Graduate Programs at The University of Tennessee Health Science Center

Graduate School Overview

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center (referred to as UTHSC) is a Public, 4 years school located in Memphis, TN. It is classified as a School of engineering school by Carnegie Classification and its highest level of offering is Doctor's degree - research/scholarship and professional practice.

UTHSC Directory Information
School Name	The University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC)
Address	875 Monroe Avenue, Memphis, TN 38163
Phone	901-448-5500
Web	https://www.uthsc.edu
Online Application	https://www.uthsc.edu/admissions
Financial Info	https://www.uthsc.edu/financial-aid

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees at The University of Tennessee Health Science Center is $14,634 for Tennessee residents and $24,455 for out-of-state students. The school has 2,844 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 3,139 including undergraduate students.

It offers total 41 graduate programs through Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Post-Master Certificate, Doctorate (Research), and Doctorate (Professional Practice). Among them, 9 programs are available online classes.

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Public, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$24,455 $14,634 for Tennessee Residents
Student Population	2,844
Offered Degrees/Programs	Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Post-Master Certificate, Doctorate (Research), and Doctorate (Professional Practice)
Number of Programs	41 graduate programs (9 programs available online learning)
Student to Faculty Ratio	7 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at The University of Tennessee Health Science Center is $14,634 for Tennessee residents and $24,455 for out-of-state students for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is $715 for Tennessee residents and $1,191 for out-of-state students.

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center offers the alternative tuition plans.

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center offers the distance education programs. All course works for completing a degree program can be done through online exclusively for graduate programs. In addition, the distance learning courses are offered for students who are not enrolled online exclusively.

On its campus, academic/career services are provided for their students.

Special Learning Opportunities & On-campus Services
Distance Learning (Online Classes)	9 Online Programs Available
Special learning Opportunities	No Special Learning Available or Reported
On-Campus Student Services	Academic/career services

2023 Graduate Tuition, Fees, Other Expenses

For the academic year 2022-2023, the graduate school tuition & fees of The University of Tennessee Health Science Center is $14,634 for Tennessee residents and $24,455 for other students. The graduate tuition & fees are decreased by -9.81% compared to previous academic year.

Data source: 2022-2023 tuition - NCES(National Center for Education Statistics (Last update: July 22, 2022)

2022-2023 Graduate Tuition & fees
	Tennessee Residents		Out-of-State
	Tuition	Fees	Tuition	Fees
2018-2019	$13,375	$1,435	$28,810	$1,540
2019-2020	$13,099	$1,372	$25,282	$1,469
2020-2021	$12,798	$1,382	$23,000	$1,430
2021-2022	$14,190	$1,339	$25,711	$1,405
2022-2023	$13,148	$1,486	$22,969	$1,486

The graduate school tuition & fees of UTHSC is average compared to public graduate schools in Tennessee. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,518 and the Tennessee graduate tuition is $20,629 (public) / $19,720 (private).

The next table compares the average graduate school tuition by location and school types.

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center	$14,634	$24,455
All Graduate Schools	$16,002	$19,518
Public	$11,454	$20,592
Private	$19,594
Tennessee Graduate Schools	$16,517	$19,583
Public	$11,181	$20,629
Private	$19,720

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $715 for Tennessee residents and $1,191 for other students at The University of Tennessee Health Science Center. The graduate tuition per credit hour are decreased by -5.18% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	Tennessee Residents	Out-of-State
2018-2019	$730	$1,587
2019-2020	$728	$1,476
2020-2021	$712	$1,274
2021-2022	$715	$1,256
2022-2023	$715	$1,191

For medical school, the average tuition & fees is $36,162 for Tennessee residents and $53,446 for out-of-state students. Next table shows the tuition & fees for law school and/or medical schools at The University of Tennessee Health Science Center.

Medical School Tuition

2022-2023 Law School/Medical School Tuition at The University of Tennessee Health Science Center
	Tennessee Residents		Out-of-State
	Tuition	Fees	Tuition	Fees
Dentistry	$30,388	$6,166	$69,148	$6,166
Medicine	$34,566	$1,596	$51,850	$1,596
Pharmacy	$22,370	$1,475	$27,374	$1,475

Graduate Programs at UTHSC

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center offers 36 graduate programs for Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The next table lists number of programs by offered degree and online availability along with number of completers by degree/certificate programs. Last year, 901 students have completed their study at The University of Tennessee Health Science Center.

Offered Degrees at The University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	14	1	213
Doctor's degree - research/scholarship	9	0	194
Doctor's degree - other	3	0	464
Post Bachelor's Degree	5	4	21
Post Master's Degree	5	4	9
Total	36	9	901

The next table shows the popular graduate programs at The University of Tennessee Health Science Center by award level.

The most popular Post-graduate Certificate program is the Health Information/Medical Records Administration/Administrator program with 15 completers.
The most popular Master's program is the Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist program with 49 completers.
The most popular Doctorate program is the Pharmacy program with 189 completers.

Popular Post-graduate Certificate Programs at The University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Health Information/Medical Records Administration/Administrator	✔	15	-
Pharmacy	✔	6	-
Clinical Research Coordinator	✔	4	-
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing	✔	3	-
Perioperative/Operating Room and Surgical Nurse/Nursing	✔	2	-

Popular Master's Programs at The University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	✕	49	-
Occupational Therapy/Therapist	✕	41	-
Physician Assistant	✕	30	-
Health Information/Medical Records Administration/Administrator	✔	22	-
Pharmacology	✕	20	-

Popular Doctorate Programs at The University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Pharmacy	✕	189	-
Medicine	✕	171	-
Dentistry	✕	104	-
Nursing Practice	✕	87	-
Physical Therapy/Therapist	✕	60	-

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center offers 36 programs through Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The programs are offered both in online and on-site education. Last year total 901 students have completed their graduate studies.

213 students have earned/completed Master's program.
464 students have earned/completed Doctorate (Practice) program.
21 students have earned/completed Post-Bachelor's program.
9 students have earned/completed Post-Master's program.

Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Engineering [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering	✕	2	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	22 completers	-
Biomedical Sciences	✕	1	-
Pharmacology	✕	20	-
Biostatistics	✕	0	-
Epidemiology	✕	1	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔	189 completers	-
Audiology/Audiologist	✕	17	-
Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	✕	49	-
Dental Clinical Sciences	✕	15	-
Health Information/Medical Records Administration/Administrator	✔	22	-
Physician Assistant	✕	30	-
Cytotechnology/Cytotechnologist	✕	5	-
Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist	✕	9	-
Pharmaceutical Sciences	✕	1	-
Occupational Therapy/Therapist	✕	41	-
	Total	213

Doctorate (Research) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Engineering [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering	✕	0	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	21 completers	-
Biomedical Sciences	✕	19	-
Biostatistics	✕	2	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	173 completers	-
Audiology/Audiologist	✕	20	-
Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	✕	1	-
Pharmaceutical Sciences	✕	2	-
Physical Therapy/Therapist	✕	60	-
Nursing Science	✕	3	-
Nursing Practice	✕	87	-
	Total	194

Doctorate (Practice) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	464 completers	-
Dentistry	✕	104	-
Medicine	✕	171	-
Pharmacy	✕	189	-
	Total	464

Post-Bachelor's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔	21 completers	-
Health Information/Medical Records Administration/Administrator	✔	15	-
Health Information/Medical Records Technology/Technician	✔	0	-
Clinical Research Coordinator	✔	4	-
Behavioral Aspects of Health	✔	0	-
Perioperative/Operating Room and Surgical Nurse/Nursing	✕	2	-
	Total	21

Post-Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔	9 completers	-
Pharmacy	✕	6	-
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	✔	0	-
Pediatric Nurse/Nursing	✔	0	-
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing	✔	3	-
Geriatric Nurse/Nursing	✔	0	-
	Total	9

Graduate Student Population at UTHSC

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 2,971 students enrolled into The University of Tennessee Health Science Center graduate schools where it has total 3,139 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 2,771 full-time and 200 part-time graduate students. By gender, 1,141 male and 1,830 female students are attending graduate schools. The next table summarizes the graduate student population by gender and attending status.

Graduate School Student Population By Gender
	Total	Male	Female
Total	2,971	1,141	1,830
Full-time	2,771	1,089	1,682
Part-tme	200	52	148

The next table summarizes the students population by race/ethnicity.

There are 1,986 White (66.85%), 330 Black/African American (11.11%), 107 Hispanic (3.60%), 331 Asian (11.14%), and 217 students with other races. 94 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	2,971	1,141	1,830
American Indian/Native American	2	2	0
Asian	331	143	188
Black/African American	330	87	243
Hispanic	107	50	57
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0	0
White	1,986	771	1,215
Two More	58	26	32
Un-Known	63	21	42
Non-resident Alien	94	41	53

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 236 graduate students (7.94% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 606 graduate students (20.40% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The next table summarizes the online student population.

Distance Learning Student Population
	Number of Graduate Students
Total	2,971
Enrolled Online Exclusively	236
Enrolled Some Online Courses	606
Not in Online Courses	2,129

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at The University of Tennessee Health Science Center. 1,157 students are aged 20 to 24 (38.94% of total students), 1 students are aged below 20 (0.03%), 37 students are aged above 50 (1.25%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at The University of Tennessee Health Science Center.

Graduate Student Population By Age
	Total	Male	Female
Total	2,971	1,141	1,830
Age 18-19	1	0	1
Age 20-21	51	11	40
Age 22-24	1,106	355	751
Age 25-29	1,345	610	735
Age 30-34	246	95	151
Age 35-39	111	42	69
Age 40-49	74	23	51
Age 50-64	34	4	30
Over 64	3	1	2

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center Graduate Schools

Graduate School Overview

2023 Graduate Tuition, Fees, Other Expenses

Graduate Programs at UTHSC

Graduate Student Population at UTHSC

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