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Texas A&M Health Science Center

The Texas A and M University System Health Science Center is a premier assembly of colleges, located in Houston, Corpus Christi, Kingsville and College Station, Texas. The university system was established in the year 1999. The colleges under this system offer several programs in diverse areas of study. HSC-College Station Campus is composed of several colleges, which impart education in professional health science programs. The colleges under HSC are:

  • Baylor College of Dentistry
  • College of Medicine
  • College of Nursing
  • Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
  • Institute of Biosciences and Technology
  • Irma Lerma Rangel College of Pharmacy
  • School of Rural Public Health

HSC sponsors several clubs and organizations. The Student Government Association governs and organizes several programs and activities on campus.

Campus Location

301 Tarrow 7th Floor
College Station, TX 77840
USA
Main Tel: (979) 458-7200
Web Site

The campus is in a small city.

Texas A&M Health Science Center Highlights

Where Texas A&M Health Science Center stands out most compared to other schools (details below):

  • Many students concentrating in medicine.
  • Good faculty-to-student ratio.
  • High faculty salary.
  • Large number of students.

Other important characteristics:

  • Faculty tenure system
  • Distance learning available

Degrees Awarded (in 2007)

DegreeTotal
Earned
Different
Programs
First-professional degree1573
Master1233
First-professional certificate631
Bachelor281
Doctorale221

Texas A&M HSC Students

The student enrollment at Texas A&M HSC was 1,432 in 2007 (1,320 full-time equivalent).

Undergrads are 4% of enrolled students, graduate students are 33%, and those seeking first-professional graduate degrees represent 62%.

Tuition and Other Costs

Financial Aid: Texas A&M HSC participates in US Title IV financial assistance programs.

Please refer to BrainTrack's financial aid articles section for background information.

Faculty

Tenure (2007):

Full-Time Faculty  Total
With tenure  100
Without tenure; working toward tenure  52
Without tenure; tenure not available  118

Housing and Meals

On-campus housing is not available.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees awarded in 2007 in parentheses)

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (28 awarded)

  • Dental Hygiene/Hygienist

MEDICINE (337 awarded)

  • Advanced General Dentistry (Cert, MS, PhD)
  • Dentistry (DDS, DMD)
  • Medicine (MD)
  • Pharmacy (PharmD [USA], PharmD or BS/BPharm [Canada])
  • Public Health, General (MPH, DPH)

SCIENCE (28 awarded)

  • Biomedical Sciences

Selected Careers of Interest

(Based on an automated mapping of degrees popular at Texas A&M HSC with government-defined occupation categories.)

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