Medical School Acceptance Rates 2026

Name: 2026 US Medical School Acceptance Rates
Creator: AdmitBase

Acceptance rates for 157 US medical schools. Medical schools are among the most selective professional programs — the average acceptance rate is just 8.2%.

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Data: official admissions disclosures · Last updated August 2026

Across 157 US medical schools, the average acceptance rate for the 2026 cycle is 8.2%. The most selective is Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine at 1.2%, while University of Mississippi School of Medicine admits 22.1% of applicants — the highest of any US medical school we track. Median MCAT scores among admitted students range from 496 to 522.

< 5% accept

5–9% accept

10–19% accept

20%+ accept

All Medical Schools by Acceptance Rate

157 schools from most to least selective.

School	Accept %	Rank	MCAT	GPA	Class Size
Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine Rochester, MN	1.2%	#21	521	3.93	50
UC San Diego School of Medicine La Jolla, CA	2.1%	#27	514	3.83	140
NYU Grossman School of Medicine New York, NY	2.1%	#3	522	3.93	102
Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford, CA	2.2%	#5	518	3.94	90
Georgetown University School of Medicine Washington, DC	2.3%	#42	514	3.64	215
UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine Los Angeles, CA	2.5%	#19	517	3.79	173
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Pittsburgh, PA	2.7%	#18	516	3.91	151
Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine Roanoke, VA	2.8%	#100	511	3.73	42
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences Washington, DC	2.9%	#51	512	3.67	170
Duke University School of Medicine Durham, NC	3%	#8	519	3.84	105
Brown University Warren Alpert Medical School Providence, RI	3%	#25	517	3.81	146
Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine Pasadena, CA	3.1%	#105	514	3.74	48
UCSF School of Medicine San Francisco, CA	3.3%	#14	517	3.80	176
Harvard Medical School Boston, MA	3.4%	#1	521	3.92	165
UC Davis School of Medicine Sacramento, CA	3.5%	#44	512	3.70	133
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Miami, FL	4.1%	#50	513	3.73	225
Yale School of Medicine New Haven, CT	4.1%	#10	521	3.88	100
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine Philadelphia, PA	4.2%	#6	522	3.91	148
UC Irvine School of Medicine Irvine, CA	4.5%	#45	514	3.73	104
California University of Science and Medicine School of Medicine Colton, CA	4.5%	#147	506	3.55	64
USF Morsani College of Medicine Tampa, FL	4.5%	#63	520	3.96	188
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Chicago, IL	4.5%	#16	521	3.88	155
University of California Riverside School of Medicine Riverside, CA	4.5%	#135	505	3.58	75
University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine Chicago, IL	4.6%	#7	521	3.89	88
University of North Carolina School of Medicine Chapel Hill, NC	4.6%	#29	513	3.72	185
Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons New York, NY	4.7%	#4	521	3.90	157
Carle Illinois College of Medicine Champaign, IL	4.8%	#104	513	3.72	32
Emory University School of Medicine Atlanta, GA	4.9%	#17	517	3.74	142
Roseman University College of Medicine Las Vegas, NV	5%	#153	505	3.55	60
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Boston, MA	5%	#41	515	3.77	152
Weill Cornell Medicine New York, NY	5%	#12	521	3.87	101
University of Colorado School of Medicine Aurora, CO	5%	#31	514	3.72	165
NYU Long Island School of Medicine Mineola, NY	5%	#150	512	3.68	24
University of Florida College of Medicine Gainesville, FL	5%	#34	514	3.83	140
Tulane University School of Medicine New Orleans, LA	5%	#56	511	3.67	213
USC Keck School of Medicine Los Angeles, CA	5.1%	#33	516	3.67	175
University of Washington School of Medicine Seattle, WA	5.1%	#38	512	3.72	290
VCU School of Medicine Richmond, VA	5.2%	#53	510	3.61	220
University of Houston College of Medicine Houston, TX	5.2%	#103	506	3.60	30
UT Austin Dell Medical School Austin, TX	5.2%	#68	512	3.78	120
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai New York, NY	5.2%	#13	521	3.85	145
UTHealth Houston McGovern Medical School Houston, TX	5.3%	#65	511	3.80	250
Wake Forest University School of Medicine Winston-Salem, NC	5.3%	#36	513	3.72	128
University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine Iowa City, IA	5.3%	#37	510	3.77	152
California Northstate University College of Medicine Elk Grove, CA	5.5%	#155	507	3.58	60
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Nashville, TN	5.5%	#11	521	3.88	100
University of Minnesota Medical School Minneapolis, MN	5.5%	#35	512	3.77	188
Ohio State University College of Medicine Columbus, OH	5.6%	#28	514	3.77	218
UT Southwestern Medical School Dallas, TX	5.7%	#39	517	3.86	228
University of Central Florida College of Medicine Orlando, FL	5.8%	#116	512	3.70	120
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health Madison, WI	5.8%	#30	511	3.80	175
Tufts University School of Medicine Boston, MA	5.8%	#43	513	3.73	200
Charles R. Drew University College of Medicine Los Angeles, CA	5.8%	#136	502	3.52	60
Baylor College of Medicine Houston, TX	5.8%	#22	518	3.86	185
Nova Southeastern University Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine Fort Lauderdale, FL	6%	#156	504	3.55	50
Temple University Lewis Katz School of Medicine Philadelphia, PA	6%	#55	511	3.61	240
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Baltimore, MD	6%	#2	520	3.94	129
Michigan State University College of Human Medicine East Lansing, MI	6.1%	#79	507	3.63	184
Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine Hanover, NH	6.2%	#26	517	3.79	90
OHSU School of Medicine Portland, OR	6.2%	#46	511	3.63	130
New York Medical College Valhalla, NY	6.2%	#75	511	3.70	235
Indiana University School of Medicine Indianapolis, IN	6.2%	#47	510	3.73	297
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry Rochester, NY	6.3%	#24	517	3.80	100
University of Tennessee College of Medicine Memphis, TN	6.3%	#61	509	3.67	165
Rush Medical College Chicago, IL	6.3%	#58	510	3.69	130
Howard University College of Medicine Washington, DC	6.4%	#93	503	3.52	120
Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine Kalamazoo, MI	6.4%	#112	508	3.63	84
Texas A&M College of Medicine Bryan, TX	6.4%	#66	508	3.75	180
UT Health San Antonio Long School of Medicine San Antonio, TX	6.5%	#67	511	3.78	250
Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine Miami, FL	6.5%	#114	510	3.68	120
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine Springfield, IL	6.57%	—	509	3.74	72
Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine Nutley, NJ	6.8%	#102	510	3.64	66
UAB Heersink School of Medicine Birmingham, AL	6.8%	#40	511	3.75	175
Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine Chicago, IL	6.8%	#59	510	3.65	165
Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell Hempstead, NY	6.9%	#85	514	3.74	100
Sam Houston State University College of Medicine Conroe, TX	7%	#157	503	3.55	75
University of Kentucky College of Medicine Lexington, KY	7%	#71	507	3.62	122
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School New Brunswick, NJ	7.1%	#76	512	3.75	170
MUSC College of Medicine Charleston, SC	7.1%	#62	511	3.85	176
TCU and UNTHSC School of Medicine Fort Worth, TX	7.2%	#145	512	3.82	60
Quinnipiac University Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine North Haven, CT	7.2%	#101	509	3.62	60
University of Michigan Medical School Ann Arbor, MI	7.3%	#15	517	3.87	170
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia, PA	7.4%	#73	513	3.69	268
University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine Honolulu, HI	7.4%	#82	507	3.63	73
University of Virginia School of Medicine Charlottesville, VA	7.4%	#23	517	3.79	156
University of Maryland School of Medicine Baltimore, MD	7.7%	#32	513	3.78	188
Washington State University Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine Spokane, WA	7.8%	#149	504	3.56	60
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University Camden, NJ	7.8%	#113	507	3.61	62
University of Connecticut School of Medicine Farmington, CT	7.9%	#80	511	3.73	120
Meharry Medical College School of Medicine Nashville, TN	8%	#92	502	3.50	110
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine Edinburg, TX	8%	#148	504	3.58	55
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine Cincinnati, OH	8.1%	#49	515	3.86	163
Florida Atlantic University Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine Boca Raton, FL	8.2%	#115	506	3.60	64
University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine Burlington, VT	8.3%	#81	511	3.68	120
Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV Las Vegas, NV	8.4%	#95	507	3.65	60
Florida State University College of Medicine Tallahassee, FL	8.4%	#90	507	3.64	120
Drexel University College of Medicine Philadelphia, PA	8.5%	#60	509	3.64	284
Morehouse School of Medicine Atlanta, GA	8.5%	#91	501	3.47	85
Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine Rochester, MI	8.5%	#110	509	3.66	125
Albert Einstein College of Medicine Bronx, NY	8.5%	#151	511	3.68	185
Creighton University School of Medicine Omaha, NE	8.7%	#83	508	3.70	225
University of Nevada Reno School of Medicine Reno, NV	9.1%	#94	505	3.64	62
University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix Phoenix, AZ	9.2%	#99	508	3.62	82
Stony Brook University Renaissance School of Medicine Stony Brook, NY	9.2%	#54	513	3.79	128
University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson Tucson, AZ	9.4%	#70	509	3.68	120
SUNY Downstate College of Medicine Brooklyn, NY	9.5%	#133	507	3.60	195
Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine at University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT	9.5%	#146	510	3.67	125
Loma Linda University School of Medicine Loma Linda, CA	9.5%	#117	506	3.60	176
Wayne State University School of Medicine Detroit, MI	9.7%	#78	508	3.64	295
Penn State College of Medicine Hershey, PA	9.7%	#48	511	3.69	148
Central Michigan University College of Medicine Mount Pleasant, MI	9.8%	#111	504	3.57	64
Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University Augusta, GA	9.8%	#84	508	3.69	240
University of Oklahoma College of Medicine Oklahoma City, OK	10.1%	#69	508	3.72	162
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Cleveland, OH	10.2%	#20	516	3.78	205
UNMC College of Medicine Omaha, NE	10.2%	#52	508	3.73	152
University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville Greenville, SC	10.2%	#138	506	3.60	104
Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University North Chicago, IL	10.2%	#118	505	3.57	185
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School Worcester, MA	10.2%	#143	511	3.68	125
Medical College of Wisconsin Milwaukee, WI	10.2%	#57	511	3.70	204
University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine Galveston, TX	10.5%	#154	507	3.62	230
Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine Scranton, PA	10.5%	#130	504	3.55	115
University of Kansas School of Medicine Kansas City, KS	10.6%	#64	509	3.71	213
SUNY Upstate Medical University College of Medicine Syracuse, NY	10.8%	#132	508	3.62	160
University of Louisville School of Medicine Louisville, KY	11%	#72	506	3.65	165
Albany Medical College Albany, NY	11%	#74	507	3.64	136
Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine St. Louis, MO	11.1%	#9	522	3.93	120
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY	11.2%	#134	507	3.61	144
University of South Carolina School of Medicine Columbia Columbia, SC	11.4%	#97	508	3.65	105
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School Newark, NJ	11.5%	#77	510	3.67	176
Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine Dayton, OH	11.5%	#109	505	3.58	105
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine Lubbock, TX	11.5%	#87	504	3.60	220
Uniformed Services University F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine Bethesda, MD	12%	#128	508	3.60	171
Eastern Virginia Medical School Norfolk, VA	12%	#144	506	3.59	145
Northeast Ohio Medical University College of Medicine Rootstown, OH	12.1%	#122	504	3.58	140
Saint Louis University School of Medicine St. Louis, MO	12.3%	#119	514	3.92	175
Mercer University School of Medicine Macon, GA	12.5%	#137	503	3.56	94
Paul L. Foster School of Medicine at Texas Tech El Paso El Paso, TX	12.5%	#129	509	3.84	130
West Virginia University School of Medicine Morgantown, WV	12.5%	#89	505	3.62	110
University of Illinois College of Medicine Chicago, IL	12.8%	#131	507	3.62	300
University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences Toledo, OH	13.8%	#121	505	3.59	175
East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine Greenville, NC	14.2%	#96	506	3.62	82
University of South Alabama College of Medicine Mobile, AL	14.5%	#120	502	3.58	80
Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine Huntington, WV	14.8%	#98	500	3.55	50
University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine Knoxville, TN	15%	#152	503	3.56	40
UAMS College of Medicine Little Rock, AR	15.2%	#86	504	3.61	161
University of New Mexico School of Medicine Albuquerque, NM	15.3%	#88	505	3.56	107
University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine San Juan, PR	15.8%	#139	500	3.60	115
University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine Vermillion, SD	16.2%	#106	504	3.64	60
Universidad Central del Caribe School of Medicine Bayamón, PR	17%	#142	498	3.50	60
LSU School of Medicine New Orleans New Orleans, LA	18%	#125	504	3.60	190
University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine Columbia, MO	18.2%	#124	504	3.60	96
Ponce Health Sciences University School of Medicine Ponce, PR	18.5%	#140	497	3.48	60
University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences Grand Forks, ND	18.5%	#107	503	3.60	72
San Juan Bautista School of Medicine Caguas, PR	20%	#141	496	3.45	60
University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine Kansas City, MO	20.5%	#123	500	3.55	100
LSU School of Medicine Shreveport Shreveport, LA	22%	#126	501	3.56	120
University of Mississippi School of Medicine Jackson, MS	22.1%	#108	503	3.61	165
Alice L. Walton School of Medicine Bentonville, AR	—	—	—	—	48
Anne Burnett Marion School of Medicine at TCU Fort Worth, TX	—	—	512	3.82	60
University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine Columbia, MO	—	—	509	3.83	136
NYU Grossman Long Island School of Medicine Mineola, NY	—	—	516	3.94	24
CUNY School of Medicine New York, NY	—	—	—	—	59
East Tennessee State University James H. Quillen College of Medicine Johnson City, TN	—	—	513	3.85	78
The University of Texas at Tyler School of Medicine Tyler, TX	—	—	506	3.73	40
Thomas F. Frist, Jr. College of Medicine at Belmont University Nashville, TN	—	—	509	3.64	50

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