by our College Data Analytics TeamIn its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
The University of Texas Medical Branch was awarded 74 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is nursing.
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UTMB Galveston was not ranked in College Factual's 2025 Best Overall Colleges report. This could be for a number of reasons, including lack of data.
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At UTMB Galveston, the student to faculty ratio is an excellent 10 to 1. That's much better than the national average of 15 to 1. This indicates that many classes will probably be small, and students will have ample opportunites to work closely with their professors and classmates.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at The University of Texas Medical Branch is 97%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 708 undergraduates at UTMB Galveston with 596 being full-time and 112 being part-time.
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Contact details for UTMB Galveston are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 301 University Blvd, Galveston, TX 77555-0129 |
| Phone: | 409-772-1011 |
| Website: | https://www.utmb.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing | 551 | $80,433 |
| Medicine | 219 | NA |
| Allied Health Professions | 111 | $72,789 |
| Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science | 85 | $59,591 |
| Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions | 81 | NA |
| Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology | 21 | NA |
| Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services | 20 | NA |
| Health & Medical Administrative Services | 13 | NA |
| Bioethics/Medical Ethics | 11 | NA |
| Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology | 10 | NA |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2022-2023, 510 students took at least one online class at The University of Texas Medical Branch. This is a decrease from the 569 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 510 | 510 |
| 2021-2022 | 569 | 496 |
| 2020-2021 | 946 | 852 |
| 2018-2019 | 746 | 746 |
Learn more about online learning at The University of Texas Medical Branch.
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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