GSBS Quick Facts

Graduate Student Body

  • Enrollment Fall 2023: 195
  • Caucasian: 44%
  • Hispanic: 18%
  • Asian: 16%
  • African American: 5%
  • Two or more races: 2%
  • Female: 56%
  • Male: 43%

Graduate Faculty

  • 188

Graduate Student Stipend/Salary

  • $35,360

Average Yearly Cost
(Tuition and Fees for 2023 - 2024 shown with 9 credit hours / semester and 3 semesters / year)

  • In-state: $9,030
  • Out-of-state: $20,370
  • Tuition and fees are paid for students receiving salaries.
  • Health insurance included!

Historical Info & Alumni

  • Established 1969
  • Approximately 62 graduates each year (MS, MA, MMS, MPH, PhD)
  • Approximately 1,799 alumni as of September 2022

Research, Grants, and Contracts

  • 1,100,158 (FY 2022) gross square feet of institutional research space on campus.
  • BSL-4 designated Galveston National Laboratory (GNL) - one of a few across the nation on an academic campus.
  •  GSBS Writing Studio available to guide, assist, and edit grant and scholarship applications.
  • $165M in NIH funding (grants and contracts) awarded to UTMB in FY2022.
  • UTMB among top 2 percent in NIH funding

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