2026 Medical Schools Average Acceptance Rate

Medical School Acceptance Rate Analysis

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.

  • School Type: Public medical schools have an acceptance rate of 2.72% (14,276 of 525,230 applicants), while private schools have a rate of 1.72% (8,952 of 521,326 applicants).
  • Geographic Status: In-state applicants have an acceptance rate of 5.98% (13,849 of 231,671 applicants), while out-of-state applicants have a rate of 1.15% (9,379 of 814,885 applicants).
  • Gender: Male applicants have an acceptance rate of 2.26% (10,334 of 456,721 applicants), while female applicants have a rate of 2.19% (12,762 of 583,280 applicants).

2026 Medical Schools Average Acceptance Rate Comparison Table

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.

Medical Schools Acceptance Rates Comparison Table
School NameAcceptance RateApplicantsMatriculantsAverage MCATTuition & 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
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