University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Medical School Overview

U.S. News Rankings

Ranking score and category

Research rank Category Name #22 Best Research

Ranking score and category

Primary care rank Category Name #31 Best Primary Care

Specialties Locked in Internal medicine

Medical School Overview

The application fee at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center--Dallas is $75. Its tuition is full-time: $15,801 (in-state) and full-time: $28,901 (out-of-state). The faculty-student ratio at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center--Dallas is 2.3:1. The medical school has 2,453 full- and part-time faculty on staff. For the class of 2012, 63.7 percent of graduates from the medical school at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center--Dallas who applied to residency programs were admitted to their first choice.

The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center—Dallas is made up of three schools: the Medical School, the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, and the School of Health Professions. Commonly known as UT Southwestern Medical School, this institution is one of four medical schools in the University of Texas System. Ninety percent of students must be Texas residents, a law aimed at ensuring quality healthcare in the state.

Medical students are grouped into six Colleges, which offer chances for discussion in small-group settings. For the first two years of medical school, College groups meet once a week to cover clinical topics. The Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and the School of Health Professions offer a variety of master’s and doctoral degrees in areas including Physical Therapy, Biomedical Communications, and Cancer Biology.

The UT Southwestern Medical Center is affiliated with institutions including well regarded Parkland Memorial Hospital, St. Paul University Hospital, and Children’s Medical Center Dallas. Students, clinical and research trainees, and junior faculty can live in the on-campus Southwestern Medical Park Apartments. Groundbreaking research feats at the UT Southwestern Medical Center have included the Nobel Prize-winning discovery of the basic mechanism of cholesterol metabolism, as well as ongoing drug studies at the school’s Center for Mineral Metabolism and Clinical Research.

Admissions

Applications accepted	N/A
Application fee	$75
AMCAS application accepted	No
AACOMAS application accepted	No

Academics

Full-time faculty	2,161
Full-time faculty-student ratio	2.3:1

Student Body

Total medical school enrollment	939
Gender distribution

Cost

Tuition
Full-time: $15,801 (in-state) Full-time: $28,901 (out-of-state)
Required fees	$1,430

Residency

Graduates admitted to their first-choice residency program	63.7%
Most popular residency and specialty programs (2011 and 2012 classes)
anesthesiology obstetrics and gynecology dermatology pathology - anatomic and clinical emergency medicine pediatrics family practice radiology - diagnostic internal medicine surgery - general

* Medical School Overview details based on 2012 data