UNMC enrollment up 7.7 percent

Student enrollment at UNMC in the 2010-2011 school year set a record high with 3,486 students enrolled — an increase of 7.7 percent over last year’s previous record total of 3,237.












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This is the sixth consecutive year UNMC set a record for enrollment.




“UNMC has seen a significant increase in its enrollment,” said Ruben Pamies, M.D., vice chancellor for academic affairs. “This is not surprising given our state-of-the-art facilities and the other new buildings that soon will be opening, along with our outstanding nationally recognized programs and faculty.”

Among the enrollment highlights:

  • Undergraduate enrollment rose from 811 to 958;
  • Graduate enrollment increased from 708 to 717;
  • Professional enrollment moved from 1,718 to 1,811; and
  • Post-master’s certificate in nursing program enrollment increased 41 percent.

Below are enrollment highlights for each UNMC college, the School of Allied Health Professions and the Munroe-Meyer Institute.

College of Dentistry

  • New dental students: 47
  • New dental hygiene students: 24
  • Average GPA – new dentistry students: 3.79
  • Average GPA – new hygiene students: 3.55
  • Total enrollment: 268

College of Medicine

  • New medical students: 132 (selected from 1,446 applicants)
  • Total enrollment: 497

College of Nursing

  • Total new students: 297 students (selected from 588 qualified applicants)
  • Average GPA of new students: 3.5 (based on the students’ first two years of college)
  • Total enrollment: 1,148

College of Pharmacy

  • New Pharm.D., students: 43
  • Average GPA: 3.50
  • Total enrollment (Pharm.D.): 237

College of Public Health

  • Total enrollment: 111
  • Doctoral students: 30
  • Master’s students: 71
  • Certificate of public health students: 10
  • Total applications: 131 (60 people applied to the college last year)

School of Allied Health Professions

  • New students (all programs): 180 (selected from 779 applicants, which is 14.4 percent increase from last year)
  • Total enrollment: 375

Munroe-Meyer Institute

  • Total interdisciplinary training and practicum experiences in 2009-2010: 167
  • Undergraduate students: 10
  • Master’s students: 36
  • Doctoral-level interns: 62
  • Post-doctoral fellows: 59