Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

Doctoral Program Characteristics

Ph.D. in Integrated Biomedical Sciences Characteristics

Graduation stats

Number of doctoral degrees awarded per year

The number of doctoral degrees awarded per year for each of the 3 most recent years.

2016 2017 2018
1 1 7
Graduation rates

Percentage of doctoral students who graduated within 10 years for each of the 3 most recent years. Graduation rates are based on the methodology used in the Accountability System, which uses CBM001 data to identify students beginning a program at a specified time and uses CMB009 data to track students from that cohort who graduate within the following 10-year period.

2016-17 2017-18 2018-19
N/A N/A N/A
Average time to degree

The average of graduates' time to degree for each of the most recent 3 years. For each academic year, "time to degree" is defined as beginning the year students matriculated with a doctoral degree objective until the year they graduated.

2016 2017 2018
1 3 3.63
Average tuition and fees to complete the degree

The combined annual tuition and program-specific fees multiplied by the average number of years that graduates took to complete the degree for each of the 3 most recent years.

2016 2017 2018
Employment profile

The number and percentage of graduates employed in their field within one year of graduation, those still seeking employment, and unknown for each of the 3 most recent years. Employment includes full-time self-employment, private practice, residency, fellowship, and other opportunities for further training or education.

Employment 2016 2017 2018
Employed 1 | 100% 1 | 100% 5 | 83.3%
Still seeking 0 | 0% 0 | 0% 1 | 16.7%
Unknown 0 | 0% 0 | 0% 0 | 0%

Student stats

Students passing licensure exams

The number and percentage of students in the cohort passing licensure exams for each of the 3 most recent years. Includes both first-time and repeat test takers.

2016 2017 2018
Student diversity

The fall semester headcount by gender, ethnicity and residency status in the program for each of the 3 most recent years. International non-resident students should include all students paying resident tuition rates because of waivers.

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Ethnicity 2016 2017 2018
African American 3 3 3
Asian 5 6 1
Hispanic 22 27 28
International / Unknown 21 25 33
Two races or more 1 4 4
White 34 44 57
Total 88 112 137
Gender 2016 2017 2018
Female 52 64 81
Male 36 48 56
Total 88 112 137
Residency 2016 2017 2018
Texas 32 46 53
Out of state 56 66 84
Total 88 112 137
Percentage of full-time students

The fall semesters' number of full-time student equivalents divided by the headcount number of students enrolled for each of the 3 most recent years. Definition of "full-time student" is 18 semester credit hours per year.

2016 2017 2018
100% 100% 100%
Percentage of full-time students with institutional financial support

The percentage of full-time students with at least $1,000 of annual support for each of the 3 most recent years.

2016 2017 2018
100% 100% N/A
Student publications/presentations

The number of discipline-related refereed paper/publications, juried creative/performance accomplishments, and external presentations per year for each of the 3 most recent years.

Activities 2016 2017 2018
Total Publications and Presentations 131 171 50
Student-core faculty ratio

The number of full-time student equivalents divided by the number of full-time faculty equivalents of core faculty for each of the 3 most recent years.

2016 2017 2018
0.575 0.701 0.712

Faculty stats

Faculty Diversity

The core faculty by gender and ethnicity for each of the 3 most recent years.

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Ethnicity Men Women
White 85 35
Black 2 0
Hispanic 10 2
Asian 38 13
American Indian / Alaskan Native 0 0
International 0 0
Unknown / Not reported 12 2
Native Hawaiian / Other Pacific Islander
Ethnicity Men Women
White 81 36
Black 2 0
Hispanic 9 1
Asian 42 15
American Indian / Alaskan Native 0 0
International 0 0
Unknown / Not reported 9 2
Native Hawaiian / Other Pacific Islander 0 0
Ethnicity Men Women
White 80 36
Black 2 0
Hispanic 9 1
Asian 50 15
American Indian / Alaskan Native 0 0
International 0 0
Unknown / Not reported 2 0
Native Hawaiian / Other Pacific Islander 0 0
Faculty teaching load

The total number of semester credit hours in organized teaching courses taught per academic year by core faculty divided by the number of core faculty for each of the 3 most recent years. Organized classes include lecture, laboratory, and seminar courses.

2016 2017 2018
5.6 7.64 9.81
Core faculty

The number of core faculty for each of the 3 most recent years. "Core faculty" is defined as appropriately credentialed individuals intergral to the doctoral program, such as those who teach courses, mentor students, or serve on dissertation committeees.

2016 2017 2018
199 199 195
Core faculty activities

The avergae number of discipline-related refereed papers/publications, juried creative/performance accomplishments, and notices of discoveriesfiled/patents issued per core faculty member for each of the 3 most recent years.

Activities 2016 2017 2018
Average Publications and Presentations 1.95 3.71 3.33
Core faculty external grants

The number of core faculty receiving external funds, average external funds, average external funds per core faculty member, and total external funds per program for each of the 3 most recent years.

Grants 2016 2017 2018
Number of core faculty receiving external funds 165 of 199 144 of 199 124 of 195
Average external funds per core faculty members $392,687 $406,982 $413,493
Total external funds per program $78,144,710 $80,989,572 $80,631,286

Institutional stats

Average institutional financial support provided

The average annual monetary institutional support provided per full-time student from assistanships, scholarships, stipends, grants, and fellowships (does not include tuition or benefits) for each of the 3 most recent years.

2016 2017 2018
$26,000 $26,000 N/A
Date of last external review

8/31/2021