In 2025, total 945,685 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 16,370. Of that, 185 admitted (matriculated), and the acceptance rate is 1.13%. Drexel University College of Medicine and Georgetown University School of Medicine follow it with 15,654 and 14,480 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 | 16,370 | 40.2 | 59.1 | 0.4 | 99.6 | 185 | 1.13% |
| 2 | Drexel University College of MedicinePrivate, Philadelphia, PA | 15,654 | 41.9 | 57.5 | 6.9 | 93.1 | 303 | 1.94% |
| 3 | Georgetown University School of MedicinePrivate, Washington, DC | 14,480 | 41.6 | 57.8 | 0.5 | 99.5 | 203 | 1.40% |
| 4 | Tufts University School of MedicinePrivate, Boston, MA | 14,248 | 40.8 | 58.4 | 7.5 | 92.5 | 202 | 1.42% |
| 5 | Tulane University School of MedicinePrivate, New Orleans, LA | 13,443 | 42.1 | 57.5 | 3.3 | 96.7 | 190 | 1.41% |
| 6 | Rush Medical College at Rush UniversityPrivate, Chicago, IL | 13,045 | 40.6 | 58.7 | 10.3 | 89.7 | 144 | 1.10% |
| 7 | Albany Medical CollegePrivate, Albany, NY | 12,973 | 42.2 | 57.2 | 15.9 | 84.1 | 140 | 1.08% |
| 8 | Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple UniversityPublic, Philadelphia, PA | 12,939 | 41.9 | 57.5 | 8.4 | 91.6 | 221 | 1.71% |
| 9 | Emory University School of MedicinePrivate, Atlanta, GA | 12,880 | 44.7 | 54.6 | 7.0 | 93.0 | 150 | 1.16% |
| 10 | Wake Forest School of MedicinePrivate, Winston-Salem, NC | 12,138 | 45.2 | 54.3 | 8.1 | 91.9 | 145 | 1.19% |
| 11 | Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of MedicinePrivate, Maywood, IL | 12,060 | 42.2 | 57.3 | 11.5 | 88.5 | 170 | 1.41% |
| 12 | David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLAPublic, Los Angeles, CA | 11,326 | 43.4 | 55.6 | 42.9 | 57.1 | 177 | 1.56% |
| 13 | Chicago Medical School of Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and SciencePrivate, North Chicago, IL | 11,122 | 41.7 | 57.7 | 11.7 | 88.3 | 203 | 1.83% |
| 14 | Boston University School of MedicinePrivate, Boston, MA | 10,680 | 40.4 | 58.6 | 8.4 | 91.6 | 140 | 1.31% |
| 15 | Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson UniversityPrivate, Philadelphia, PA | 10,377 | 44.4 | 54.9 | 10.1 | 89.9 | 271 | 2.61% |
| 16 | University of Colorado School of MedicinePublic, Aurora, CO | 10,003 | 45.7 | 53.4 | 6.4 | 93.6 | 182 | 1.82% |
| 17 | University of Illinois College of MedicinePublic, Chicago, IL | 9,610 | 42.9 | 56.6 | 17.4 | 82.6 | 297 | 3.09% |
| 18 | University of California, San Francisco School of MedicinePublic, San Francisco, CA | 9,555 | 43.1 | 55.6 | 45.0 | 55.0 | 174 | 1.82% |
| 19 | Medical College of WisconsinPrivate, Milwaukee, WI | 9,454 | 46.7 | 52.8 | 7.3 | 92.7 | 270 | 2.86% |
| 20 | University of Michigan Medical SchoolPublic, 6100 THSL, 1135 Catherine Street, MI | 9,338 | 47.0 | 52.1 | 12.3 | 87.7 | 171 | 1.83% |
| 21 | University of Vermont College of MedicinePublic, Burlington, VT | 9,301 | 42.6 | 56.6 | 0.8 | 99.2 | 124 | 1.33% |
| 22 | University of California, San Diego School of MedicinePublic, La Jolla, CA | 9,267 | 43.5 | 55.6 | 54.3 | 45.7 | 152 | 1.64% |
| 23 | Wayne State University School of MedicinePublic, Detroit, MI | 9,159 | 45.4 | 54.1 | 17.4 | 82.6 | 318 | 3.47% |
| 24 | New York Medical CollegePrivate, Valhalla, NY | 9,075 | 42.3 | 57.0 | 22.5 | 77.5 | 219 | 2.41% |
| 25 | University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of MedicinePrivate, Miami, FL | 9,003 | 45.3 | 54.1 | 24.0 | 76.0 | 235 | 2.61% |