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 The University of Tennessee - Health Science Center. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the doctor’s degree program in medicine, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, and more.
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In 2019-2020, the average part-time graduate tuition at UTHSC was $1,274 per credit hour for out-of-state students. The average for in-state students was $712 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 | $12,798 | $23,000 |
| Fees | $1,382 | $1,430 |
UTHSC 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 UTHSC Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their doctor’s degree in medicine in 2019-2020, 39.9% of them were women. This is less than the nationwide number of 48.4%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 22.2% of the medicine doctor’s degrees at UTHSC in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 39%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 26 |
| Black or African American | 3 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 4 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 118 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 7 |
Medicine students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Medicine | 158 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to medicine.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Communication Sciences | 17 |
| Dentistry | 100 |
| Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences | 165 |
| Public Health | 1 |
| Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions | 58 |
*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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.