For the 14th straight year, student enrollment at UNMC set a record high, with 3,681 students enrolled for the 2013-14 school year, an increase over last year’s record of 3,655.
“We are pleased that our overall enrollment continues to grow,” said Dele Davies, M.D., vice chancellor for academic affairs and dean of graduate studies. “Our public health programs in particular continue to attract excellent new students from across Nebraska, the U.S. and around the world. Several of our allied health programs and our doctor of nursing practice programs also experienced modest growth.”
Listed below are enrollment highlights:
Graduate Studies
Enrollment in doctoral and master’s programs in graduate studies increased by 1.8 percent, going from 462 students in 2012 to 474 in 2013. The number of students enrolled in doctoral programs went from 389 to 401.
College of Dentistry
The College of Dentistry admitted 47 new dental students as well as 24 new dental hygiene students, bringing enrollment in the college to 278, including 41 graduate and postgraduate students.
College of Medicine
There are 133 new first-year medical students, bringing the total enrollment to 510, with 34 enrolled in the M.D./Ph.D. program. Students were selected from a total of 1,568 applicants, one of the largest number of applicants in the past 19 years.
College of Nursing
A total of 993 students are enrolled in seven undergraduate and graduate nursing programs (including Ph.D. nursing students) in Omaha, Lincoln, Kearney, Scottsbluff and Norfolk.
College of Pharmacy
Fifty-eight new students were accepted into the College of Pharmacy’s Doctor of Pharmacy degree program. The new students bring the total enrollment in the four-year program to 221 students.
College of Public Health
Enrollment in the College of Public Health this fall is 223, including 50 doctoral students, 138 master’s students and 35 certificate and non-degree program students. This represents a 14 percent increase in enrollment over last fall. There were 240 qualified applicants in fall 2013, a 95 percent increase over the fall of 2012.
School of Allied Health Professions
For 2013-14, there are 231 new students. Total enrollment in the school’s traditional programs is 410 students, and 209 students are enrolled through distance education degree programs.
The total also includes non-degree students.
In addition to student enrollment, Munroe-Meyer Institute provided interdisciplinary training, course work, and practicum experiences to 177 students in the 2012-2013 academic year.