Medical Schools with The Most Applicants

    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.
    RankSchoolApplicantsMaleFemaleState ResidentsOut-of-StateEnrolledAcceptance Rate
    1 George Washington University Medical School
    PrivateWashington, DC    		16,0626,6189,3646415,9981791.11%
    2 Georgetown University School of Medicine
    PrivateWashington, DC    		16,0186,8089,1466415,9542011.25%
    3 Drexel University College of Medicine
    PrivatePhiladelphia, PA    		15,8476,7199,0491,07814,7693041.92%
    4 Tulane University School of Medicine
    PrivateNew Orleans, LA    		15,7086,7078,93845615,2521901.21%
    5 Tufts University School of Medicine
    PrivateBoston, MA    		13,9165,8038,0431,09912,8172021.45%
    6 Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University
    PublicPhiladelphia, PA    		13,3725,6167,6761,07012,3022221.66%
    7 Albany Medical College
    PrivateAlbany, NY    		13,2585,7277,4782,05511,2031431.08%
    8 David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
    PublicLos Angeles, CA    		13,0645,6577,3036,0237,0411751.34%
    9 Emory University School of Medicine
    PrivateAtlanta, GA    		12,8825,7717,04695311,9291391.08%
    10 Wake Forest School of Medicine
    PrivateWinston-Salem, NC    		12,0665,5876,44391711,1491451.20%
    11 Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
    PrivateMaywood, IL    		12,0025,0896,8651,39210,6101701.42%
    12 Rush Medical College at Rush University
    PrivateChicago, IL    		11,9935,0376,8961,29510,6981411.18%
    13 Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine
    PublicHershey, PA    		11,0734,8616,1681,05210,0211451.31%
    14 Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
    PrivatePhiladelphia, PA    		10,9214,9915,8751,0279,8942722.49%
    15 Boston University School of Medicine
    PrivateBoston, MA    		10,5734,3886,1229099,6641461.38%
    16 New York Medical College
    PrivateValhalla, NY    		10,5624,5425,9682,1238,4392202.08%
    17 University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
    PrivateMiami, FL    		10,1064,6995,3562,1837,9232011.99%
    18 Chicago Medical School of Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
    PrivateNorth Chicago, IL    		9,9094,1525,6981,2688,6412012.03%
    19 University of Colorado School of Medicine
    PublicAurora, CO    		9,8524,4935,3006999,1531811.84%
    20 Medical College of Wisconsin
    PrivateMilwaukee, WI    		9,5894,5844,9776908,8992642.75%
    21 University of Illinois College of Medicine
    PublicChicago, IL    		9,1373,8925,1901,5817,5562913.18%
    22 Albert Einstein College of Medicine
    PrivateBronx, NY    		9,0124,1734,7761,7937,2191832.03%
    23 University of Michigan Medical School
    Public6100 THSL, 1135 Catherine Street, MI    		8,9164,2984,5741,2137,7031641.84%
    24 Alpert Medical School at Brown University
    PrivateProvidence, RI    		8,8733,8784,942898,7841441.62%
    25 University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine
    PublicSan Francisco, CA    		8,8473,9374,8134,1934,6541731.96%