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Medical School Statistics | Resident Interview & Matriculation Rates

medical school medical school statistics May 28, 2020

Use medical school statistics to learn the number of resident interviews which turn into matriculation rates. This data will really help you understand your chances of admission to a particular medical school so pay close attention to this value, its something a good premed advisor will tell you to consider while deciding where to apply.

Percentage (%) of resident interviews where the applicant then matriculated at the specific medical school:

Alabama

  • Alabama 62%
  • South Alabama 35%

Arizona

  • Arizona 22%

Arkansas

  • Arkansas 43%

California

  • Loma Linda 42%
  • Southern Cal-Keck 24%
  • Stanford 17%
  • UC-Davis 23%
  • UC-Irvine 22%
  • UC-San Diego 25%
  • UC-San Francisco n/a
  • UCLA-Geffen 30%

Colorado

  • Colorado 39%

Connecticut

  • Connecticut 31%
  • Yale 16%

District of Columbia

  • George Washington 32%
  • Georgetown 57%
  • Howard 10%

Florida

  • Univ. Florida 40%
  • Florida State 32%
  • Miami-Miller 40%
  • Univ. South Florida 29%

Georgia

  • Emory 30%
  • MC Georgia 40%
  • Mercer 24%
  • Morehouse 28%

Hawaii

  • Hawaii-Burns 28%

Illinois

  • Chicago-Pritzker 26%
  • Loyola-Chicago Stritch 38%
  • Northwestern-Feinberg 29%
  • Rosalind Franklin-Chicago 28%
  • Rush 38%
  • Southern Illinois 27%
  • Univ. Illinois Chicago 44%

Indiana

  • Indiana 44%

Iowa

  • Iowa-Carver 38%

Kansas

  • Kansas 48%

Kentucky

  • Kentucky 32%
  • Louisville 43%

Louisiana

  • LSU New Orleans 44%
  • LSU Shreveport 52%
  • Tulane 26%

Maryland

  • Johns Hopkins 24%
  • Univ. Maryland 40%
  • Uniformed Services-Herbert 33%

Massachusetts

  • Boston 26%
  • Harvard 20%
  • Massachusetts 22%
  • Tufts 31%

Michigan

  • Michigan 42%
  • Michigan State 36%
  • Wayne State 42%

Minnesota

  • Mayo 33%
  • Minnesota 50%

Mississippi

  • Mississippi 56%

Missouri

  • Missouri Columbia 42%
  • Missouri Kansas City 33%
  • St Louis 32%
  • Wash U St Louis 16%

Nebraska

  • Creighton 21%
  • Nebraska 38%

Nevada

  • Nevada 33%

New Hampshire

  • Dartmouth 16%

New Jersey

  • UMDNJ New Jersey 23%
  • UMDNJ-RW Johnson 34%

New Mexico

  • New Mexico 38%

New York

  • Albany 33%
  • Albert Einstein 18%
  • Buffalo 28%
  • Columbia 20%
  • Cornell-Weill 21%
  • Mount Sinai 14%
  • New York Medical 13%
  • NYU 25%
  • Rochester 18%
  • SUNY Downstate 20%
  • SUNY Upstate 34%
  • Stony Brook 20%

North Carolina

  • Duke 23%
  • East Carolina-Brody 16%
  • North Carolina 30%
  • Wake Forest 33%

North Dakota

  • North Dakota 43%

Ohio

  • Case Western 20%
  • Cincinnati 34%
  • Northeastern Ohio 88%
  • Ohio State 39%
  • Toledo 41%
  • Wright State-Boonshoft 23%

Oklahoma

  • Oklahoma 61%

Oregon

  • Oregon 39%

Pennsylvania

  • Drexel 25%
  • Jefferson 41%
  • Penn State 25%
  • UPenn 26%
  • Pittsburgh 22%
  • Temple 35%

Puerto Rico

  • Caribe 50%
  • Ponce 25%
  • Puerto Rico 74%
  • San Juan Bautista 51%

Rhode Island

  • Brown-Alpert 41%

South Carolina

  • MU South Carolina 42%
  • South Carolina 28%

South Dakota

  • South Dakota-Sanford 39%

Tennessee

  • East Tennessee-Quillen 27%
  • Meharry 17%
  • Tennessee 33%
  • Vanderbilt 37%

Texas

  • Baylor 33%
  • Texas A & M 14%
  • Texas Tech 18%
  • UT Galveston 24%
  • UT Houston 21%
  • UT San Antonio 21%
  • UT Southwestern 25%

Utah

  • Utah 26%

Vermont

  • Vermont 46%

Virginia

  • Eastern Virginia 21%
  • Virginia 44%
  • Virginia Commonwealth 30%

Washington

  • Univ. Washington 24%

West Virginia

  • Marshall-Edwards 33%
  • West Virginia 59%

Wisconsin

  • MC Wisconsin 40%
  • Univ. Wisconsin 27%

Please note the medical school statistics on resident interviews and matriculation rates does not reflect your exact chances of being admitted at a specific institution. The admissions committee considers a number of factors in the admissions process.

This listing was provided to give you an overall sense of how tough it is to get into medical school.

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