Medical School Acceptance Rates 2026

Acceptance rates for 156 US medical schools. Medical schools are among the most selective professional programs — the average acceptance rate is just 8.3%.

27

< 5% accept

84

5–9% accept

41

10–19% accept

4

20%+ accept

All Medical Schools by Acceptance Rate

156 schools from most to least selective.

SchoolAccept %
Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine

Rochester, MN

1.2%
UC San Diego School of Medicine

La Jolla, CA

2.1%
NYU Grossman School of Medicine

New York, NY

2.1%
Stanford University School of Medicine

Stanford, CA

2.2%
Georgetown University School of Medicine

Washington, DC

2.3%
UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine

Los Angeles, CA

2.5%
Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine

Roanoke, VA

2.8%
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences

Washington, DC

2.9%
Brown University Warren Alpert Medical School

Providence, RI

3%
Duke University School of Medicine

Durham, NC

3%
Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine

Pasadena, CA

3.1%
UCSF School of Medicine

San Francisco, CA

3.3%
Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

3.4%
UC Davis School of Medicine

Sacramento, CA

3.5%
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

Miami, FL

4.1%
Yale School of Medicine

New Haven, CT

4.1%
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine

Philadelphia, PA

4.2%
California University of Science and Medicine School of Medicine

Colton, CA

4.5%
University of California Riverside School of Medicine

Riverside, CA

4.5%
USF Morsani College of Medicine

Tampa, FL

4.5%
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Chicago, IL

4.5%
UC Irvine School of Medicine

Irvine, CA

4.5%
University of North Carolina School of Medicine

Chapel Hill, NC

4.6%
University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine

Chicago, IL

4.6%
Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons

New York, NY

4.7%
Carle Illinois College of Medicine

Champaign, IL

4.8%
Emory University School of Medicine

Atlanta, GA

4.9%
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Boston, MA

5%
Roseman University College of Medicine

Las Vegas, NV

5%
University of Colorado School of Medicine

Aurora, CO

5%
Weill Cornell Medicine

New York, NY

5%
Tulane University School of Medicine

New Orleans, LA

5%
NYU Long Island School of Medicine

Mineola, NY

5%
University of Florida College of Medicine

Gainesville, FL

5%
University of Washington School of Medicine

Seattle, WA

5.1%
USC Keck School of Medicine

Los Angeles, CA

5.1%
University of Houston College of Medicine

Houston, TX

5.2%
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

New York, NY

5.2%
VCU School of Medicine

Richmond, VA

5.2%
UT Austin Dell Medical School

Austin, TX

5.2%
University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine

Iowa City, IA

5.3%
Wake Forest University School of Medicine

Winston-Salem, NC

5.3%
UTHealth Houston McGovern Medical School

Houston, TX

5.3%
California Northstate University College of Medicine

Elk Grove, CA

5.5%
University of Minnesota Medical School

Minneapolis, MN

5.5%
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Nashville, TN

5.5%
Ohio State University College of Medicine

Columbus, OH

5.6%
UT Southwestern Medical School

Dallas, TX

5.7%
Baylor College of Medicine

Houston, TX

5.8%
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

Madison, WI

5.8%
Tufts University School of Medicine

Boston, MA

5.8%
Charles R. Drew University College of Medicine

Los Angeles, CA

5.8%
University of Central Florida College of Medicine

Orlando, FL

5.8%
Temple University Lewis Katz School of Medicine

Philadelphia, PA

6%
Nova Southeastern University Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine

Fort Lauderdale, FL

6%
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Baltimore, MD

6%
Michigan State University College of Human Medicine

East Lansing, MI

6.1%
Indiana University School of Medicine

Indianapolis, IN

6.2%
OHSU School of Medicine

Portland, OR

6.2%
Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine

Hanover, NH

6.2%
New York Medical College

Valhalla, NY

6.2%
University of Tennessee College of Medicine

Memphis, TN

6.3%
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry

Rochester, NY

6.3%
Rush Medical College

Chicago, IL

6.3%
Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine

Kalamazoo, MI

6.4%
Texas A&M College of Medicine

Bryan, TX

6.4%
Howard University College of Medicine

Washington, DC

6.4%
Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine

Miami, FL

6.5%
UT Health San Antonio Long School of Medicine

San Antonio, TX

6.5%
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

Cincinnati, OH

6.6%
UAB Heersink School of Medicine

Birmingham, AL

6.8%
Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine

Chicago, IL

6.8%
Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine

Nutley, NJ

6.8%
Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell

Hempstead, NY

6.9%
Sam Houston State University College of Medicine

Conroe, TX

7%
University of Kentucky College of Medicine

Lexington, KY

7%
MUSC College of Medicine

Charleston, SC

7.1%
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

New Brunswick, NJ

7.1%
Quinnipiac University Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine

North Haven, CT

7.2%
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Pittsburgh, PA

7.2%
TCU and UNTHSC School of Medicine

Fort Worth, TX

7.2%
University of Michigan Medical School

Ann Arbor, MI

7.3%
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

Philadelphia, PA

7.4%
University of Virginia School of Medicine

Charlottesville, VA

7.4%
University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine

Honolulu, HI

7.4%
University of Maryland School of Medicine

Baltimore, MD

7.7%
Washington State University Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine

Spokane, WA

7.8%
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University

Camden, NJ

7.8%
University of Connecticut School of Medicine

Farmington, CT

7.9%
Meharry Medical College School of Medicine

Nashville, TN

8%
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine

Edinburg, TX

8%
Florida Atlantic University Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine

Boca Raton, FL

8.2%
University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine

Burlington, VT

8.3%
Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV

Las Vegas, NV

8.4%
Florida State University College of Medicine

Tallahassee, FL

8.4%
Drexel University College of Medicine

Philadelphia, PA

8.5%
Morehouse School of Medicine

Atlanta, GA

8.5%
Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine

Rochester, MI

8.5%
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Bronx, NY

8.5%
Creighton University School of Medicine

Omaha, NE

8.7%
University of Nevada Reno School of Medicine

Reno, NV

9.1%
University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix

Phoenix, AZ

9.2%
Stony Brook University Renaissance School of Medicine

Stony Brook, NY

9.2%
University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson

Tucson, AZ

9.4%
Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine at University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

9.5%
SUNY Downstate College of Medicine

Brooklyn, NY

9.5%
Loma Linda University School of Medicine

Loma Linda, CA

9.5%
Wayne State University School of Medicine

Detroit, MI

9.7%
Penn State College of Medicine

Hershey, PA

9.7%
Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University

Augusta, GA

9.8%
Central Michigan University College of Medicine

Mount Pleasant, MI

9.8%
University of Oklahoma College of Medicine

Oklahoma City, OK

10.1%
UNMC College of Medicine

Omaha, NE

10.2%
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Cleveland, OH

10.2%
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School

Worcester, MA

10.2%
Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University

North Chicago, IL

10.2%
University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville

Greenville, SC

10.2%
Medical College of Wisconsin

Milwaukee, WI

10.2%
Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine

Scranton, PA

10.5%
University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine

Galveston, TX

10.5%
University of Kansas School of Medicine

Kansas City, KS

10.6%
SUNY Upstate Medical University College of Medicine

Syracuse, NY

10.8%
Albany Medical College

Albany, NY

11%
University of Louisville School of Medicine

Louisville, KY

11%
Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine

St. Louis, MO

11.1%
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at University at Buffalo

Buffalo, NY

11.2%
University of South Carolina School of Medicine Columbia

Columbia, SC

11.4%
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School

Newark, NJ

11.5%
Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine

Dayton, OH

11.5%
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine

Lubbock, TX

11.5%
Eastern Virginia Medical School

Norfolk, VA

12%
Uniformed Services University F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine

Bethesda, MD

12%
Northeast Ohio Medical University College of Medicine

Rootstown, OH

12.1%
Saint Louis University School of Medicine

St. Louis, MO

12.3%
Paul L. Foster School of Medicine at Texas Tech El Paso

El Paso, TX

12.5%
Mercer University School of Medicine

Macon, GA

12.5%
West Virginia University School of Medicine

Morgantown, WV

12.5%
University of Illinois College of Medicine

Chicago, IL

12.8%
University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences

Toledo, OH

13.8%
East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine

Greenville, NC

14.2%
University of South Alabama College of Medicine

Mobile, AL

14.5%
Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine

Huntington, WV

14.8%
University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine

Knoxville, TN

15%
UAMS College of Medicine

Little Rock, AR

15.2%
University of New Mexico School of Medicine

Albuquerque, NM

15.3%
University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine

San Juan, PR

15.8%
University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine

Vermillion, SD

16.2%
Universidad Central del Caribe School of Medicine

Bayamón, PR

17%
LSU School of Medicine New Orleans

New Orleans, LA

18%
University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine

Columbia, MO

18.2%
University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences

Grand Forks, ND

18.5%
Ponce Health Sciences University School of Medicine

Ponce, PR

18.5%
San Juan Bautista School of Medicine

Caguas, PR

20%
University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine

Kansas City, MO

20.5%
LSU School of Medicine Shreveport

Shreveport, LA

22%
University of Mississippi School of Medicine

Jackson, MS

22.1%
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