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Admissions Statistics for U.S. & Canadian Allopathic Medical Schools

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The statistics below reflect the mean GPA and MCAT scores for matriculating students at each medical school listed. Statistics specifically for recent Penn applicants (both seniors and alumni) can be viewed in the Career Services Office.

Also, please note that GPA and MCAT scores represent only two of the many components of your candidacy that medical schools consider when evaluating applications. The statistics below are intended for use as a guide; they should not be considered to be minimum requirements or predictive of admission in any way.

 

United States

MEDICAL SCHOOL MEDIAN GPA*
MEDIAN MCAT*

 

Alabama
University of Alabama 3.8
31
University of South Alabama 3.8
30

 

Arizona
University of Arizona 3.7
30

 

Arkansas
University of Arkansas 3.6
29

 

California
University of Southern California, Keck SOM 3.7
34
Loma Linda University 3.8
30
Stanford University 3.8
35
University of California, Davis 3.7
34
University of California, Irvine 3.8
33
UCLA, David Geffen SOM 3.8
33
University of California, San Diego 3.8
35
University of California, San Francisco 3.8
35

 

Colorado
University of Colorado 3.8
34

 

Connecticut
University of Connecticut 3.8
32
Yale University 3.9
36

 

District of Columbia
George Washington University 3.7
30
Georgetown University 3.7
32
Howard University 3.5
25

 

Florida
Florida State University 3.7
29
University of Florida 3.8
33
University of Miami 3.8
32
University of South Florida 3.8
31
University of Central Florida NR†
NR
Florida International University 3.7
32

 

Georgia
Emory University 3.8
35
Medical College of Georgia 3.8
31
Mercer University 3.6
27
Morehouse School of Medicine 3.5
27

 

Hawaii
University of Hawaii, Burns SOM 3.7
31

 

Illinois
Rosalind Franklin University 3.8
31
Loyola University Chicago, Stritch 3.7
31
Northwestern University, Feinberg SOM 3.9
36
Rush Medical College 3.6
31
Southern Illinois University 3.6
29
University of Chicago, Pritzker SOM 3.9
36
University of Illinois at Chicago 3.6
31

 

Indiana
Indiana University 3.8
32

 

Iowa
University of Iowa 3.8
32

 

Kansas
University of Kansas 3.8
28

 

Kentucky
University of Kentucky 3.8
31
University of Louisville 3.7
30

 

Louisiana
Louisiana State University-New Orleans 3.7
29
Louisiana State University-Shreveport 3.8
29
Tulane University 3.6
31

 

Maryland
Johns Hopkins University 3.9
36
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences 3.6
30
University of Maryland 3.7
32

 

Massachusetts
Boston University 3.8
33
Harvard Medical School 3.9
36
Tufts University 3.8
35
University of Massachusetts 3.7
33

 

Michigan
Michigan State University 3.6
30
University of Michigan 3.8
36
Wayne State University 3.7
32

 

Minnesota
Mayo Medical School 3.9
35
University of Minnesota 3.8
32

 

Mississippi
University of Mississippi 3.8
27

 

Missouri
Saint Louis University 3.8
32
University of Missouri-Columbia 3.8
31
University of Missouri-Kansas City 3.4
29
Washington University in St. Louis 3.9
38

 

Nebraska
Creighton University 3.8
31
University of Nebraska 3.8
30

 

Nevada
University of Nevada 3.7
31

 

New Hampshire
Dartmouth Medical School 3.8
34

 

New Jersey
UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School 3.7
32
UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson SOM 3.7
32

 

New Mexico
University of New Mexico 3.7
28

 

New York
Albany Medical College 3.6
33
Albert Einstein College of Medicine 3.8
34
Columbia University 3.8
36
Cornell University-Weill Medical College 3.9
36
Mount Sinai School of Medicine 3.8
36
New York Medical College 3.6
31
New York University 3.8
35
SUNY Buffalo 3.7
31
SUNY Downstate (Brooklyn) 3.7
33
SUNY Upstate (Syracuse) 3.7
32
Stony Brook University 3.7
33
University of Rochester 3.8
34

 

North Carolina
East Carolina University, Brody SOM 3.7
29
Duke University 3.8
36
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 3.7
33
Wake Forest University 3.8
32

 

North Dakota
University of North Dakota 3.8
28

 

Ohio
Case Western Reserve University 3.7
35
University of Toledo 3.7
31
Northeastern Ohio Universities 3.8
28
Ohio State University 3.8
34
University of Cincinnati 3.7
34
Wright State University 3.7
29

 

Oklahoma
University of Oklahoma 3.8
30

 

Oregon
Oregon Health & Science University 3.7
32

 

Pennsylvania
Drexel University 3.6
31
Jefferson Medical College 3.7
32
Penn State University 3.8
32
Temple University 3.7
31
University of Pennsylvania 3.8
35
University of Pittsburgh 3.8
36
Commonwealth Medical College NR
NR

 

Puerto Rico
Ponce School of Medicine 3.6
21
Universidad Central del Caribe 3.5
21
University of Puerto Rico 3.8
23
San Juan Bautista 3.3
20

 

Rhode Island
Brown University 3.8
35

 

South Carolina
Medical University of South Carolina 3.7
29
University of South Carolina 3.7
29

 

South Dakota
University of South Dakota 3.8
30

 

Tennessee
East Tennessee State University 3.7
30
Meharry Medical College 3.5
25
University of Tennessee 3.7
30
Vanderbilt University 3.8
35

 

Texas
Baylor University 3.9
36
Texas A&M University 3.8
31
Texas Tech University 3.8
30
Texas Tech- El Paso NR
NR
University of Texas at Galveston 3.9
31
University of Texas at Houston 3.7
32
University of Texas at San Antonio 3.7
31
University of Texas Southwestern 3.9
34

 

Utah
University of Utah 3.7
29

 

Vermont
University of Vermont 3.8
31

 

Virginia
Eastern Virginia Medical School 3.6
31
University of Virginia 3.8
34
Virginia Commonwealth University 3.7
30

 

Washington
University of Washington 3.7
31

 

West Virginia
Marshall University 3.6
26
West Virginia University 3.8
30

 

Wisconsin
Medical College of Wisconsin 3.8
31
University of Wisconsin 3.8
32
Canada (Selected Schools)

 

MEDICAL SCHOOL

 

MEDIAN GPA*

 

MEDIAN MCAT*

 

Alberta
University of Alberta 3.8
NR
University of Calgary 3.7
NR

 

Columbia
University of British Columbia 3.7
NR

 

Manitoba
University of Manitoba 4.0
NR

 

Nova Scotia
Memorial University of Newfoundland 3.8
NR

 

Ontario
University of Toronto 3.9
NR
University of Western Ontario 3.7
NR

 

Quebec
McGill University 3.8
33

*For the class entering in 2008

†Not reported

 

Statistics from self-reported data found in Medical School Admissions Requirements, 2010-2011. Please note that many medical schools report significantly different mean values for in-state residents and out-of-state students. The above statistics reflect averages for all matriculants.

 

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