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 West Virginia University. 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 WVU was $1,453 per credit hour for out-of-state students. The average for in-state students was $563 per credit hour. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for graduate student.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $10,134 | $26,154 |
Online degrees for the WVU 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 WVU Online Learning page.
About 47.5% 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%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 17.8% of the medicine doctor’s degrees at WVU in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 39%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 9 |
| Black or African American | 1 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 7 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 83 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 1 |
Medicine students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Medicine | 101 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to medicine.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Communication Sciences | 7 |
| Dentistry | 47 |
| Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences | 76 |
| Public Health | 1 |
| Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions | 42 |
*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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