Mayo Graduate School

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a medium-sized city.

Overview

Mayo Graduate School Rochester is one of the three campuses of Mayo Graduate School which is a part of the Mayo Clinic. Founded by Dr. William Mayo and Dr. Charles Mayo, the Mayo Clinic was initially affiliated with the University of Minnesota to offer degree programs and became an independent, degree-granting institution in 1983. Mayo Graduate School became an independent school in 1989. Located in Minnesota, the Rochester campus confers doctoral degrees in biomedical sciences. Apart from this, the school provides a medical scientist training program, a summer undergraduate research fellowship (SURF) program and additional research training programs.

Mayo Graduate School Rochester houses organizations such as the Mayo Graduate Student Association. The school offers attractive stipends to doctorate students and the Rochester campus has a student financial aid office, assisting students to obtain grants, loans and scholarships.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in science and medicine.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• High male/female ratio.

School characteristics:

• The school is private, not-for-profit.
• Academic calender: Quarter.
• Carnegie classification: Doctoral/Research Universities, Intensive.

Features of note:

• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Distance learning is available.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Students

Student enrollment was 229 in 2009-2010 (302 full-time equivalent).

graduate students are 100%.

Students under 25 years old represent 15% of the student body. About 9% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Room and Board

On-campus housing is not available.

Graduate School Focus

Mayo Graduate School offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Doctorate (Research/Scholarship).

The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is STEM Dominant.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

MEDICINE (12 awarded)

• Dental Clinical Sciences, General (MS, PhD)
• Medical Scientist (MS, PhD)
• Neuroscience

SCIENCE (26 awarded)

• Biochemistry
• Biological and Biomedical Sciences
• Biomedical Sciences
• Biophysics
• Cell Biology and Anatomy
• Immunology
• Molecular Biology
• Pharmacology