FACTS - Applicants, Matriculants and Graduates

The tables listed below identify the U.S. undergraduate institutions that produced the greatest number of medical school applicants in 2002 for each of the listed racial and ethnic categories. The number of institutions shown in each table is determined by:

1. there being at least five applicants from an institution in that racial or ethnic category OR

2. there being six or more applicants from an institution in that racial or ethnic category, up to 55 schools. (Note: 55 is an arbitrarily selected number; all schools at the same cutoff number of applicants are listed.)

Multiple factors affect someone’s decision to consider a career in medicine and to apply to medical school. Among these are: experience in and exposure to the health professions; opportunities for career advice from and mentoring by physicians and other health professionals; personal interests, abilities, and aptitudes; parental expectations; and undergraduate academic preparation. The data in these tables are only for informational purposes; they should not be interpreted as an assessment of the quality of an institution’s premedical educational or advisory programs. Questions about undergraduate premedical preparation and advisement at a specific institution should be addressed to the institution’s pre-health advisor.

Undergraduate Institutions Producing the most Medical School Applicants 

1. Black or African American Applicants  
2. Native American (American Indian, Alaskan Native and Native Hawaiian) Applicants
3. Hispanic Applicants
4. Mexican American Applicants
5. Puerto Rican (Mainland) Applicants
6. Asian/Other Pacific Islander Applicants
7. White Applicants

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