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 University of Kansas. Here, you’ll find out more about the major doctor’s degree program in medicine, including such details as the number of graduates, diversity of students, and more.
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Out-of-state part-time graduates at KU paid an average of $998 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $416 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 | $9,989 | $23,951 |
| Fees | $1,056 | $1,056 |
Online degrees for the KU medicine doctor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the KU Online Learning page.
Women made up around 48.1% of the medicine students who took home a doctor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is about the same as the countrywide number of 48.4%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 22.6% of the medicine doctor’s degrees at KU in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 39%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 20 |
| Black or African American | 2 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 10 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 157 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 19 |
Medicine students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Medicine | 208 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to medicine.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Communication Sciences | 16 |
| Health & Medical Administrative Services | 3 |
| Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences | 144 |
| Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions | 69 |
| Nursing | 72 |
*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.