University Description

Meharry Medical College is a private historically black medical school affiliated with the United Methodist Church and located in Nashville, Tennessee. Founded in 1876 as the Medical Department of Central Tennessee College, it was the first medical school for African Americans in the South.. Read More

University History

Meharry Medical College was one of six medical institutions established between the years of 1876 and 1900 in the state of Tennessee.[9] These schools were founded after the end of the Civil War when slaves had been freed and there were as yet few African-American physicians, and many freedmen in need of health care.
Graduation Rate: 46.7% Acceptance Rate: 1.19% Student Faculty Ratio: 3:1 School Setting: urban Notable Alumni: Rufus Herve Bacote,Hastings Banda,Edward Willard Bates,Rolf G. Behrents,Carl Bell (physician),Kofi Boahene,Clara Brawner,Winston C. Hackett,John Henry Hale,William M. Hampton,Homer Harris,Corey Hébert,Nelson Adams

Academic Programs

  • General Public Health
  • Other Biological and Biomedical Sciences
  • General Health Services and Allied Health Sciences
  • General Public Health
  • General Health Services and Allied Health Sciences
  • General Public Health
  • Dentistry
  • Medicine
  • Other Biological and Biomedical Sciences
  • Dentistry
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