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Tuesday, March 25, 2025

Graduates earn 650 degrees, certificates from SUNY Downstate Medical Center

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About 99.4 percent of the 650 degrees and certificates handed out by SUNY Downstate Medical Center in 2017-18 were to students in health professions and related programs, making them the most popular programs that year, according to the latest disclosure from the U.S. Department of Education.

The agency's National Center for Education Statistics shows the public institution in Brooklyn conferred 230 doctor's degrees and 201 master's degrees in health professions and related programs.

But the single most popular program was for a doctor's degree in medicine. Data shows the school gave out 205 doctor's degrees in medicine, followed by 115 bachelor's degrees in registered nursing/registered nurse and 78 master's degrees in general public health.

The center enrolled 1,846 students for 2017-18, including 211 in undergraduate programs and 1,635 in graduate programs.

Degrees awarded for 2017-18
ProgramBachelor's degrees awardedGraduate and professional degrees awardedCertificates awardedTotal degrees and certificates awardedPercent of total
Medicine-205-205
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse115--115
Public Health, General-8420104
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing-37441
Physician Assistant36--36
Occupational Therapy/Therapist-31-31
Medical Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiation Therapist20--20
Medical Informatics-19-19
Physical Therapy/Therapist-19-19
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General19--19
Nurse Midwife/Nursing Midwifery-16117
Nurse Anesthetist-10-10
Women's Health Nurse/Nursing-10-10
Direct Entry Midwifery----
Clinical Nurse Specialist----
Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing----
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing, Other----
Geriatric Nurse/Nursing----
Pediatric Nurse/Nursing----
Health Information/Medical Records Administration/Administrator----
Nursing Education----
Health Professions and Related Programs total1904312564699.4
Molecular Biology-2-2
Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology----
Pharmacology----
Biochemistry----
Physiology, General----
Anatomy----
Neuroscience----
Biological And Biomedical Sciences total-2-20.3
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering-2-2
Engineering total-2-20.3

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