by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is Medicine. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Medicine is a major offered under the health professions program of study at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the doctor’s degree program in medicine, such as if the program is offered online, ethnicity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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Out-of-state part-time graduates at TTUHSC paid an average of $724 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $265 per credit hour. Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $6,360 | $16,176 |
| Fees | $2,720 | $2,880 |
The median early career salary of medicine students who receive their doctor’s degree from TTUHSC is $56,513 per year. That is 3% higher than the national average of $54,887.
TTUHSC does not offer an online option for its medicine doctor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the TTUHSC Online Learning page.
Women made up around 44.0% of the medicine students who took home a doctor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is less than the nationwide number of 48.4%.
Around 34.9% of medicine doctor’s degree recipients at TTUHSC in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 39%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 29 |
| Black or African American | 8 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 23 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 1 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 73 |
| International Students | 1 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 40 |
Medicine students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Medicine | 175 |
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| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Communication Sciences | 8 |
| Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences | 168 |
| Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions | 116 |
| Nursing | 20 |
*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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