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 2027. 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 Name	Acceptance Rate	Applicants	Matriculants	Average MCAT	Tuition & Fees
University of Alabama School of Medicine Public \| Birmingham, AL	4.66%	4,206	196	509	$69,146 ($37,726)
University of South Alabama College of Medicine Public \| Mobile, AL	4.14%	1,906	79	508	$73,559 ($37,269)
Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine Private \| Rochester, AZ	1.84%	5,920	109	521	$70,280
University of Arizona College of Medicine-Tucson Public \| Tucson, AZ	1.61%	7,342	118	508	$63,722 ($43,022)
The University of Arizona College of Medicine Phoenix Private \| Phoenix, AZ	2.23%	5,831	130	516	$63,746
University of Arkansas College of Medicine Public \| Little Rock, AR	5.21%	3,337	174	507	$67,506 ($39,106)
California Northstate University College of Medicine Private \| Elk Grove, CA	3.46%	3,412	118	513	$80,537
California University of Science and Medicine Private \| Colton, CA	2.81%	4,630	130	513	$76,800
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	$69,212
Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California Private \| Los Angeles, CA	1.25%	9,612	120	517	$78,559
Loma Linda University School of Medicine Private \| Loma Linda, CA	3.12%	5,642	176	511	$71,746
Stanford University School of Medicine Private \| Stanford, CA	0.92%	9,793	90	520	$72,102
University of California, Davis School of Medicine Public \| Sacramento, CA	1.68%	8,294	139	510	$62,214 ($49,969)
University of California, Irvine School of Medicine Public \| Irvine, CA	1.53%	7,440	114	516	$64,413 ($53,177)
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Public \| Los Angeles, CA	1.40%	12,474	175	522	$66,420 ($54,175)
University of California, Riverside School of Medicine Public \| Riverside, CA	1.38%	6,508	90	509	$61,240 ($49,796)
University of California, San Diego School of Medicine Public \| La Jolla, CA	1.35%	10,400	140	514	$66,545 ($54,300)
University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine Public \| San Francisco, CA	1.71%	10,372	177	517	$68,204 ($55,959)
University of Colorado School of Medicine Public \| Aurora, CO	1.74%	10,405	181	517	$75,235 ($49,280)
Frank H. Netter M.D. School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University Private \| North Haven, CT	1.01%	9,426	95	511	$66,680
University of Connecticut School of Medicine Public \| Farmington, CT	1.99%	5,734	114	513	$80,178 ($51,242)
Yale School of Medicine Private \| New Haven, CT	1.41%	7,352	104	522	$79,350
George Washington University Medical School Private \| Washington, DC	0.76%	17,194	130	514	$76,341
Georgetown University School of Medicine Private \| Washington, DC	1.40%	14,542	203	513	$79,191
Howard University College of Medicine Private \| Washington, DC	1.44%	8,908	128	507	$61,124
Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine at Florida Atlantic University Public \| Boca Raton, FL	1.87%	4,165	78	513	$73,394 ($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	$47,250 ($18,112)
Nova Southeastern University Dr Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine Private \| Davie, FL	1.12%	5,790	65	512	$76,862
University of Central Florida College of Medicine Public \| Orlando, FL	2.22%	5,395	120	514	$59,406 ($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	$59,259
University of South Florida College of Medicine Public \| Tampa, FL	2.31%	5,677	131	520	$60,500 ($33,694)
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	$65,937 ($32,073)
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	$72,122 ($37,466)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Carle Illinois College of Medicine Public \| Urbana, IL	2.22%	2,889	64	511	$54,972 ($43,238)
Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine Private \| Maywood, IL	1.32%	13,289	175	512	$73,720
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Private \| Chicago, IL	1.63%	8,610	140	521	$78,901
Chicago Medical School of Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science Private \| North Chicago, IL	1.70%	11,973	203	508	$76,367
Rush Medical College at Rush University Private \| Chicago, IL	1.09%	13,237	144	510	$60,999
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	$67,602
University of Illinois College of Medicine Public \| Chicago, IL	2.68%	11,273	302	511	$90,164 ($55,850)
Indiana University School of Medicine Public \| Indianapolis, IN	4.68%	7,822	366	512	$71,008 ($42,642)
University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine Public \| Iowa City, IA	3.38%	4,527	153	514	$61,893 ($40,494)
University of Kansas School of Medicine Public \| Kansas City, KS	4.24%	4,978	211	509	$73,800 ($44,368)
University of Kentucky College of Medicine Public \| Lexington, KY	3.61%	5,766	208	508	$78,046 ($42,774)
University of Louisville School of Medicine Public \| Louisville, KY	3.16%	5,317	168	507	$74,769 ($49,461)
Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans Public \| New Orleans, LA	5.05%	3,865	195	509	$67,224 ($36,230)
Louisiana State University School of Medicine in Shreveport Public \| Shreveport, LA	4.69%	3,201	150	508	$67,224 ($36,230)
Tulane University School of Medicine Private \| New Orleans, LA	1.38%	13,814	190	510	$81,782
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Private \| Baltimore, MD	1.46%	8,057	118	521	$71,508
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	$85,244 ($51,936)
Boston University School of Medicine Private \| Boston, MA	1.21%	11,429	138	517	$75,468
Harvard Medical School Private \| Boston, MA	1.99%	8,275	165	521	$80,639
Tufts University School of Medicine Private \| Boston, MA	1.32%	15,455	204	514	$76,419
University of Massachusetts Medical School Public \| North Worcester, MA	4.14%	5,630	233	511	$79,498 ($47,626)
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	$61,926 ($34,102)
University of Michigan Medical School Public \| 6100 THSL, 1135 Catherine Street, MI	1.63%	10,277	168	516	$81,960 ($60,495)
Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine Public \| Rochester, MI	1.66%	7,492	124	510	$63,636 ($63,636)
Wayne State University School of Medicine Public \| Detroit, MI	2.86%	10,438	299	511	$74,927 ($46,678)
Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine Private \| Kalamazoo, MI	1.46%	5,897	86	512	$72,313
University of Minnesota Medical School Public \| Minneapolis, MN	3.86%	6,843	264	510	$75,951 ($50,472)
University of Mississippi School of Medicine Public \| Jackson, MS	52.15%	326	170	506	$37,928 ($37,928)
Saint Louis University School of Medicine Private \| St. Louis, MO	2.61%	6,672	174	514	$73,764
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	$69,468
Creighton University School of Medicine Private \| Omaha, NE	4.06%	6,162	250	513	$74,326
University of Nebraska College of Medicine Public \| Omaha, NE	6.14%	2,311	142	512	$63,935 ($48,845)
University of Nevada, Las Vegas School of Medicine Public \| LAS VEGAS, NV	2.78%	2,375	66	509	$75,227 ($40,601)
University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine Public \| Reno, NV	3.02%	2,382	72	509	$69,582 ($40,016)
Dartmouth College Geisel School of Medicine Private \| Hanover, NH	0.93%	10,330	96	516	$77,784
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University Public \| Camden, NJ	2.55%	4,619	118	512	$80,727 ($53,321)
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	$47,831 ($19,135)
Albany Medical College Private \| Albany, NY	1.00%	14,157	141	512	$63,490
Albert Einstein College of Medicine Private \| Bronx, NY	1.05%	14,035	148	516	$80,358
Columbia University Roy and Diana Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons Private \| New York, NY	1.80%	7,677	138	521	$79,690
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	$81,975
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Private \| New York, NY	1.34%	9,551	128	519	$80,483
New York Medical College Private \| Valhalla, NY	2.45%	9,525	233	516	$71,714
New York University School of Medicine Private \| New York, NY	1.18%	8,385	99	523	$70,050
New York University Long Island School of Medicine Private \| Mineola, NY	0.51%	4,738	24	516	$68,102
Stony Brook University School of Medicine Public \| Stony Brook, NY	2.48%	5,689	141	514	$79,726 ($55,006)
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	$78,596
Weill Cornell Medical College Private \| New York, NY	1.23%	8,599	106	518	$78,526
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	$77,172
University of North Carolina School of Medicine Public \| Chapel Hill, NC	3.66%	6,264	229	512	$63,419 ($35,094)
Wake Forest School of Medicine Private \| Winston-Salem, NC	1.52%	12,800	194	511	$66,895
University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences Public \| Grand Forks, ND	4.02%	1,864	75	507	$71,658 ($39,612)
Boonshoft School of Medicine at Wright State University Public \| Dayton, OH	2.14%	5,986	128	509	$87,263 ($54,671)
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Private \| Cleveland, OH	2.28%	9,454	216	517	$74,542
Northeast Ohio Medical University College of Medicine Public \| Rootstown, OH	4.03%	4,883	197	511	$102,092 ($54,354)
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	$58,435 ($38,069)
University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences Public \| Toledo, OH	2.64%	6,637	175	510	$78,579 ($42,033)
University of Oklahoma College of Medicine Public \| Oklahoma City, OK	7.80%	2,590	202	510	$69,923 ($35,897)
Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine Public \| Portland, OR	2.11%	7,114	150	509	$67,320 ($47,193)
Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine Private \| Scranton, PA	1.78%	6,964	124	513	$67,408
Drexel University College of Medicine Private \| Philadelphia, PA	1.84%	16,547	305	512	$80,498
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Private \| Philadelphia, PA	2.16%	7,097	153	521	$80,511
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University Private \| Philadelphia, PA	2.38%	12,033	286	513	$73,104
Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University Public \| Philadelphia, PA	1.59%	14,278	227	510	$64,754 ($61,072)
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Public \| Pittsburgh, PA	1.27%	11,887	151	516	$76,062 ($69,256)
Universidad Central del Caribe School of Medicine Private \| Bayamon, PR	6.23%	1,204	75	501	$52,325
Ponce Health Sciences University Private \| Ponce , PR	8.60%	2,255	194	499	$79,758
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	$76,762
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	$84,417 ($37,048)
East Tennessee State University James H. Quillen College of Medicine Public \| Johnson City, TN	1.95%	4,009	78	510	$49,844 ($38,900)
Meharry Medical College School of Medicine Private \| Nashville, TN	1.45%	7,949	115	503	$69,032
University of Tennessee College of Medicine Public \| Memphis, TN	6.34%	2,744	174	513	$63,794 ($43,334)
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Private \| Nashville, TN	1.24%	7,685	95	521	$74,975
Baylor College of Medicine Private \| Houston, TX	3.69%	6,073	224	518	$65,463
Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine Public \| Bryan, TX	3.29%	6,086	200	513	$36,934 ($23,834)
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Paul L. Foster School of Medicine Public \| El Paso, TX	2.70%	4,811	130	509	$39,703 ($24,491)
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine Public \| Lubbock, TX	3.40%	5,348	182	509	$35,176 ($22,076)
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	$42,437 ($27,471)
UTHealth John P. and Katherine G. McGovern Medical School Public \| Houston, TX	3.93%	6,104	240	512	$36,686 ($29,031)
UT Health San Antonio Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine Public \| San Antonio, TX	4.02%	5,774	232	518	$37,239 ($26,454)
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine Public \| Edinburg, TX	1.15%	4,789	55	509	$35,472 ($22,372)
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at Dallas Public \| Dallas, TX	3.80%	6,025	229	517	$38,536 ($25,436)
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	$68,000 ($37,000)
University of Vermont College of Medicine Public \| Burlington, VT	1.18%	10,377	122	512	$75,675 ($42,611)
Eastern Virginia Medical School Public \| Norfolk, VA	1.98%	7,613	151	513	$64,405 ($41,409)
University of Virginia School of Medicine Public \| Charlottesville, VA	2.18%	7,148	156	518	$71,046 ($56,700)
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	$65,637 ($50,637)
University of Washington School of Medicine Public \| Seattle, WA	5.31%	5,275	280	511	$105,421 ($59,740)
Washington State University Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine Public \| Spokane, WA	5.08%	1,574	80	508	$47,094 ($47,094)
Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine at Marshall University Public \| Huntington, WV	2.71%	3,026	82	506	$66,123 ($31,331)
West Virginia University School of Medicine Public \| Morgantown, WV	1.82%	6,314	115	511	$77,112 ($37,800)
Medical College of Wisconsin Private \| Milwaukee, WI	2.56%	10,711	274	508	$72,276
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health Public \| Madison, WI	2.21%	7,744	171	511	$64,088 ($45,512)
The University of Texas at Tyler School of Medicine Public \| Tyler, TX	0.80%	4,990	40	-	$38,512 ($22,572)
Thomas F. Frist, Jr. College of Medicine at Belmont University Private \| Nashville, TN	1.91%	2,831	54	510	$72,070
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	$70,972

2026 Medical Schools Average Acceptance Rate

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Medical School Acceptance Rate Analysis

2026 Medical Schools Average Acceptance Rate Comparison Table