Medical School Acceptance Rates 2026

Acceptance rates for 181 US medical schools. Medical schools are among the most selective professional programs — the average acceptance rate is just 9.4%.

28

< 5% accept

91

5–9% accept

49

10–19% accept

13

20%+ accept

All Medical Schools by Acceptance Rate

181 schools from most to least selective.

SchoolAccept %
Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine

Rochester, MN

1.2%
London South Bank University Medicine

London, England

2%
NYU Grossman School of Medicine

New York, NY

2.1%
UC San Diego School of Medicine

La Jolla, CA

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%
Duke University School of Medicine

Durham, NC

3%
Brown University Warren Alpert Medical School

Providence, RI

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%
Yale School of Medicine

New Haven, CT

4.1%
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

Miami, FL

4.1%
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine

Philadelphia, PA

4.2%
UC Irvine School of Medicine

Irvine, CA

4.5%
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Chicago, IL

4.5%
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%
University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine

Chicago, IL

4.6%
University of North Carolina School of Medicine

Chapel Hill, NC

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%
NYU Long Island School of Medicine

Mineola, NY

5%
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Boston, MA

5%
Weill Cornell Medicine

New York, NY

5%
Roseman University College of Medicine

Las Vegas, NV

5%
Tulane University School of Medicine

New Orleans, LA

5%
University of Florida College of Medicine

Gainesville, FL

5%
University of Colorado School of Medicine

Aurora, CO

5%
University of Suffolk Medicine

England

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%
UT Austin Dell Medical School

Austin, TX

5.2%
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

New York, NY

5.2%
VCU School of Medicine

Richmond, VA

5.2%
Wake Forest University School of Medicine

Winston-Salem, NC

5.3%
University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine

Iowa City, IA

5.3%
UTHealth Houston McGovern Medical School

Houston, TX

5.3%
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Nashville, TN

5.5%
California Northstate University College of Medicine

Elk Grove, CA

5.5%
University of Minnesota Medical School

Minneapolis, MN

5.5%
Kent and Medway Medical School Medicine

England

5.6%
Ohio State University College of Medicine

Columbus, OH

5.6%
UT Southwestern Medical School

Dallas, TX

5.7%
University of Surrey Medicine

England

5.8%
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

Madison, WI

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%
Baylor College of Medicine

Houston, TX

5.8%
Tufts University School of Medicine

Boston, MA

5.8%
Nova Southeastern University Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine

Fort Lauderdale, FL

6%
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Baltimore, MD

6%
Temple University Lewis Katz School of Medicine

Philadelphia, PA

6%
Michigan State University College of Human Medicine

East Lansing, MI

6.1%
New York Medical College

Valhalla, NY

6.2%
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%
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry

Rochester, NY

6.3%
University of Tennessee College of Medicine

Memphis, TN

6.3%
Rush Medical College

Chicago, IL

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

Kalamazoo, MI

6.4%
Howard University College of Medicine

Washington, DC

6.4%
Texas A&M College of Medicine

Bryan, TX

6.4%
UT Health San Antonio Long School of Medicine

San Antonio, TX

6.5%
Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine

Miami, FL

6.5%
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

Cincinnati, OH

6.6%
University of Worcester Medicine

England

6.7%
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%
TCU and UNTHSC School of Medicine

Fort Worth, TX

7.2%
Quinnipiac University Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine

North Haven, CT

7.2%
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Pittsburgh, PA

7.2%
University of Michigan Medical School

Ann Arbor, MI

7.3%
University of Virginia School of Medicine

Charlottesville, VA

7.4%
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

Philadelphia, PA

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%
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine

Edinburg, TX

8%
Meharry Medical College School of Medicine

Nashville, TN

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%
Florida State University College of Medicine

Tallahassee, FL

8.4%
Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV

Las Vegas, NV

8.4%
Morehouse School of Medicine

Atlanta, GA

8.5%
Drexel University College of Medicine

Philadelphia, PA

8.5%
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Bronx, NY

8.5%
Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine

Rochester, MI

8.5%
Creighton University School of Medicine

Omaha, NE

8.7%
King's College London, University of London Medicine

University of London, England

8.8%
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%
University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) Medicine

Scotland

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

Salt Lake City, UT

9.5%
Loma Linda University School of Medicine

Loma Linda, CA

9.5%
SUNY Downstate College of Medicine

Brooklyn, NY

9.5%
Wayne State University School of Medicine

Detroit, MI

9.7%
Penn State College of Medicine

Hershey, PA

9.7%
Central Michigan University College of Medicine

Mount Pleasant, MI

9.8%
Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University

Augusta, GA

9.8%
University of Chester Medicine

England

9.9%
University of Oklahoma College of Medicine

Oklahoma City, OK

10.1%
Medical College of Wisconsin

Milwaukee, WI

10.2%
UNMC College of Medicine

Omaha, NE

10.2%
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School

Worcester, MA

10.2%
Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University

North Chicago, IL

10.2%
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Cleveland, OH

10.2%
University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville

Greenville, SC

10.2%
University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine

Galveston, TX

10.5%
Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine

Scranton, PA

10.5%
University of Kansas School of Medicine

Kansas City, KS

10.6%
SUNY Upstate Medical University College of Medicine

Syracuse, NY

10.8%
University of Louisville School of Medicine

Louisville, KY

11%
Albany Medical College

Albany, NY

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%
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine

Lubbock, TX

11.5%
Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine

Dayton, OH

11.5%
Uniformed Services University F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine

Bethesda, MD

12%
Eastern Virginia Medical School

Norfolk, VA

12%
Northeast Ohio Medical University College of Medicine

Rootstown, OH

12.1%
Saint Louis University School of Medicine

St. Louis, MO

12.3%
West Virginia University School of Medicine

Morgantown, WV

12.5%
Mercer University School of Medicine

Macon, GA

12.5%
Paul L. Foster School of Medicine at Texas Tech El Paso

El Paso, TX

12.5%
University of Illinois College of Medicine

Chicago, IL

12.8%
St George's, University of London Medicine

University of London, England

13%
Queen's University Belfast Medicine

Northern Ireland

13.2%
University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences

Toledo, OH

13.8%
East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine

Greenville, NC

14.2%
UCL (University College London) Medicine

London, England

14.3%
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 Central Lancashire Medicine

England

15.9%
The University of Edinburgh Medicine

Scotland

16.2%
University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine

Vermillion, SD

16.2%
Coventry University Medicine

England

16.7%
Universidad Central del Caribe School of Medicine

Bayamón, PR

17%
University of Reading Medicine

England

17.9%
LSU School of Medicine New Orleans

New Orleans, LA

18%
University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine

Columbia, MO

18.2%
Brunel University London Medicine

London, England

18.3%
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%
De Montfort University Medicine

England

20%
San Juan Bautista School of Medicine

Caguas, PR

20%
University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine

Kansas City, MO

20.5%
University of Portsmouth Medicine

England

21.4%
LSU School of Medicine Shreveport

Shreveport, LA

22%
University of Mississippi School of Medicine

Jackson, MS

22.1%
Teesside University Medicine

England

22.1%
Middlesex University Medicine

England

22.6%
Swansea University Medicine

Wales

23.7%
University of South Wales Medicine

Wales

25%
Oxford Brookes University Medicine

England

28.6%
University of Gloucestershire Medicine

England

33.3%
Bangor University Medicine

Wales

44.6%
University of Massachusetts T.H. Chan School of Medicine

Worcester, MA

Mercer University School of Medicine

Macon, GA

University of Central Florida College of Medicine

Orlando, FL

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

Fort Lauderdale, FL

Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine

Miami, FL

Washington State University Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine

Spokane, WA

Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine at the University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

The University of Texas at Tyler School of Medicine

Tyler, TX

University of Texas Medical Branch John Sealy School of Medicine

Galveston, TX

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Paul L. Foster School of Medicine

El Paso, TX

East Tennessee State University James H. Quillen College of Medicine

Johnson City, TN

Thomas F. Frist, Jr. College of Medicine at Belmont University

Nashville, TN

Northeast Ohio Medical University

Rootstown, OH

State University of New York Upstate Medical University Alan and Marlene Norton College of Medicine

Syracuse, NY

Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo

Buffalo, NY

Cooper Medical School of Rowan University

Camden, NJ

Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University

North Haven, CT

Loma Linda University School of Medicine

Loma Linda, CA

Frederick P. Whiddon College of Medicine at the University of South Alabama

Mobile, AL

NYU Grossman Long Island School of Medicine

Mineola, NY

CUNY School of Medicine

New York, NY

Central Michigan University College of Medicine

Mount Pleasant, MI

Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine

Bethesda, MD

Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine at Florida Atlantic University

Boca Raton, FL

Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine

Pasadena, CA

Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science College of Medicine

Los Angeles, CA

California Northstate University College of Medicine

Elk Grove, CA

University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine

Columbia, MO

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

Kalamazoo, MI

Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine

Rochester, MI

Southern Illinois University School of Medicine

Springfield, IL

Anne Burnett Marion School of Medicine at TCU

Fort Worth, TX

Alice L. Walton School of Medicine

Bentonville, AR

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