The University Of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Location and Contact Information

1515 Holcombe Blvd.
Houston, TX 77030-4009
USA
Main Tel: (800) 392-1611
Web Site

The campus is in a large city.

Overview

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center is located in Houston, Texas and was founded in 1941. It was named in honor of Monroe Dunaway Anderson, who was a cotton trader and banker from Jackson, Tennessee. The U.S. News & World Report ranked the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center No. 1 in the “America’s Best Hospitals” in 2008. Degrees and programs are offered in clinical laboratory science, cytogenetic technology, radiation therapy, immunology, cancer biology, molecular carcinogenesis, and virology and gene therapy. The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center is organized into the following schools:

  • Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
  • School of Health Professions

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center offers several scholarships including the Presidents' Merit Scholarship, the Presidents' Research Scholarship, the Rosalie B. Hite Fellowships, and the Schissler Foundation M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Fellowship.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

  • Many students concentrating in medicine.
  • High faculty salary.
  • Good faculty-to-student ratio.
  • Racially diverse student body.

School characteristics:

  • The school is public.
  • Academic calender: Semester.

Features of note:

  • The school offers a faculty tenure system.
  • There is a hospital on campus.
  • There are one or more libraries on-campus.

Tuition and Financial Aid (2009-2010)

Financial Aid

MD Anderson participates in US Title IV financial assistance programs.

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Students		Average
Amount
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Institutional Grant  
Federal Grant  
Pell Grant  
Other Federal Grant  
State or Local Grant  

Loans% of
Students		Average
Amount
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Federal Loan  
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Similar Schools

Based on proprietary BrainTrack computer comparisons against all other US colleges, these schools appear to be most similar to The University Of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center:

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 SchoolLocationEnrollment
1Baylor College of MedicineHouston, TX1,385
2The University of Texas Health Science Center at HoustonHouston, TX3,865
3University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at DallasDallas, TX2,461
4Yale UniversityNew Haven, CT10,192
5Brown UniversityProvidence, RI8,318
6SUNY Health Science Center at BrooklynBrooklyn, NY1,613
7Pomona CollegeClaremont, CA1,532
8University of California-San FranciscoSan Francisco, CA2,998
9University of Medicine and Dentistry of New JerseyNewark, NJ5,906
10The University of Texas Health Science Center at San AntonioSan Antonio, TX3,093

Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

DegreeTotal
Earned		Different
Programs
Bachelor956
1-2 year certificate146

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Full-Time Faculty  Total
With tenure  448
Without tenure; working toward tenure  168
Without tenure; tenure not available  854

Students

Student enrollment was 203 in 2009-2010 (290 full-time equivalent).

Undergrads are 100% of enrolled students.

Students under 25 years old represent 42% of the student body. About 8% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Room and Board

On-campus housing is not available.

Graduate School Focus

The highest degree offered is the Bachelor.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (93 awarded)

  • Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist
  • Cytogenetics/Genetics/Clinical Genetics Technology/Technologist
  • Cytotechnology/Cytotechnologist
  • Medical Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiation Therapist
  • Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiographer

MEDICINE (16 awarded)

  • Health/Medical Physics