The agency's National Center for Education Statistics shows the public institution in Memphis conferred 564 doctor's degrees and 202 bachelor's degrees in health professions and related programs.
But the single most popular program was for a doctor's degree in pharmacy. Data shows the school gave out 158 doctor's degrees in pharmacy, followed by 156 doctor's degrees in medicine and 99 bachelor's degrees in registered nursing/registered nurse.
The university enrolled 3,280 students for 2017-18, including 359 in undergraduate programs and 2,921 in graduate programs.
Degrees awarded for 2017-18
| Program | Bachelor's degrees awarded | Graduate and professional degrees awarded | Certificates awarded | Total degrees and certificates awarded | Percent of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pharmacy | - | 158 | - | 158 | |
| Medicine | - | 156 | - | 156 | |
| Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse | 99 | - | 3 | 102 | |
| Dentistry | - | 90 | - | 90 | |
| Family Practice Nurse/Nursing | - | 87 | - | 87 | |
| Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist | 63 | 1 | - | 64 | |
| Physical Therapy/Therapist | - | 53 | - | 53 | |
| Occupational Therapy/Therapist | - | 35 | - | 35 | |
| Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist | - | 34 | - | 34 | |
| Audiology/Audiologist | - | 32 | - | 32 | |
| Dental Hygiene/Hygienist | 25 | 6 | - | 31 | |
| Physician Assistant | - | 28 | - | 28 | |
| Health Information/Medical Records Administration/Administrator | - | 14 | 7 | 21 | |
| Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist | 15 | - | - | 15 | |
| Health and Medical Administrative Services, Other | - | 10 | - | 10 | |
| Dental Clinical Sciences, General | - | 9 | - | 9 | |
| Cytotechnology/Cytotechnologist | - | 5 | - | 5 | |
| Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry | - | 4 | - | 4 | |
| Nursing Science | - | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Clinical Research Coordinator | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Geriatric Nurse/Nursing | - | - | - | - | |
| Behavioral Aspects of Health | - | - | - | - | |
| Health Professions and Related Programs total | 202 | 723 | 11 | 936 | 95.7 |
| Pharmacology | - | 23 | - | 23 | |
| Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other | - | 12 | - | 12 | |
| Epidemiology | - | 5 | - | 5 | |
| Biological And Biomedical Sciences total | - | 40 | - | 40 | 4.1 |
| Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering | - | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Engineering total | - | 2 | - | 2 | 0.2 |
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