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Facts & Figures

Highlights

  • Founded as Toland Medical College in 1864
  • Affiliated with University of California in 1873
  • Occupying seven major sites in San Francisco and Fresno with:
    • 28 academic departments
    • 9 organized research units
    • 7 interdisciplinary research centers
  • Ranked by US News & World Report* fourth in quality of research training and in quality of primary care training. UCSF is the only medical school listed in the top 5 in both categories
  • Ranked first among US medical schools in NIH dollars awarded
  • Ranks among the top 10 in all medical school specialty programs assessed by US News & World Report*, including first in AIDS medicine, second in internal medicine, women’s health and Drug/Alcohol programs and fourth in family medicine.

Faculty & Staff

Faculty
Full-time 2,072
Part-time 126
Volunteer 2,440
Staff
Non-Faculty Academics 842
Staff employees 4,837
Scientific Society Memberships
American Academy of Arts & Sciences 62
Howard Hughes Medical Investigators 16
Institute of Medicine 72
National Academy of Sciences 41

Research Indicators

NIH Dollars (in millions) 462
NIH Grants 906
Active patents, US 553
Active patents, foreign 710
Active licenses 377

Total Operating Budget: $1.71 billion

Tuition & Fees 2%
State Appropriations 4%
Extramural Grants & Contracts 38%
Practice Plan 28%
Gifts & Endowments 7%
Hospital Agreements 8%
SFGH Affiliation Contract 6%
Sales & Services 4%
Other 3%

Student Composition

School of Medicine Admissions
Applications Received 6926
Interviews Granted 496
Students Accepted 273
2012 Entering MD Students 149
Total MD Students 648
PhD/MS Students 685
Mean Undergraduate GPA 3.77
MCAT Score (Average Composite) 11.5
Underrepresented Minorities 27%
Women 55%
California Residents 95%
Tuition & Fees
California Residents $35,134
Out-of-State Residents $47,379
GME & Postdocs
Residents 921
Clinical Fellows 504
Postdoctoral Scholars 897
CME Students
Live Course Students 17,677
Grand Rounds Students 5,269
Home Study Students 6,744

Facilities (at 9 sites)

Educational Space (Shared) 88,167 ASF
Research Space 1,215,381 ASF

Affiliated Hospitals & Training Sites

Licensed Beds/Annual Ambulatory Care Visits
UCSF Medical Center (Parnassus, Children's & Mount Zion Hospitals) 720/765,000
San Francisco General Hospital 686/580,766
San Francisco VA Medical Center 124/595,173
Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute 67/33,400
Fresno Medical Education Program Multiple sites

Alumni & Development

Total Alumni 7,752
Alumni Gifts (cash) $4,144,195
Total Gifts (cash) $204,523,913
Endowment (Market Value) $1,111,293,002

*Source:US News & World Report Best Graduate Schools 2014