Future UAB freshmen, Ryan Salazar, Ashley Coirier, Ruowen Zheng, and Chelsey Chaplin pose with Blazer gear at hand in their Health Science room.

Whenever you hear that someone is seriously sick or injured in Alabama, the words “going to Birmingham” usually follow.  This is because Birmingham is home to the majority of the state’s specialized and large hospitals.  Even pro-football players, like Robert Griffin III, come to Birmingham to treat injuries.  So it makes sense that the city’s university, UAB, has been named one of the nation’s top ten medical schools in the country, according to U.S. News.

The UAB medical school was ranked #8 for AIDS research, and #10 for the Primary Care program.  Their rankings beat prominent universities like Harvard, John Hopkins, and Duke, according to the U.S. News report.

This gives Bob Jones students a great opportunity to study at a highly ranked college, while being only two hours away from home.

“UAB being rated a top ten medical school helped me choose between Auburn and UAB,” says senior Emily Nicholson, a Health Science Intern.

“I think it will encourage more people to go to UAB because it’s closer and because of what it’s listed as,” comments Mrs. Jordan, the Health Science Internship teacher.

For Bob Jones’ students with medical ambitions, UAB, thanks to this ranking, offers prestige that doesn’t mean moving across the country.