Medical School Acceptance Rates by Race, MCAT/GPA, Major (2023 – 2024)

Knowing medical school acceptance rates will allow you to accurately gauge your competitiveness for medical school admission. One trend regarding medical school acceptance rates is that they have been steadily decreasing over the past several years because medical school admissions is becoming increasingly more competitive. That said, there is a huge range of medical school acceptance rates. There are many factors that impact medical school acceptance rates including the number of applicants to any given medical school, the number of seats in the medical school first year class, the desirability of a medical school, and whether or not the school is privately or state-funded. Other factors such as race, ethnicity, undergraduate major, and your state residency also impact acceptance rates. As medical schools focus more and more each year on increasing diversity and creating an interesting student body, these factors become more important. By reading this article, you will learn how to interpret medical school acceptance rates, the lowest and highest medical school acceptance rates, and other admissions data. You will also know how to use this information to your advantage and increase your chances of acceptance to medical school.

Allopathic Medical School Acceptance Rates

The overall allopathic medical school acceptance rate for the 2022-2023 year was 43%. There were 55,188 applicants. In and 23,810 applicants were accepted. 22,713 students who were accepted actually matriculated.

The average medical school acceptance rate for individual allopathic medical schools in the United States is 5.5%. The primary factors that impact this rate for individual medical schools are the overall popularity of the medical school and the number of applications received by each medical school.

For example, a medical school that receives 14,000 applications for 150 first year medical student positions will be more competitive, and have a lower acceptance rate than a medical school of the same caliber that receives only 5,000 medical school applications for 150 first year positions.

Geography and prestige also influence medical school acceptance rates. Medical schools in desirable locations, typically urban areas, receive more applications than medical schools in more remote locations. Obviously, a medical school’s prestige or reputation will also influence the acceptance and matriculation rates. The more prestigious medical schools may have an 80% or higher matriculation rate (or “yield”) meaning 80% of accepted students actually matriculate whereas as a less competitive medical school may have only a 40% yield meaning only 40% of accepted students matriculate. Therefore, the medical school with the 40% yield will have a higher acceptance rate than the medical school with the 80% yield because they must accept more applicants to fill their first year class.

Acceptance rates between medical schools vary significantly. The most selective medical schools have very low medical school acceptance rates. For example, Mayo and Stanford have acceptance rates around 2%! However, some state medical schools have the highest medical school acceptance rates. For example, the University of North Dakota has an acceptance rate of nearly 18%. The University of Nebraska accepts more than 40% of in-state medical school applicants!

Medical School	Median GPA	Median MCAT	Medical School Acceptance Rate	Total Applicants	Total Interviewed	Total Accepted	Total Enrolled
Albany Medical College	3.7	511	N/A	10247	793	N/A	139
Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University	3.7	510	12%	3074	558	372	233
Baylor College of Medicine	3.93	518	4.9%	6689	840	329	186
Boston University	3.75	517	6.5%	7771	1019	503	174
Brown University (Alpert)	3.77	514	3%	9995	380	276	144
California Northstate University	3.69	512	N/A	4184	357	N/A	96
Case Western Reserve University	3.81	518	7%	7556	1083	530	214
Central Michigan University	3.74	506	N/A	5393	423	N/A	103
Columbia University	3.9	521	3.5%	8258	1073	278	140
Cornell University (Weill)	3.88	515	5.1%	6385	798	323	106
Creighton University	3.82	510	N/A	6126	609	N/A	155
Dartmouth College (Geisel)	3.66	514	4%	7361	806	284	92
Drexel University	3.67	511	5%	13831	747	707	263
Duke University	3.86	519	4%	6951	704	277	121
East Carolina University (Brody)	3.71	507	12%	1008	429	125	87
East Tennessee State University (Quillen)	3.77	506	6%	2402	217	138	73
Eastern Virginia Medical School	3.6	511	5%	6729	813	356	150
Emory University	3.7	514	4%	7790	668	311	138
Florida Atlantic University (Schmidt)	3.7	510	7%	2384	302	155	64
Florida International University (Wertheim)	3.75	512	N/A	5016	557	N/A	123
Florida State University	3.76	505	3%	5866	280	151	123
George Washington University	3.7	512	1.9%	12057	1141	349	184
Georgetown University	3.63	512	3%	13149	1029	375	203
Harvard University	3.93	519	3.3%	6815	948	227	165
Hofstra University	3.8	516	7.9%	4477	874	354	99
Howard University	3.4	502	4%	5044	276	192	119
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai	3.82	518	5.7%	6304	1077	358	140
Indiana University--Indianapolis	3.9	511	8.6%	6683	1113	574	365
Johns Hopkins University	3.94	521	6%	4297	657	256	120
Loma Linda University	3.83	508	N/A	5252	362	NA	168
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center--New Orleans	3.81	509	N/A	3083	475	N/A	195
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center--Shreveport	3.8	504	N/A	1265	233	N/A	127
Loyola University Chicago (Stritch)	3.72	510	N/A	11355	606	N/A	165
Marshall University (Edwards)	3.62	503	6%	1960	157	125	84
Mayo Clinic School of Medicine	3.92	520	2.4%	7265	816	172	102
Medical College of Wisconsin	3.76	511	7%	5041	588	353	271
Medical University of South Carolina	3.75	510	15.5%	1385	364	214	157
Meharry Medical College	3.58	502	N/A	6806	455	N/A	115
Mercer University	3.71	505	N/A	1081	348	N/A	123
Michigan State University (College of Human Medicine)	3.58	506	4%	7135	490	293	192
Morehouse School of Medicine	3.61	504	N/A	6088	418	N/A	100
New York Medical College	3.6	511	7%	9527	1082	639	219
New York University (Langone)	3.96	522	2.5%	8937	1060	219	103
Northeast Ohio Medical University	3.76	506	N/A	2743	262	N/A	148
Northwestern University (Feinberg)	3.91	520	6.4%	6878	819	439	159
Ohio State University	3.79	514	5.7%	7723	570	442	209
Oklahoma State University	3.73	500	15%	958	205	140	116
Oregon Health and Science University	3.7	512	4%	6264	555	252	160
Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine	3.82	510	N/A	8536	914	N/A	152
Ponce School of Medicine	3.63	499	N/A	1460	331	N/A	86
Frank H. Netter School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University	3.66	512	N/A	6967	519	N/A	93
Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science	3.62	509	N/A	11928	928	N/A	189
Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine	3.65	503	7%	5003	494	325	188
Rush University	3.69	512	6%	7263	476	328	144
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School--Newark	3.65	512	8%	4712	679	358	180
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School--New Brunswick	3.7	512	5.4%	5689	500	308	165
San Juan Bautista School of Medicine	3.63	497	N/A	1352	222	N/A	60
Southern Illinois University--Springfield	3.72	506	N/A	1197	267	N/A	71
Saint Louis University	3.85	513	8%	6949	988	569	177
Stanford University	3.89	519	2.3%	7258	480	172	90
Stony Brook University--SUNY	3.8	514	8.2%	5241	776	431	136
SUNY Downstate Medical Center	3.76	514	N/A	5268	1067	N/A	196
SUNY Upstate Medical University	3.73	513	N/A	4290	778	N/A	168
Temple University (Katz)	3.7	511	4.9%	8193	919	405	195
Texas A&M Health Science Center	3.8	512	N/A	4870	948	N/A	164
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center - Lubbock	3.81	510	9%	4480	826	406	189
Texas Tech University--El Paso	3.82	509	N/A	3954	535	N/A	103
Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine	3.82	509	N/A	3954	535	N/A	103
University of Texas--Austin (Dell)	3.74	513	2%	4832	347	111	50
University of Texas Health Science Center--Houston (McGovern)	3.78	510	10%	4926	899	467	245
University of Texas Health Science Center--San Antonio	3.8	515	7%	5211	1107	369	211
University of Texas--Rio Grande Valley	3.63	508	N/A	3946	351	N/A	50
Thomas Jefferson University (Sydney Kimmel)	3.72	515	4.7%	9443	724	448	272
University of Arizona Tucson	3.72	509	2.3%	9940	482	229	119
Tufts University	3.65	512	6%	10951	926	539	210
Tulane University	3.64	511	N/A	9935	595	N/A	190
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (Hebert)	3.7	510	N/A	3009	562	N/A	171
Universidad Central del Caribe	3.72	497	N/A	1181	267	N/A	72
University at Buffalo--SUNY (Jacobs)	3.79	510	11%	3866	612	420	182
University of Alabama--Birmingham	3.84	509	7%	4369	469	263	186
University of Arizona Phoenix	3.72	508	N/A	7218	520	N/A	117
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences	3.81	507	N/A	2210	417	N/A	173
University of California--Davis	3.63	510	3%	7176	482	226	123
University of California--Irvine	3.76	516	4%	6281	594	253	104
University of California--Los Angeles (Geffen)	3.83	517	2.4%	13101	311	181	184
University of California--Riverside	3.64	508	4%	2635	264	112	66
University of California--San Diego	3.8	516	3.8%	7381	757	282	134
University of California--San Francisco	3.84	518	3.8%	7846	468	297	155
University of Central Florida	3.8	512	5%	4823	443	261	122
University of Chicago (Pritzker)	3.91	521	4.3%	5683	639	247	90
University of Cincinnati	3.75	515	8.9%	4734	634	420	185
University of Colorado	3.82	512	3.7%	8666	644	317	180
University of Connecticut	3.76	512	6.6%	3286	331	218	110
University of Florida	3.89	515	5%	4617	390	236	137
University of Hawaii--Manoa (Burns)	3.76	511	5%	1980	304	98	77
University of Illinois	3.75	513	10.3%	5722	837	587	295
University of Iowa (Carver)	3.85	514	7.1%	3878	726	275	152
University of Kansas Medical Center	3.85	510	8%	3254	526	261	211
University of Kentucky	3.78	505	11.3%	2394	409	270	203
University of Louisville	3.73	507	8%	3586	399	302	162
University of Maryland	3.83	515	6.6%	4979	635	331	146
University of Massachusetts--Worcester	3.77	514	8.6%	4094	928	351	162
University of Miami (Miller)	3.71	513	4.3%	9164	636	392	207
University of Michigan--Ann Arbor	3.81	516	5%	7896	507	393	177
University of Minnesota	3.77	510	6%	7030	934	343	240
University of Mississippi	3.79	503	N/A	406	282	N/A	155
University of Missouri	3.83	508	9%	2266	378	200	134
University of Missouri--Kansas City	3.81	509	N/A	2227	378	N/A	128
University of Nebraska Medical Center	3.77	511	10%	1590	400	160	132
University of Nevada--Las Vegas	3.71	509	N/A	908	297	N/A	60
University of Nevada--Reno	3.63	507	12%	1267	323	147	73
University of New Mexico	3.68	505	9%	1464	300	133	111
University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill	3.87	512	4%	7384	608	298	190
University of North Dakota	3.7	506	18%	589	210	105	79
University of Oklahoma	3.85	509	7.7%	2701	314	209	165
University of Pennsylvania (Perelman)	3.9	522	4.4%	5744	718	251	150
University of Pittsburgh	3.8	517	4.5%	7013	665	315	147
University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine	3.79	503	N/A	676	150	N/A	109
University of Rochester	3.82	516	5.7%	5387	674	306	102
University of South Alabama	3.87	508	N/A	1485	211	N/A	72
University of South Carolina	3.8	508	N/A	3448	376	N/A	100
University of South Dakota (Sanford)	3.83	507	13%	706	205	92	71
University of South Florida	3.8	516	7.5%	5511	627	413	182
University of Southern California (Keck)	3.7	517	4.6%	8041	733	372	186
University of Tennessee Health Science Center	3.77	510	14%	1947	494	268	172
University of Texas Medical Branch--Galveston	3.89	507	11%	4838	1097	512	239
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center	3.86	516	7%	5536	892	388	213
University of Toledo	3.66	509	7%	4115	435	305	180
University of Utah	3.75	512	4.7%	3851	559	119	96
University of Vermont	3.7	511	6.4%	4917	599	313	122
University of Virginia	3.89	518	11.7%	3699	581	431	156
University of Washington	3.68	510	4.1%	8190	832	339	270
University of Wisconsin--Madison	3.74	512	5.5%	4815	545	264	181
University of South Carolina--Greenville	3.81	508	N/A	4234	367	N/A	104
Vanderbilt University	3.84	520	5.3%	5980	622	316	97
Virginia Commonwealth University	3.72	511	5%	7998	703	386	184
Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine	3.6	512	2%	4403	307	107	N/A
Wake Forest University	3.67	513	3%	10703	504	326	145
Washington State University (Floyd)	3.59	506	N/A	711	332	N/A	60
Washington University in St. Louis	3.9	521	8.2%	3773	1087	309	101
Wayne State University	3.81	511	5.6%	9993	1102	559	292
West Virginia University	3.8	507	4%	4552	831	166	120
Wright State University (Boonshoft)	3.72	504	6%	4235	411	244	115
Yale University	3.83	518	5.5%	4932	642	270	104
Yeshiva (Albert Einstein) College of Medicine	3.81	515	5%	8088	1000	346	183

Osteopathic Medical School Acceptance Rates

Based on the data available, the average osteopathic medical school acceptance rate was 10.25%. However, not all osteopathic medical schools publish their acceptance rates.

Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine and Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine have two of the highest medical school acceptance rates at 25 and 16 percent, respectively. In contrast, Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine and Western University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific had two of the lowest medical school acceptance rates at 6.5 and 6.9 percent respectively.

Osteopathic medical school acceptance rates are also declining as more osteopathic medical schools are established. Why? More applicants are applying to both allopathic and osteopathic medical schools at the same time.

More than 27,277 applicants applied to osteopathic medical school in 2021 (the most recent data available) and 8,516 students matriculated.

School Name	Average MCAT	Average GPA	Average BCPM GPA	Acceptance Rate
Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine	501	3.4	3.3	10%
Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicineof Midwestern University	508	3.54	3.48	NA
Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine	498	3.46	NA	25%
A.T. Still University of Health SciencesKirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine	503	3.61	3.53	NA
A.T. Still University of Health SciencesSchool of Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona	504	3.48	3.37	NA
Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicineat New Mexico State University	NA	NA	NA	NA
California Health Sciences University College of Osteopathic Medicine	NEW SCHOOL	NEW SCHOOL	NEW SCHOOL	NEW SCHOOL
Campbell University Jerry M. Wallace School of Osteopathic Medicine	503	3.5	3.58	NA
Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicineof Midwestern University	503	3.67	3.61	NA
Des Moines UniversityCollege of Osteopathic Medicine	506	3.63	NA	16%
Georgia Campus: Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine	503	NA	NA	12%
Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine	503	3.45	3.4	NA
Kansas City University of Medicine and BiosciencesCollege of Osteopathic Medicine	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine	502	3.56	NA	8%
Lake Erie College of Osteopathic MedicineBradenton Campus	NA	NA	NA	NA
Liberty University College of Osteopathic Medicine	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lincoln Memorial UniversityDeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine	499	3.5	NA	9%
Marian University College of Osteopathic Medicine	504	3.6	NA	16%
Michigan State UniversityCollege of Osteopathic Medicine	NA	NA	NA	NA
New York Institute of TechnologyCollege of Osteopathic Medicine	504	3.6	NA	NA
Nova Southeastern University	504	3.58	NA	9%
Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine	502.43	3.64	3.58	NA
Oklahoma State University Center for Health SciencesCollege of Osteopathic Medicine	Minimum MCAT = 492	NA	NA	NA
Pacific Northwest University of Health SciencesCollege of Osteopathic Medicine	502	3.43	3.35	6%
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine	504	NA	NA	9%
Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine Colorado	505	3.6	3.5	3%
Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine Colorado	506	3.6	NA	NA
Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine	503	3.64	NA	7%
Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine - New York	503	3.4	NA	10%
Touro University - CaliforniaTouro University College of Osteopathic Medicine	508	3.51	3.45	8%
Touro University - NevadaTouro University Nevada College of Osteopathic Medicine	NA	NA	NA	NA
University of the Incarnate WordSchool of Osteopathic Medicine	501	3.52	3.44	NA
University of New EnglandCollege of Osteopathic Medicine	504	3.57	NA	10%
University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort WorthTexas College of Osteopathic Medicine	505	3.63	NA	12%
University of Pikeville - Kentucky College of Osteopathic Medicine	499	3.54	NA	8%
Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine - Virginia	499	3.6	NA	12%
Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine - Auburn	499	3.6	NA	12%
Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine - Carolinas	499	3.6	NA	12%
West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine	498	3.5	NA	8%
Western University of Health SciencesCollege of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific	506	3.63	NA	7%
William Carey University College of Osteopathic Medicine	500	3.4	NA	NA

Medical School Acceptance Rates by Gender

What are the most recent allopathic medical school acceptance rates by gender?

Allopathic Medical Schools

Men:	42%
Women:	42%

Osteopathic medical schools do not disclose national acceptance rates. Therefore, we do not know exactly what percentage of applicants are accepted. Also, many osteopathic medical school applicants will preferentially matriculate at allopathic medical schools if accepted to both allopathic and osteopathic medical schools. Therefore, it is likely that higher percentages of both genders were accepted to osteopathic medical schools.

Something the osteopathic medical schools do report are matriculation rates. What are the most recent osteopathic medical school matriculation rates by gender?

Osteopathic

Men:	51%
Women:	48%