THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT HOUSTON J-22

PO Box 20036 Houston, TX 77225-0036
Tel: (713)500-3333
Admissions: (713)500-3361
Fax: (713)500-3026
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.uth.tmc.edu/

Description:

State-supported, upper-level, coed. Part of University of Texas System. Awards bachelor's, master's, doctoral, and first professional degrees and post-master's certificates. Founded 1972. Setting: urban campus. Endowment: $113.5 million. Research spending 2003-04: $151 million. Educational spending 2003-04: $84,360 per student. Total enrollment: 3,399. Faculty: 1,247 (1,015 full-time, 232 part-time). 1% Native American, 15% Hispanic, 7% black, 17% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 2% international. Academic area with the most degrees conferred: health professions and related sciences. Calendar: semesters. Accelerated degree program, independent study, distance learning, double major, part-time degree program, internships, graduate courses open to undergrads. ROTC: Army (c).

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $30. State resident tuition: $4905 full-time, $105 per hour part-time. Nonresident tuition: $16,571 full-time, $364.50 per hour part-time. Mandatory fees: $697 full-time. Part-time tuition varies according to course load.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Student-run newspaper. Major annual event: UT Medics Community Projects. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, late night transport-escort service, controlled access to all buildings. Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library plus 3 others with 339,062 books, 5,581 serials, 885 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2003-04: $2.7 million.