Fast Facts & Figures
Historical Snapshot
- Founded in 1900 as the University of Dallas Medical Department
- Affiliated with Baylor University in 1903
- Moved from Dallas to Houston in 1943
- In 1969, Baylor College of Medicine became an independent institution
Site
Located in Houston's Texas Medical Center, a 1,000-acre complex of 46 independent institutions
Highlights
- Ranked 13th overall among the nation’s top medical schools for research and 7th for primary care in U.S. News & World Report's America's Best Graduate Schools 2009
- Ranked 13th among U.S. medical schools for research funding from the National Institutes of Health
- Ranked 1st among all Texas colleges, universities, and medical schools in federal funding for research and development
- Ranked 2nd in the nation in federal funding for research and development in the biological sciences at universities and colleges
- Is the only private medical school in the greater southwest
- Has 25 departments and more than 90 research and patient-care centers
- Total research support: $302 million, with $241 million from federal sources
Faculty
- Full-time 1,607
- Part-time 325
- Voluntary 1,701
- Emeritus 63
Trainees
- Medical school 664
- Graduate school 582
- Allied Health 139
- Postdoctoral fellows 846
- Resident physicians 931
Alumni
- Medical 7,350 (3,431 living in Texas)
- Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences 1,265
- Resident Physicians 6,608 (2,693 living in Texas)
- Allied Health 1,991
Affiliate Hospitals
- Ben Taub General Hospital, Harris County Hospital District
- Quentin Mease Community Hospital, Harris County Hospital District
- Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center
- The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
- St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital
- Texas Children's Hospital
- Memorial Hermann - The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research
- The Menninger Clinic
- The Methodist Hospital
Statistics for New Students, 2008-2009
Medical School
- 176 students enrolled
- 90 men
- 86 women
- 117 graduated from Texas colleges and universities
- 59 graduated from other U.S. colleges and universities
- 38 underrepresented in medicine
- Average undergraduate GPA: 3.85
- Average MCAT score: 11.5 (15-point scale)
School of Allied Health
- 50 students enrolled (physician assistant and nurse anesthesia programs)
- 8 men
- 42 women
- 33 Texas residents
- 17 non-Texas residents
- Average GPA: 3.55
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
- 100 students enrolled
- 38 men
- 62 women
- 15 graduated from Texas colleges and universities
- 48 graduated from other U.S. colleges and universities
- 37 graduated from foreign colleges and universities
- Average GPA: 3.58