Texas
Each year, Ross University School of Medicine welcomes students from states across the US, including Texas, to medical school. Take a look at the facts and figures below to learn about how Ross connects with your home state.
TEXAS BY THE NUMBERS
- 7.65% of RUSM students currently enrolled are from Texas.
- According to the 2019 AAMC State Physician Workforce Data Report, 25.9% of Texas’s active physicians graduated from an international medical school, ranking it 12th in the US.
Med Schools RESIDENCY texas
As of 4/16/2020, 585 Current and former Ross graduates attained residencies in 24 disciplines. That same year, more than 20 Ross students earned residency positions at Texas hospitals/teaching facilities, including:
- University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
- Baylor Scott & White Health
- Las Palmas Del Sol
- Texas Tech University
- Texas Institute for Graduate Medical Education and Research (TIGMER)
WHERE DO OUR TEXAS STUDENTS COME FROM?
From which schools did most of our Texas-area students graduate? See the top five below.
- University of Texas at Austin (9.46%)
- University of Texas at Dallas (9.01%)
- Texas A&M University (8.56%)
- University of Houston (4.50%)
- Prairie View A&M University (4.95%)
Alumni
Growing up, Natalie Gordon, MD ’20, always talked about becoming a doctor. Some of her earliest memories are of accompanying family members to various doctor appointments and of watching the Discovery Health channel’s Operation Smile.
Since he was a young child, Dr. Brian Chou has led an incredibly active lifestyle. He played tennis in middle school and high school to weight lifting and bodybuilding in college and medical school, and Brazilian jiu-jitsu through his residency and fellowship.
As he was completing his Biomedical Engineering degree from the University of Texas, Austin, Dr. Irvin Sulapas began searching for his next intellectual challenge.