In 2026, total 1,040,848 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 17,194. Of that, 130 admitted (matriculated), and the acceptance rate is 0.76%. Drexel University College of Medicine and Tufts University School of Medicine follow it with 16,547 and 15,455 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 | 17,194 | 39.6 | 59.8 | 0.5 | 99.5 | 130 | 0.76% |
| 2 | Drexel University College of MedicinePrivate, Philadelphia, PA | 16,547 | 41.3 | 58.1 | 6.9 | 93.1 | 305 | 1.84% |
| 3 | Tufts University School of MedicinePrivate, Boston, MA | 15,455 | 40.4 | 58.9 | 7.4 | 92.6 | 204 | 1.32% |
| 4 | Georgetown University School of MedicinePrivate, Washington, DC | 14,542 | 41.0 | 58.4 | 0.6 | 99.4 | 203 | 1.40% |
| 5 | Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple UniversityPublic, Philadelphia, PA | 14,278 | 41.7 | 57.7 | 8.2 | 91.8 | 227 | 1.59% |
| 6 | Albany Medical CollegePrivate, Albany, NY | 14,157 | 42.2 | 57.2 | 14.6 | 85.4 | 141 | 1.00% |
| 7 | Albert Einstein College of MedicinePrivate, Bronx, NY | 14,035 | 43.0 | 56.2 | 15.0 | 85.0 | 148 | 1.05% |
| 8 | Tulane University School of MedicinePrivate, New Orleans, LA | 13,814 | 40.9 | 58.7 | 2.9 | 97.1 | 190 | 1.38% |
| 9 | Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of MedicinePrivate, Maywood, IL | 13,289 | 41.4 | 58.0 | 11.5 | 88.5 | 175 | 1.32% |
| 10 | Rush Medical College at Rush UniversityPrivate, Chicago, IL | 13,237 | 40.0 | 59.4 | 10.3 | 89.7 | 144 | 1.09% |
| 11 | Wake Forest School of MedicinePrivate, Winston-Salem, NC | 12,800 | 44.0 | 55.7 | 8.0 | 92.0 | 194 | 1.52% |
| 12 | Emory University School of MedicinePrivate, Atlanta, GA | 12,671 | 43.7 | 55.5 | 7.5 | 92.5 | 136 | 1.07% |
| 13 | David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLAPublic, Los Angeles, CA | 12,474 | 42.3 | 56.8 | 43.0 | 57.0 | 175 | 1.40% |
| 14 | Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson UniversityPrivate, Philadelphia, PA | 12,033 | 44.5 | 54.8 | 9.5 | 90.5 | 286 | 2.38% |
| 15 | Chicago Medical School of Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and SciencePrivate, North Chicago, IL | 11,973 | 40.9 | 58.4 | 11.6 | 88.4 | 203 | 1.70% |
| 16 | University of Pittsburgh School of MedicinePublic, Pittsburgh, PA | 11,887 | 46.2 | 52.9 | 8.7 | 91.3 | 151 | 1.27% |
| 17 | Boston University School of MedicinePrivate, Boston, MA | 11,429 | 39.5 | 59.7 | 8.6 | 91.4 | 138 | 1.21% |
| 18 | University of Illinois College of MedicinePublic, Chicago, IL | 11,273 | 41.9 | 57.5 | 15.7 | 84.3 | 302 | 2.68% |
| 19 | Medical College of WisconsinPrivate, Milwaukee, WI | 10,711 | 45.3 | 54.2 | 6.6 | 93.4 | 274 | 2.56% |
| 20 | Wayne State University School of MedicinePublic, Detroit, MI | 10,438 | 45.0 | 54.5 | 16.1 | 83.9 | 299 | 2.86% |
| 21 | University of Colorado School of MedicinePublic, Aurora, CO | 10,405 | 45.4 | 53.8 | 6.0 | 94.0 | 181 | 1.74% |
| 22 | University of California, San Diego School of MedicinePublic, La Jolla, CA | 10,400 | 43.3 | 55.8 | 53.6 | 46.4 | 140 | 1.35% |
| 23 | University of Vermont College of MedicinePublic, Burlington, VT | 10,377 | 42.8 | 56.4 | 0.7 | 99.3 | 122 | 1.18% |
| 24 | University of California, San Francisco School of MedicinePublic, San Francisco, CA | 10,372 | 43.9 | 55.0 | 46.3 | 53.7 | 177 | 1.71% |
| 25 | Dartmouth College Geisel School of MedicinePrivate, Hanover, NH | 10,330 | 45.5 | 53.8 | 1.0 | 99.0 | 96 | 0.93% |