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 New Mexico - Main Campus. Here, you’ll find out more about the major doctor’s degree program in medicine, including such details as the number of graduates, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, and more.
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In 2019-2020, the average part-time graduate tuition at UNM was $1,027 per credit hour for out-of-state students. The average for in-state students was $329 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 | $5,920 | $18,489 |
| Fees | $1,401 | $1,401 |
The median early career salary of medicine students who receive their doctor’s degree from UNM is $56,641 per year. That is 3% higher than the national average of $54,887.
Online degrees for the UNM 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 UNM Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their doctor’s degree in medicine in 2019-2020, 48.0% of them were women. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 48.4%.
Of those graduates who received a doctor’s degree in medicine at UNM in 2019-2020, 58.8% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 39%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 11 |
| Black or African American | 1 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 38 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 3 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 |
| White | 38 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 10 |
Medicine students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Medicine | 102 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to medicine.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences | 70 |
| Public Health | 14 |
| Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions | 29 |
| Nursing | 6 |
*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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