Health/Medical Prep Programs at Samford University

What traits are you looking for in a medical prep school? To help you decide if Samford University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's medical prep program.

Samford is located in Birmingham, Alabama and approximately 5,729 students attend the school each year. Of the 347 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Samford University in 2021, 46 of them were health/medical prep programs majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Health/Medical Prep Programs section at the bottom of this page.

Samford Health/Medical Prep Programs Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Medical Prep

Samford Health/Medical Prep Programs Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks medical prep programs across the country. The following shows how Samford performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The medical prep major at Samford is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Health/Medical Prep Programs. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Health/Medical Prep Programs Schools	46
Most Popular Health/Medical Prep Programs Schools	50
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Medical Prep Student Demographics at Samford

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the medical prep majors at Samford University.

Samford Health/Medical Prep Programs Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of medical prep bachelor's degrees went to men and 67% went to women. The typical medical prep bachelor's degree program is made up of only 23% men. So male students are more repesented at Samford since its program graduates 10% more men than average.

About 85% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in medical prep at Samford are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Samford University with a bachelor's in medical prep.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	39
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Samford also has a doctoral program available in medical prep. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Health/Medical Prep Programs

Health/Medical Prep Programs majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Samford University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Pre-Physical Therapy Studies	37
Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies	9

Related Majors

• Allied Health Professions
• Medical Illustration & Informatics
• Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services
• Health & Medical Administrative Services
• Communication Sciences

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Sweetmoose6 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.