University Of Mississippi Medical Center

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a medium-sized city.

Overview

University of Mississippi Medical Center, also known as UMC, is located in Jackson, Mississippi, United States. It opened in the year 1955. It is the health science campus of the University of Mississippi, or Ole Miss. The university is located in Jackson, Mississippi, and the University Hospital and Clinics are also located within that campus. In 1963, the world's first human lung transplant was performed at UMC. In 1964, the world's first heart transplant was performed at UMC. The medical team used the heart of a chimpanzee, which beat for 90 minutes. UMC is organized into the following academic units:

• School of Dentistry
• School of Graduate Studies
• School of Health Related Professions
• School of Medicine
• School of Nursing

The Associated Student Body (ASB) of UMC represents students' concerns and ideas to the administration. ASB also organizes several community works such as Habitat for Humanity, Toys for Tots, American Heart Association Heart Walk, and many more.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in science, nursing and emergency medicine, medicine, therapy and counseling, and nutrition and exercise therapy.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.
• High faculty salary.

School characteristics:

• The school is public.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Medical schools and medical centers.

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There is a hospital on campus.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Distance learning is available.
• Part-time classes are available.

Tuition and Financial Aid (2009-2010)

Financial Aid

University Of Mississippi Medical Center participates in US Title IV financial assistance programs.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 2,266 in 2009-2010 (1,845 full-time equivalent).

Undergrads are 33% of enrolled students and graduate students are 67%.

Students under 25 years old represent 27% 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

University Of Mississippi Medical Center offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Doctorate (Research/Scholarship & Professional Practice).

Graduate offerings include medical degrees.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ENGINEERING (0 awarded)

• Materials Engineering

MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION (7 awarded)

• Health Information/Medical Records Administration/Administrator

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (74 awarded)

• Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist
• Cytotechnology/Cytotechnologist
• Dental Hygiene/Hygienist
• Medical Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiation Therapist
• Nuclear Medical Technology/Technologist

MEDICINE (126 awarded)

• Dentistry (DDS, DMD)
• Medicine (MD)
• Pharmaceutics and Drug Design (MS, PhD)

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (179 awarded)

• Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)
• Nursing Science (MS, PhD)
• Nursing
• Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (34 awarded)

• Occupational Therapy/Therapist

SCIENCE (74 awarded)

• Anatomy
• Biochemistry
• Biological and Biomedical Sciences
• Biostatistics
• Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology
• Pathology/Experimental Pathology
• Physiology, Pathology, and Related Sciences

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (67 awarded)

• Physical Therapy/Therapist