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Top 10 Best Medical Schools for Hispanics

September 2007, HISPANIC BUSINESS Magazine
No. 1 UT's University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at Dallas. No. 1 UT's University of Texas Southwestern
Medical School at Dallas.

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1. University of Texas
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at Dallas
Dallas, Texas
www.utsouthwestern.edu/admissions

Total medical school enrollment...925
Hispanic enrollment...121
Percentage...13%
M.D. degrees earned...217
Degrees earned by Hispanics...21
Percentages...10%
Full-time faculty...1,821
Full-time Hispanic faculty...95
Percentage...5%

Diversity Statement: UT Southwestern Medical School achieves its dedication to diversity through one of its missions which emphasizes educating doctors who will practice in medically under-served areas of Texas.

2. Stanford University
School of Medicine
Stanford, California
www.med.stanford.edu

Total medical school enrollment...476
Hispanic enrollment...71
Percentage...15%
M.D. degrees earned...99
Degrees earned by Hispanics...14
Percentage...14%
Full-time faculty...751
Full-time Hispanic faculty...28
Percentage...4%

Diversity Statement: Stanford is committed to being a premier research-intensive medical school that improves health through leadership, collaborative discoveries, and innovation in patient care, education and research. In particular, we seek individuals whose leadership will result in significant advances in the ability to care for patients.

3. University of Miami
Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
Miami, Florida
www.med.miami.edu

Total medical school enrollment...651
Hispanic enrollment...92
Percentage...14%
M.D. degrees earned...452
Degrees earned by Hispanics...15
Percentage...10%
Full-time faculty...1,168
Full-time Hispanic faculty...248
Percentage...21%

Diversity Statement: The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine actively recruits and strives to retain underrepresented minorities. More so, the Miller School sponsors motivational programs for high school and college students form underrepresented and disadvantaged backgrounds who are interested in pursuing careers in health care.

4. University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
School of Medicine
Galveston, Texas
www.utmb.edu/somstudentaffairs

Total medical school enrollment...861
Hispanic enrollment...134
Percentage...16%
M.D. degrees earned...183
Degrees earned by Hispanics...30
Percentage...16%
Full-time faculty...849
Full-time Hispanic faculty...50
Percentage...6%

Diversity Statement: The first Hispanic medical student was enrolled at UTMB in 1917 and graduated in 1921. Since then, UTMB has graduated an impressive number of minority students. Over the last six years, of the 1,146 UTMB medical graduates, 18 percent were Hispanic, and 24 Hispanic students graduated in the Class of 2007.

5. University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
University of Texas School of Medicine at San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas
www.som.uthscsa.edu

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