Student Achievement
The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (UTMB) evaluates success with respect to student achievement consistent with its mission and with national criteria for health-related institutions of higher learning. UTMB pursues and achieves its educational
mission through the academic programs it offers in its five schools.
The measurement criteria below include Certification and Licensure Pass Rates, National Residency Matching, Employment Rates, and Graduation Rates. UTMB publishes the 8-Year IPEDS (Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System) Graduation Rates Outcome
Measure (OM) for its undergraduate programs as required by Degree-granting institutions.
The Targets/Goals are based on Program-Specific National Averages, Institutional Trends, Institutional Strategic Plans, and Peer Performance Data.
1. Certification/ Licensure Pass Rates
Graduates of UTMB’s clinical programs, with the exception of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, are required to pass a certification or licensure examination for practice.
School of Health Professions
Program | Certification/Licensure | Target/Goal | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
Medical Laboratory Sciences, BS, MS, MLS
| ASCP | 77% | 83% | 91% | 89% | 93.8% | 91.4% |
Nutrition and Metabolism, MS/DI | CDR | 90% | 93% | 100% | 95% | 100% | 94.1% |
Occupational Therapy, OTD | NBCOT | 92% | 98% | 98% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
Pathologists' Assistant, MS | ASCP | 92% | 100% | 80% | - | - | - |
Physical Therapy, DPT | NPTE | 85% | 92% | 95% | 91% | 98% | 99% |
Respiratory Care, MSRC | NBRC - TMC | 90% | 94% | 92% | 100% | 83% | 95% |
John Sealy School of Medicine
Program | Certification/Licensure | Target/Goal | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
Medicine, MD | USMLE | 93% | 96% | 93% | 95% | 95% | 98% |
Physician Assistant, MPAS | PANCE | 92% | 87% | 91% | 93% | 96% | 82% |
School of Nursing
| Program | Certification/Licensure | Target/Goal | 2025 | 2024 | 2021 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Nursing, BSN | NCLEX - RN | 98% | 99% | 100% | 99% | 96% | 98% |
| Adult Gerontology Acute Care, MSN | ANCC/AACN | 88% | 71% | 78% | 86% | 90% | 100%
|
| Acute Gerontology Primary Care, MSN | AANP/ANCC | 96% | 83% | 100% | 92% | 92% | 100% |
| Family Nurse Practitioner, MSN | AANP/ANCC | 93% | 94% | 91% | 90% | 93% | 92% |
| Neonatal Nurse Practitioner, MSN | NCC | 85% | 95% | 80% | 75% | 92% | 90% |
| Clinical Nurse Leader, MSN | CNC | N/A | N/A | 50%* | 50%* | 50%* | 100% |
*Low pass rates due to the low number (N) of test takers
2. National Residency Matching
A closely monitored measure of the effectiveness of UTMB's medical education program and the competitiveness of medical school graduates is the rate at which they successfully place into residencies through the National Residency Matching Program (NRMP)
to complete the graduate medical education portion of their training.
| Program | Target/Goal | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
Medicine (MD)** | 93% | 100% | 99% | 99% | 98% | 96% | 99% |
** Includes Early and Military Matches
3. Undergraduate Placement/ Employment Rates
UTMB’s undergraduate programs monitor the placement/employment of its graduates.
Program | Target/Goal | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
Medical Laboratory Sciences, BSMLS*** | 90% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
Nursing, BSN | 90% | 97%
| 98% | 99% | 100% | 98% |
***Includes Employment and continued education
4. Undergraduate Graduation Rate
UTMB utilizes a Completion indicator for its Undergraduate Graduation Rates. The completion rate is derived by dividing the number of completions by the total number of students while subtracting leave of absence or still enrolled students.
Program | Target/Goal | 2021-2022 | 2020-2021 | 2019-2020 | 2018-2019 | 2017-2018 |
Nursing, BSN | 85% | 88% | 89% | 94% | 94% | 96% |
Medical Laboratory Sciences, BSMLS
| 85% | 76% | 72% | 76% | 81% | 78% |