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 South Carolina - Columbia. 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, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.
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During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time graduate students at UofSC paid an average of $1,240 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $572 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 | $13,737 | $29,760 |
| Fees | $400 | $400 |
Online degrees for the UofSC 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 UofSC Online Learning page.
About 48.1% of the students who received their Doctorate in medicine in 2019-2020 were women. This is about the same as the countrywide number of 48.4%.
Around 16.6% of medicine doctor’s degree recipients at UofSC in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 39%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 10 |
| Black or African American | 9 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 6 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 152 |
| 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 | 187 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to medicine.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Communication Sciences | 4 |
| Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences | 109 |
| Public Health | 36 |
| Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions | 21 |
| Nursing | 18 |
*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.