By the Numbers

The most comprehensive academic health center in Texas educates and trains health professionals and biomedical scientists, conducts cutting edge biomedical, behavioral and population research and provides both primary care and highly specialized medical, dental and public health care and expertise.

Among all public health universities in Texas UTHSC-H is number 1 in research in child health and human development.

• 1 component of The University of Texas System.
• 3,399 student enrollment.
• 1,247 faculty.
• 3,196 staff.
• $589.6 million operating budget in FY 2005.
• $163.1 million in un-reimbursed patient care provided to medically and financially indigent citizens of Harris County in 2004.
• 27,418 graduates since 1972.
• 2.4 million assignable square feet occupied in 37 buildings throughout the Texas Medical Center and the greater Houston area.
• Over 700 grant-funded research projects in progress at any given time.
• 1 Nobel Prize winner.
• 1 member of the National Academy of Sciences.
• 4 members of the Institute of Medicine.
• 3 members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
• 13 members of the American Academy of Nursing.
• $66.5 million endowment (book value).
• $1.7 billion annual indirect economic impact on the Houston metropolitan region.

In 2004:

• 3,399 students enrolled in 18 degree and certificate programs at 6 UTHSC-H schools located within the Texas Medical Center and at 4 regional campuses.
• Students participate in clinical training at over 200 affiliated sites across the Houston metropolitan area and across Texas.
• 890 students received degrees from UTHSC-H and began careers as health professionals and biomedical scientists.
• Researchers conducted research expending $148.3 million in sponsored research dollars and submitted 1,345 proposals for new research funding.
• Research funding ranked 56th out of the 534 institutions across the nation receiving funds from the National Institutes of Health (2003).
• Clinicians trained more than 700 medical and dental residents as they delivered care in more than 50 outpatient and inpatient sites, reflecting more than 874,000 encounters with patients.