The overall acceptance rate across all medical schools is 2.22% for the academic year 2025-2026. Out of 1,046,556 applicants, 23,228 were matriculated.
The following table compares medical schools's acceptance rates with number of applicants and matriculants for 2026. You can find the number of applicants and matriculants by gender and residency status by following each school's link in the table.
| School Name | Acceptance Rate | Applicants | Matriculants | Average MCAT | Tuition & Fees |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Alabama School of Medicine Public | Birmingham, AL |
4.66% | 4,206 | 196 | 509 | $67,786 ($37,282) |
| University of South Alabama College of Medicine Public | Mobile, AL |
4.14% | 1,906 | 79 | 508 | $71,431 ($36,198) |
| Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine Private | Rochester, AZ |
1.84% | 5,920 | 109 | 521 | $67,900 |
| University of Arizona College of Medicine-Tucson Public | Tucson, AZ |
1.61% | 7,342 | 118 | 508 | $61,898 ($40,868) |
| The University of Arizona College of Medicine Phoenix Private | Phoenix, AZ |
2.23% | 5,831 | 130 | 516 | $60,639 |
| University of Arkansas College of Medicine Public | Little Rock, AR |
5.21% | 3,337 | 174 | 507 | $69,744 ($35,680) |
| California Northstate University College of Medicine Private | Elk Grove, CA |
3.46% | 3,412 | 118 | 513 | $74,456 |
| California University of Science and Medicine Private | Colton, CA |
2.81% | 4,630 | 130 | 513 | $70,200 |
| Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science Private | Los Angeles, CA |
0.90% | 6,639 | 60 | 511 | $69,000 |
| Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine Private | Pasadena, CA |
0.74% | 6,596 | 49 | 515 | $63,339 |
| Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California Private | Los Angeles, CA |
1.25% | 9,612 | 120 | 517 | $78,466 |
| Loma Linda University School of Medicine Private | Loma Linda, CA |
3.12% | 5,642 | 176 | 511 | $71,832 |
| Stanford University School of Medicine Private | Stanford, CA |
0.92% | 9,793 | 90 | 520 | $69,663 |
| University of California, Davis School of Medicine Public | Sacramento, CA |
1.68% | 8,294 | 139 | 510 | $60,525 ($48,280) |
| University of California, Irvine School of Medicine Public | Irvine, CA |
1.53% | 7,440 | 114 | 516 | $62,021 ($49,776) |
| David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Public | Los Angeles, CA |
1.40% | 12,474 | 175 | 522 | $65,008 ($52,763) |
| University of California, Riverside School of Medicine Public | Riverside, CA |
1.38% | 6,508 | 90 | 509 | $59,883 ($47,637) |
| University of California, San Diego School of Medicine Public | La Jolla, CA |
1.35% | 10,400 | 140 | 514 | $58,300 ($46,055) |
| University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine Public | San Francisco, CA |
1.71% | 10,372 | 177 | 517 | $65,686 ($53,441) |
| University of Colorado School of Medicine Public | Aurora, CO |
1.74% | 10,405 | 181 | 517 | $73,811 ($47,856) |
| Frank H. Netter M.D. School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University Private | North Haven, CT |
1.01% | 9,426 | 95 | 511 | $65,690 |
| University of Connecticut School of Medicine Public | Farmington, CT |
1.99% | 5,734 | 114 | 513 | $78,018 ($49,833) |
| Yale School of Medicine Private | New Haven, CT |
1.41% | 7,352 | 104 | 522 | $75,985 |
| George Washington University Medical School Private | Washington, DC |
0.76% | 17,194 | 130 | 514 | $75,880 |
| Georgetown University School of Medicine Private | Washington, DC |
1.40% | 14,542 | 203 | 513 | $76,603 |
| Howard University College of Medicine Private | Washington, DC |
1.44% | 8,908 | 128 | 507 | $60,924 |
| Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine at Florida Atlantic University Public | Boca Raton, FL |
1.87% | 4,165 | 78 | 513 | $67,972 ($31,830) |
| Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine at Florida International University Public | Miami, FL |
2.01% | 6,013 | 121 | 510 | $73,193 ($38,695) |
| Florida State University College of Medicine Public | Tallahassee, FL |
1.78% | 6,730 | 120 | 507 | $43,380 ($18,042) |
| Nova Southeastern University Dr Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine Private | Davie, FL |
1.12% | 5,790 | 65 | 512 | $74,912 |
| University of Central Florida College of Medicine Public | Orlando, FL |
2.22% | 5,395 | 120 | 514 | $56,709 ($29,835) |
| University of Florida College of Medicine Public | Gainesville, FL |
2.42% | 5,612 | 136 | 515 | $49,390 ($37,130) |
| University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine Private | Miami, FL |
2.04% | 9,912 | 202 | 516 | $57,287 |
| University of South Florida College of Medicine Public | Tampa, FL |
2.31% | 5,677 | 131 | 520 | $57,036 ($33,726) |
| Emory University School of Medicine Private | Atlanta, GA |
1.07% | 12,671 | 136 | 515 | $60,382 |
| Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University Public | Augusta, GA |
9.03% | 3,368 | 304 | 512 | $62,767 ($31,675) |
| Mercer University School of Medicine Private | Macon, GA |
14.13% | 1,246 | 176 | 503 | $45,763 |
| Morehouse School of Medicine Private | Atlanta, GA |
1.60% | 6,873 | 110 | 506 | $67,314 |
| University of Hawaii at Manoa John A. Burns School of Medicine Public | Honolulu, HI |
3.25% | 2,369 | 77 | 512 | $72,100 ($37,444) |
| University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Carle Illinois College of Medicine Public | Urbana, IL |
2.22% | 2,889 | 64 | 511 | $71,094 ($56,337) |
| Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine Private | Maywood, IL |
1.32% | 13,289 | 175 | 512 | $70,998 |
| Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Private | Chicago, IL |
1.63% | 8,610 | 140 | 521 | $76,263 |
| Chicago Medical School of Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science Private | North Chicago, IL |
1.70% | 11,973 | 203 | 508 | $74,223 |
| Rush Medical College at Rush University Private | Chicago, IL |
1.09% | 13,237 | 144 | 510 | $70,752 |
| Southern Illinois University School of Medicine Public | Springfield, IL |
6.57% | 1,218 | 80 | 508 | $43,901 ($43,901) |
| University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine Private | Chicago, IL |
1.18% | 7,738 | 91 | 521 | $64,337 |
| University of Illinois College of Medicine Public | Chicago, IL |
2.68% | 11,273 | 302 | 511 | $88,445 ($54,545) |
| Indiana University School of Medicine Public | Indianapolis, IN |
4.68% | 7,822 | 366 | 512 | $66,855 ($40,116) |
| University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine Public | Iowa City, IA |
3.38% | 4,527 | 153 | 514 | $60,712 ($39,313) |
| University of Kansas School of Medicine Public | Kansas City, KS |
4.24% | 4,978 | 211 | 509 | $75,942 ($43,264) |
| University of Kentucky College of Medicine Public | Lexington, KY |
3.61% | 5,766 | 208 | 508 | $77,696 ($42,600) |
| University of Louisville School of Medicine Public | Louisville, KY |
3.16% | 5,317 | 168 | 507 | $74,320 ($49,012) |
| Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans Public | New Orleans, LA |
5.05% | 3,865 | 195 | 509 | $61,114 ($32,937) |
| Louisiana State University School of Medicine in Shreveport Public | Shreveport, LA |
4.69% | 3,201 | 150 | 508 | $66,712 ($33,298) |
| Tulane University School of Medicine Private | New Orleans, LA |
1.38% | 13,814 | 190 | 510 | $71,998 |
| Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Private | Baltimore, MD |
1.46% | 8,057 | 118 | 521 | $68,878 |
| Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine Private | Bethesda, MD |
7.91% | 2,238 | 177 | 510 | - |
| University of Maryland School of Medicine Public | Baltimore, MD |
2.38% | 7,186 | 171 | 512 | $83,002 ($50,678) |
| Boston University School of Medicine Private | Boston, MA |
1.21% | 11,429 | 138 | 517 | $73,190 |
| Harvard Medical School Private | Boston, MA |
1.99% | 8,275 | 165 | 521 | $76,421 |
| Tufts University School of Medicine Private | Boston, MA |
1.32% | 15,455 | 204 | 514 | $74,118 |
| University of Massachusetts Medical School Public | North Worcester, MA |
4.14% | 5,630 | 233 | 511 | $76,790 ($46,364) |
| Central Michigan University College of Medicine Public | Mount Pleasant, MI |
1.22% | 8,513 | 104 | 504 | $70,968 ($47,885) |
| Michigan State University College of Human Medicine Public | East Lansing, MI |
2.33% | 8,296 | 193 | 507 | $61,576 ($33,752) |
| University of Michigan Medical School Public | 6100 THSL, 1135 Catherine Street, MI |
1.63% | 10,277 | 168 | 516 | $79,500 ($58,662) |
| Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine Public | Rochester, MI |
1.66% | 7,492 | 124 | 510 | $61,484 ($61,484) |
| Wayne State University School of Medicine Public | Detroit, MI |
2.86% | 10,438 | 299 | 511 | $73,183 ($44,934) |
| Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine Private | Kalamazoo, MI |
1.46% | 5,897 | 86 | 512 | $70,913 |
| University of Minnesota Medical School Public | Minneapolis, MN |
3.86% | 6,843 | 264 | 510 | $74,014 ($49,322) |
| University of Mississippi School of Medicine Public | Jackson, MS |
52.15% | 326 | 170 | 506 | $37,375 ($37,375) |
| Saint Louis University School of Medicine Private | St. Louis, MO |
2.61% | 6,672 | 174 | 514 | $72,240 |
| University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine Public | Columbia, MO |
3.70% | 3,677 | 136 | 511 | $97,328 ($49,786) |
| University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine Public | Kansas City, MO |
8.43% | 1,589 | 134 | 505 | $58,060 ($30,184) |
| Washington University School of Medicine Private | Saint Louis, MO |
2.00% | 6,138 | 123 | 520 | $74,693 |
| Creighton University School of Medicine Private | Omaha, NE |
4.06% | 6,162 | 250 | 513 | $72,554 |
| University of Nebraska College of Medicine Public | Omaha, NE |
6.14% | 2,311 | 142 | 512 | $54,980 ($40,500) |
| University of Nevada, Las Vegas School of Medicine Public | LAS VEGAS, NV |
2.78% | 2,375 | 66 | 509 | $72,274 ($38,655) |
| University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine Public | Reno, NV |
3.02% | 2,382 | 72 | 509 | $68,098 ($39,395) |
| Dartmouth College Geisel School of Medicine Private | Hanover, NH |
0.93% | 10,330 | 96 | 516 | $74,868 |
| Cooper Medical School of Rowan University Public | Camden, NJ |
2.55% | 4,619 | 118 | 512 | $76,857 ($50,756) |
| Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine Private | Nutley, NJ |
2.91% | 5,708 | 166 | 514 | $78,335 |
| Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Public | New Brunswick, NJ |
2.69% | 6,479 | 174 | 514 | $77,992 ($49,516) |
| University of New Mexico School of Medicine Public | Albuquerque, NM |
5.99% | 1,719 | 103 | 507 | $48,388 ($20,152) |
| Albany Medical College Private | Albany, NY |
1.00% | 14,157 | 141 | 512 | $60,675 |
| Albert Einstein College of Medicine Private | Bronx, NY |
1.05% | 14,035 | 148 | 516 | $77,232 |
| Columbia University Roy and Diana Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons Private | New York, NY |
1.80% | 7,677 | 138 | 521 | $75,689 |
| CUNY School of Medicine Public | New York, NY |
100.00% | 59 | 59 | - | $43,912 ($43,912) |
| Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell Private | Hempstead, NY |
1.94% | 5,368 | 104 | 518 | $61,875 |
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Private | New York, NY |
1.34% | 9,551 | 128 | 519 | $75,953 |
| New York Medical College Private | Valhalla, NY |
2.45% | 9,525 | 233 | 516 | $70,134 |
| New York University School of Medicine Private | New York, NY |
1.18% | 8,385 | 99 | 523 | $68,600 |
| New York University Long Island School of Medicine Private | Mineola, NY |
0.51% | 4,738 | 24 | 516 | $66,652 |
| Stony Brook University School of Medicine Public | Stony Brook, NY |
2.48% | 5,689 | 141 | 514 | $73,608 ($50,958) |
| SUNY Upstate Medical University Public | Syracuse, NY |
2.94% | 6,198 | 182 | 512 | $72,791 ($48,071) |
| SUNY Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine Public | Brooklyn, NY |
2.63% | 7,490 | 197 | 513 | $72,192 ($47,472) |
| Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo Public | Buffalo, NY |
2.97% | 6,264 | 186 | 510 | $73,841 ($49,121) |
| University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry Private | Rochester, NY |
1.75% | 5,891 | 103 | 516 | $75,690 |
| Weill Cornell Medical College Private | New York, NY |
1.23% | 8,599 | 106 | 518 | $76,486 |
| The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University Public | Greenville, NC |
4.01% | 2,267 | 91 | 510 | $25,295 ($25,295) |
| Duke University School of Medicine Private | Durham, NC |
1.33% | 9,234 | 123 | 519 | $77,100 |
| University of North Carolina School of Medicine Public | Chapel Hill, NC |
3.66% | 6,264 | 229 | 512 | $63,334 ($35,008) |
| Wake Forest School of Medicine Private | Winston-Salem, NC |
1.52% | 12,800 | 194 | 511 | $64,947 |
| University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences Public | Grand Forks, ND |
4.02% | 1,864 | 75 | 507 | $68,439 ($37,846) |
| Boonshoft School of Medicine at Wright State University Public | Dayton, OH |
2.14% | 5,986 | 128 | 509 | $74,160 ($51,530) |
| Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Private | Cleveland, OH |
2.28% | 9,454 | 216 | 517 | $74,540 |
| Northeast Ohio Medical University College of Medicine Public | Rootstown, OH |
4.03% | 4,883 | 197 | 511 | $65,349 ($65,349) |
| The Ohio State University College of Medicine Public | Columbus, OH |
2.43% | 8,685 | 211 | 514 | $56,919 ($31,999) |
| University of Cincinnati College of Medicine Public | Cincinnati, OH |
2.64% | 6,636 | 175 | 514 | $55,231 ($36,373) |
| University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences Public | Toledo, OH |
2.64% | 6,637 | 175 | 510 | $77,070 ($41,241) |
| University of Oklahoma College of Medicine Public | Oklahoma City, OK |
7.80% | 2,590 | 202 | 510 | $69,250 ($33,955) |
| Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine Public | Portland, OR |
2.11% | 7,114 | 150 | 509 | $77,680 ($51,372) |
| Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine Private | Scranton, PA |
1.78% | 6,964 | 124 | 513 | $72,397 |
| Drexel University College of Medicine Private | Philadelphia, PA |
1.84% | 16,547 | 305 | 512 | $76,245 |
| Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Private | Philadelphia, PA |
2.16% | 7,097 | 153 | 521 | $77,491 |
| Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University Private | Philadelphia, PA |
2.38% | 12,033 | 286 | 513 | $70,712 |
| Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University Public | Philadelphia, PA |
1.59% | 14,278 | 227 | 510 | $62,868 ($59,292) |
| University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Public | Pittsburgh, PA |
1.27% | 11,887 | 151 | 516 | $72,798 ($67,522) |
| Universidad Central del Caribe School of Medicine Private | Bayamon, PR |
6.23% | 1,204 | 75 | 501 | $52,325 |
| Ponce School of Medicine Private | Ponce , PR |
8.60% | 2,255 | 194 | 499 | $73,392 |
| San Juan Bautista School of Medicine Private | Caguas, PR |
4.44% | 1,553 | 69 | 499 | $47,528 |
| University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine Public | San Juan, PR |
13.11% | 801 | 105 | 506 | $42,165 ($24,665) |
| Alpert Medical School at Brown University Private | Providence, RI |
1.57% | 9,186 | 144 | 516 | $74,670 |
| Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine Public | Charleston, SC |
5.24% | 3,413 | 179 | 511 | $70,324 ($41,209) |
| University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville Public | Greenville, SC |
3.29% | 3,011 | 99 | 508 | $88,794 ($44,532) |
| Sanford School of Medicine of the University of South Dakota Public | Sioux Falls, SD |
6.60% | 1,076 | 71 | 508 | $81,474 ($35,344) |
| East Tennessee State University James H. Quillen College of Medicine Public | Johnson City, TN |
1.95% | 4,009 | 78 | 510 | $49,802 ($38,858) |
| Meharry Medical College School of Medicine Private | Nashville, TN |
1.45% | 7,949 | 115 | 503 | $66,366 |
| University of Tennessee College of Medicine Public | Memphis, TN |
6.34% | 2,744 | 174 | 513 | $61,756 ($42,261) |
| Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Private | Nashville, TN |
1.24% | 7,685 | 95 | 521 | $72,804 |
| Baylor College of Medicine Private | Houston, TX |
3.69% | 6,073 | 224 | 518 | $37,400 |
| Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine Public | Bryan, TX |
3.29% | 6,086 | 200 | 513 | $36,098 ($22,998) |
| Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Paul L. Foster School of Medicine Public | El Paso, TX |
2.70% | 4,811 | 130 | 509 | $38,717 ($23,569) |
| Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine Public | Lubbock, TX |
3.40% | 5,348 | 182 | 509 | $36,845 ($23,745) |
| University of Houston College of Medicine Public | Houston, TX |
1.14% | 5,247 | 60 | 512 | $37,368 ($24,268) |
| The University of Texas Medical Branch Public | Galveston, TX |
4.22% | 5,450 | 230 | 512 | $42,014 ($27,000) |
| UTHealth John P. and Katherine G. McGovern Medical School Public | Houston, TX |
3.93% | 6,104 | 240 | 512 | $37,258 ($29,603) |
| UT Health San Antonio Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine Public | San Antonio, TX |
4.02% | 5,774 | 232 | 518 | $41,764 ($26,348) |
| University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine Public | Edinburg, TX |
1.15% | 4,789 | 55 | 509 | $34,632 ($21,532) |
| University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at Dallas Public | Dallas, TX |
3.80% | 6,025 | 229 | 517 | $38,222 ($25,122) |
| Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin Public | Austin, TX |
0.88% | 5,684 | 50 | 517 | $37,138 ($22,074) |
| University of Utah School of Medicine Public | Salt Lake City,, UT |
4.05% | 3,085 | 125 | 514 | $66,318 ($34,553) |
| University of Vermont College of Medicine Public | Burlington, VT |
1.18% | 10,377 | 122 | 512 | $72,402 ($72,402) |
| Eastern Virginia Medical School Public | Norfolk, VA |
1.98% | 7,613 | 151 | 513 | $62,628 ($40,302) |
| University of Virginia School of Medicine Public | Charlottesville, VA |
2.18% | 7,148 | 156 | 518 | $69,002 ($55,054) |
| VCU School of Medicine, Medical College of Virginia Health Sciences Division Public | Richmond, VA |
2.22% | 8,306 | 184 | 512 | $61,224 ($40,913) |
| Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine and Research Institute Public | Roanoke, VA |
0.86% | 6,370 | 55 | 512 | $63,779 ($63,779) |
| University of Washington School of Medicine Public | Seattle, WA |
5.31% | 5,275 | 280 | 511 | $102,319 ($57,968) |
| Washington State University Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine Public | Spokane, WA |
5.08% | 1,574 | 80 | 508 | $44,706 ($44,706) |
| Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine at Marshall University Public | Huntington, WV |
2.71% | 3,026 | 82 | 506 | $59,198 ($25,614) |
| West Virginia University School of Medicine Public | Morgantown, WV |
1.82% | 6,314 | 115 | 511 | $74,007 ($37,071) |
| Medical College of Wisconsin Private | Milwaukee, WI |
2.56% | 10,711 | 274 | 508 | $70,844 |
| University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health Public | Madison, WI |
2.21% | 7,744 | 171 | 511 | $62,533 ($44,410) |
| The University of Texas at Tyler School of Medicine Public | Tyler, TX |
0.80% | 4,990 | 40 | - | $38,382 ($22,442) |
| Thomas F. Frist, Jr. College of Medicine at Belmont University Private | Nashville, TN |
1.91% | 2,831 | 54 | 510 | $69,602 |
| Alice L. Walton School of Medicine Private | Bentonville, AR |
2.38% | 2,021 | 48 | 514 | $72,010 |
| Roseman University College of Medicine Private | Las Vegas, NV |
8.08% | 792 | 64 | 509 | $69,500 |