A modern medical library is available. In addition, the department operates several telemedicine stations that are located in nursing homes and rural hospitals. Financial Aid Limited graduate assistantships may be available on a competitive basis. The Lydia and Peyton Schapper Fund awards a competitive scholarship annually to a student enrolled in the Clinical Gerontology Program. Financial aid information is available through the Office of Financial Aid.
Courses require no lab fees.
These tuition rates are subject to change. The department has an average enrollment of 20 graduate students. Graduate students are selected on the basis of prior academic and work achievements. Location The city of Galveston, with a population of 70,000, is a pleasant and historic island community that is the commercial center of Galveston County and a popular resort on the Gulf of Mexico. The scientific facilities of the NASA Johnson Spaceflight center are also located nearby.