2007 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 46 independent institutions
Highlights
- Ranked 13th overall among the nation’s top medical schools for research and 7th for primary care in U.S. News & World Report's America's Best Graduate Schools 2009
- 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: $302 million, with $241 million from federal sources
Faculty
- Full-time 1,832
- Part-time 348
- Voluntary 1,414
- Emeritus 60
Trainees
- Medical school 681
- Graduate school 580
- Allied Health 137
- Postdoctoral fellows 786
- Resident physicians 971
Alumni
- Medical 7,204 (3,385 living in Texas)
- Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences 1,221
- Resident Physicians 6,466 (2,695 living in Texas)
- Allied Health 1,944
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, 2007-2008
Medical School
- 172 students enrolled
- 82 men
- 90 women
- 107 graduated from Texas colleges and universities
- 65 graduated from other U.S. colleges and universities
- 40 total underrepresented in medicine
- Average undergraduate GPA: 3.82
- Average MCAT score: 11.56 (15-point scale)
School of Allied Health
- 50 students enrolled (physician assistant and nurse anesthesia programs)
- 9 men
- 41 women
- 42 Texas residents
- 8 non-Texas residents
- Average GPA: 3.61
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
- 113 students enrolled
- 56 men
- 57 women
- 17 graduated from Texas colleges and universities
- 60 graduated from other U.S. colleges and universities
- 36 graduated from foreign colleges and universities
- Average GPA: 3.57