Top PH Universities for Doctors Named

The House Committee on Higher and Technical Education has credited the nation’s leading schools for doctors of medicine, based on the outstanding performance of their graduates in the last two Physician Licensure Examinations administered by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC).

Pasig City Rep. Roman Romulo, committee chairman, identified the top producers of would-be medical doctors as follows (with the percentage of their examinees passing the last two professional eligibility tests in brackets):

·        University of the Philippines-Manila (100%);

·        Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila (100%);

·        Ateneo de Manila University (100%);

·        Cebu Institute of Medicine (100%);

·        University of Santo Tomas (98.88%);

·        University of the East Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Medical Center (96.80%);

·        Cebu Doctors’ University (95.74%);

·        West Visayas State University-La Paz (95.29%);

·        Xavier University-Cagayan de Oro (93.94%);

·        Cagayan State University-Tuguegarao (86.36%); and

·        University of St. La Salle-Bacolod (85.71%).

Citing PRC statistics, Romulo said at least 80 percent of the examinees who graduated from the above-mentioned 11 schools passed the last two Physician Licensure Examinations.

Romulo’s panel has been publicizing the best performing universities for every program, so as to help consumers — students and their parents — decide where they will likely get the best value for college tuition payments.