The Robert W. Woodruff Health Sciences Center - Figures and Rankings - OLD
Last Updated: January 22, 2025

Comprehensive Figures in Woodruff Health Sciences Center (WHSC) 

Faculty.................................................................................................................... 3,459 
Adjunct faculty.......................................................................................................1,397 
Students and trainees............................................................................................5,675 

  • Medical ................................................................................................................556 
  • Medical residents and fellows .......................................................................1,311 
  • Nursing ...............................................................................................................899 
  • Public health .................................................................................................. 1,344 
  • Postdocs .............................................................................................................495 
  • Allied Health ..................................................................................................... 530 
  • Graduate Division of Biological & Biomedical Sciences..............................402 
  • MD/PhD ...............................................................................................................93 
  • Master’s in Clinical Research .............................................................................45 

Employees (includes 3,459 faculty) ..................................................................31,557 
Hospital beds .........................................................................................................2,691 
Annual Emory Healthcare hospital admissions ............................................. 75,492 
Annual Emory Healthcare outpatient service visits ...............................4.7 million 
Annual Emory Healthcare nursing home admissions ........................................947 
Number of unique patients treated annually in Emory Healthcare ......... 617,094
Annual inpatient and outpatient service visits (Emory Healthcare & affiliate hospitals).................................................7.7 million 
Research funding (fiscal year 2018) .................................................. $685.8 million 
Annual operating expenditures (fiscal year 2018).................................$4.5 billion 
Annual budget (fiscal year 2019) ............................................................. $5.4 billion 
Annual economic impact on metro Atlanta ........................................... $8.8 billion 
Emory Healthcare charity care (fiscal year 2018)..................................$98 million 
WHSC annual community benefit .................................................... $558.8 million
Endowment...............................................................................................$2.91 billion 
Total buildings ....................................................................................................... >100
Total net square feet....................................................................................5.2 million 

Rankings 
For more rankings, see http://whsc.emory.edu/about/facts-and-figures/rankings.html 

US News & World Report 
Emory University Hospital: 1 metro Atlanta, 1 Georgia
Emory Saint Joseph’s Hospital: 2 metro Atlanta, 2 Georgia
Emory University Hospital Midtown: 7 metro Atlanta, 10 Georgia
Emory University School of Medicine: 24 for research, 35 for primary care
Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing: 4
Rollins School of Public Health: 5 

National Institutes of Health research funding 

Emory University School of Medicine: 18 
Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing: 3 
Rollins School of Public Health: 6

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