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Meharry Medical College

Nashville, Tennessee Private nonprofit 4-year Large city

Overview

Meharry Medical College is a private nonprofit four-year institution in Nashville, Tennessee. The campus sits in a large city. It enrolled 1,226 students in fall 2024. It is a historically Black college or university. Its religious affiliation is United Methodist.

Meharry Medical College offers certificates, master's degrees, doctoral degrees, and professional doctorates across 10 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, Medicine, and Dentistry. It awarded 388 degrees and certificates in 2024-25.

Mission

Meharry Medical College is a global academic health sciences center advancing health equity through innovative research, transformative education, exceptional and compassionate health services and policy-influencing thought leadership. True to its legacy, Meharry empowers diverse populations to improve the well-being of humankind.

Mission statement as reported by Meharry Medical College

Key figures

1,226

Students enrolled

388

Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25

Programs and majors

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Program levels

CertificateMasterPhDProfessional

Programs and majors offered 10

Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.

Health Professions 5

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences Master 179 graduates
Medicine Professional 87 graduates
Dentistry Professional 61 graduates
Physician Assistant Master 21 graduates
Public Health Master 14 graduates

Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Studies 2

Data Science Master 14 graduates
Data Science, Other Master 6 graduates

Biological and Biomedical Sciences 2

Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other PhD 6 graduates
Infectious Disease and Global Health PhD

Public Administration and Social Services 1

Health Policy Analysis Certificate

Degrees and certificates awarded

Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

Master's degrees: 234
Doctoral degrees (research): 6
Professional doctorates: 148

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024: 1,226
Graduate students, fall 2024: 1,226
Full-time, fall 2024: 100%
Students over the full 2024-25 year: 1,276
Graduate students, 2024-25: 1,276
Full-time, 2024-25: 100%
Size category: 1,000 to 4,999 students

Student body

Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.

Women: 68%
Men: 32%
White: 4%
Hispanic or Latino: 2%
Black or African American: 86%
Asian: 7%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Students studying fully online: 0%
Students taking some online courses: 0%

Campus and services

Setting: Large city
Academic calendar: Semester
Religious affiliation: United Methodist
Carnegie classification: Special Focus Four-Year: Medical Schools & Centers
Research designation: Research Colleges and Universities
President: James E.K. Hildreth
Services and opportunities: Academic and career counseling, Student employment services