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Table 14: Race and Ethnicity Responses (Alone, and In Combination) of Applicants to U.S. Medical Schools, 2002-2007

NOTE: The table below displays the self-identified* ethnic and racial characteristics of applicants to U.S. medical schools from 2002 to 2007. "Alone" means those who selected one race alone, or who selected Hispanic or Latino ethnicity alone (including any Hispanic or Latino subcategories) and no race response. "In Combination" means those who selected more than one race, or who selected Hispanic or Latino ethnicity and one or more races. Please e-mail us if you need further assistance or have additional inquiries.

Applicants' Responses to Race and Ethnicity 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
American Indian and Alaska Native Alone 112 85 107 95 147 151
In Combination 269 308 358 370 274 263
All 381 393 465 465 421 414
Asian Alone 5,951 6,153 6,735 7,296 7,546 8,390
In Combination 643 803 854 916 795 835
All 6,594 6,956 7,589 8,212 8,341 9,225
Black or African American Alone 2,614 2,741 2,802 2,810 2,929 3,133
In Combination 369 323 376 354 287 338
All 2,983 3,064 3,178 3,164 3,216 3,471
Hispanic or Latino Alone 182 119 280 482 698 776
In Combination 2,261 2,371 2,266 2,228 2,079 2,223
All 2,443 2,490 2,546 2,710 2,777 2,999
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander Alone 36 23 39 42 113 110
In Combination 68 96 90 80 102 96
All 104 119 129 122 215 206
White Alone 19,458 20,236 21,045 21,755 22,690 24,136
In Combination 2,190 2,422 2,584 2,828 2,578 2,780
All 21,648 22,658 23,629 24,583 25,268 26,916
Other Non-Hispanic or Latino Race Alone 527 608 110 50 85 77
In Combination 1,543 1,444 431 149 84 73
All 2,070 2,052 541 199 169 150
No Race Response Alone 270 167 221 276 419 505
In Combination 0 0 0 0 0 0
All 270 167 221 276 419 505
Non U.S. or Permanent Resident (Foreign) Alone 979 959 1,026 1,205 1,477 1,810
In Combination 0 0 0 0 0 0
All 979 959 1,026 1,205 1,477 1,810
Total Applicants Alone 30,129 31,091 32,365 34,011 36,104 39,088
In Combination 3,496 3,700 3,370 3,362 3,004 3,227
All 33,625 34,791 35,735 37,373 39,108 42,315

 

 
Percent of Applicants' Responses to Race and Ethnicity 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
American Indian and Alaska Native % Alone 29.4 21.6 23.0 20.4 34.9 36.5
% In Combination 70.6 78.4 77.0 79.6 65.1 63.5
% Total Applicants 1.1 1.1 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.0
Asian % Alone 90.2 88.5 88.7 88.8 90.5 90.9
% In Combination 9.8 11.5 11.3 11.2 9.5 9.1
% Total Applicants 19.6 20.0 21.2 22.0 21.3 21.8
Black or African American % Alone 87.6 89.5 88.2 88.8 91.1 90.3
% In Combination 12.4 10.5 11.8 11.2 8.9 9.7
% Total Applicants 8.9 8.8 8.9 8.5 8.2 8.2
Hispanic or Latino % Alone 7.4 4.8 11.0 17.8 25.1 25.9
% In Combination 92.6 95.2 89.0 82.2 74.9 74.1
% Total Applicants 7.3 7.2 7.1 7.3 7.1 7.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander % Alone 34.6 19.3 30.2 34.4 52.6 53.4
% In Combination 65.4 80.7 69.8 65.6 47.4 46.6
% Total Applicants 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.5
White % Alone 89.9 89.3 89.1 88.5 89.8 89.7
% In Combination 10.1 10.7 10.9 11.5 10.2 10.3
% Total Applicants 64.4 65.1 66.1 65.8 64.6 63.6
Other Non-Hispanic or Latino Race % Alone 25.5 29.6 20.3 25.1 50.3 51.3
% In Combination 74.5 70.4 79.7 74.9 49.7 48.7
% Total Applicants 6.2 5.9 1.5 0.5 0.4 0.4
No Race Response % Alone 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
% In Combination 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
% Total Applicants 0.8 0.5 0.6 0.7 1.1 1.2
Non U.S. or Permanent Resident (Foreign)

% Alone 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
% In Combination 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
% Total Applicants 2.9 2.8 2.9 3.2 3.8 4.3
Total Applicants % Alone 89.6 89.4 90.6 91.0 92.3 92.4
% In Combination 10.4 10.6 9.4 9.0 7.7 7.6
% Total Applicants 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

*Since 2002, following U.S. federal guidelines, AMCAS has asked applicants who are U.S. citizens or Permanent Residents to self-identify using two separate questions: the first question ("Ethnicity") asks applicants whether they are "Spanish/Hispanic/Latino/Latina" or "Not Spanish/Hispanic/Latino/Latina"; the second question ("Race") asks applicants to self-identify using non-Hispanic or Latino race categories, and applicants are asked to "check all that apply." The ethnicity category and several race categories permit further self-identification by sub-categories. Prior to 2002, AMCAS applicants were not able to select more than one race; thus, data prior to 2002 are not directly comparable to later data.

Source: AAMC: Data Warehouse: Applicant Matriculant File as of 9/25/2007.

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