In 2024, total 965,477 applicants have applied to medical schools in United States. A student may apply to more than one medical schools and the total number includes the multiple applicants.
George Washington University Medical School has the most applicants of 16,062. Of that, 0 admitted, and the acceptance rate is 1.11%. Georgetown University School of Medicine and Drexel University College of Medicine follow it with 16,018 and 15,847 applicants.
The following table lists the top 25 medical schools having the most applicants. You can sort the table by a column by clicking/touching the column title.
| Rank | School | Applicants | Male | Female | State Residents | Out-of-State | Enrolled | Acceptance Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | George Washington University Medical SchoolPrivate, Washington, DC | 16,062 | 41.2 | 58.3 | 0.4 | 99.6 | 179 | 1.11% |
| 2 | Georgetown University School of MedicinePrivate, Washington, DC | 16,018 | 42.5 | 57.1 | 0.4 | 99.6 | 201 | 1.25% |
| 3 | Drexel University College of MedicinePrivate, Philadelphia, PA | 15,847 | 42.4 | 57.1 | 6.8 | 93.2 | 304 | 1.92% |
| 4 | Tulane University School of MedicinePrivate, New Orleans, LA | 15,708 | 42.7 | 56.9 | 2.9 | 97.1 | 190 | 1.21% |
| 5 | Tufts University School of MedicinePrivate, Boston, MA | 13,916 | 41.7 | 57.8 | 7.9 | 92.1 | 202 | 1.45% |
| 6 | Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple UniversityPublic, Philadelphia, PA | 13,372 | 42.0 | 57.4 | 8.0 | 92.0 | 222 | 1.66% |
| 7 | Albany Medical CollegePrivate, Albany, NY | 13,258 | 43.2 | 56.4 | 15.5 | 84.5 | 143 | 1.08% |
| 8 | David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLAPublic, Los Angeles, CA | 13,064 | 43.3 | 55.9 | 46.1 | 53.9 | 175 | 1.34% |
| 9 | Emory University School of MedicinePrivate, Atlanta, GA | 12,882 | 44.8 | 54.7 | 7.4 | 92.6 | 139 | 1.08% |
| 10 | Wake Forest School of MedicinePrivate, Winston-Salem, NC | 12,066 | 46.3 | 53.4 | 7.6 | 92.4 | 145 | 1.20% |
| 11 | Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of MedicinePrivate, Maywood, IL | 12,002 | 42.4 | 57.2 | 11.6 | 88.4 | 170 | 1.42% |
| 12 | Rush Medical College at Rush UniversityPrivate, Chicago, IL | 11,993 | 42.0 | 57.5 | 10.8 | 89.2 | 141 | 1.18% |
| 13 | Pennsylvania State University College of MedicinePublic, Hershey, PA | 11,073 | 43.9 | 55.7 | 9.5 | 90.5 | 145 | 1.31% |
| 14 | Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson UniversityPrivate, Philadelphia, PA | 10,921 | 45.7 | 53.8 | 9.4 | 90.6 | 272 | 2.49% |
| 15 | Boston University School of MedicinePrivate, Boston, MA | 10,573 | 41.5 | 57.9 | 8.6 | 91.4 | 146 | 1.38% |
| 16 | New York Medical CollegePrivate, Valhalla, NY | 10,562 | 43.0 | 56.5 | 20.1 | 79.9 | 220 | 2.08% |
| 17 | University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of MedicinePrivate, Miami, FL | 10,106 | 46.5 | 53.0 | 21.6 | 78.4 | 201 | 1.99% |
| 18 | Chicago Medical School of Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and SciencePrivate, North Chicago, IL | 9,909 | 41.9 | 57.5 | 12.8 | 87.2 | 201 | 2.03% |
| 19 | University of Colorado School of MedicinePublic, Aurora, CO | 9,852 | 45.6 | 53.8 | 7.1 | 92.9 | 181 | 1.84% |
| 20 | Medical College of WisconsinPrivate, Milwaukee, WI | 9,589 | 47.8 | 51.9 | 7.2 | 92.8 | 264 | 2.75% |
| 21 | University of Illinois College of MedicinePublic, Chicago, IL | 9,137 | 42.6 | 56.8 | 17.3 | 82.7 | 291 | 3.18% |
| 22 | Albert Einstein College of MedicinePrivate, Bronx, NY | 9,012 | 46.3 | 53.0 | 19.9 | 80.1 | 183 | 2.03% |
| 23 | University of Michigan Medical SchoolPublic, 6100 THSL, 1135 Catherine Street, MI | 8,916 | 48.2 | 51.3 | 13.6 | 86.4 | 164 | 1.84% |
| 24 | Alpert Medical School at Brown UniversityPrivate, Providence, RI | 8,873 | 43.7 | 55.7 | 1.0 | 99.0 | 144 | 1.62% |
| 25 | University of California, San Francisco School of MedicinePublic, San Francisco, CA | 8,847 | 44.5 | 54.4 | 47.4 | 52.6 | 173 | 1.96% |