359
- Allied Health 2,086
Affiliate Hospitals
- Ben Taub General Hospital, Harris County Hospital District
- Quentin Mease Community Hospital, Harris County Hospital District
- Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center
- The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
- St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital
- Texas Children's Hospital
- Memorial Hermann - The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research
- The Menninger Clinic
- The Methodist Hospital
Statistics for New Students, 2009-2010
Medical School
- 186 students enrolled
- 86 men
- 100 women
- 119 graduated from Texas colleges and universities
- 67 graduated from other U.S. colleges and universities
- 41 underrepresented in medicine
- Average undergraduate GPA: 3.83
- Average MCAT score: 11.14 (15-point scale)
School of Allied Health
- 55 students enrolled (physician assistant and nurse anesthesia programs)
- 12 men
- 43 women
- 39 Texas residents
- 16 non-Texas residents
- Average GPA: 3.5
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
- 100 students enrolled
- 38 men
- 62 women
- 15 graduated from Texas colleges and universities
- 48 graduated from other U.S. colleges and universities
- 37 graduated from foreign colleges and universities
- Average GPA: 3.58