Pre-Health Applicant Quick Facts 2020 Entering Class
US allopathic/MD medical schools accepted (155) out of (220) Vanderbilt University first-time applicants.
Vanderbilt University Acceptance Rate for First-Time Applicants 70% (The national acceptance rate for first-time applicants is not available from the AAMC)
US allopathic/MD medical schools accepted (32) of the (50) Vanderbilt University re-applicants.
Vanderbilt University Acceptance Rate for Re-Applicants 64%
National Acceptance Rate (First-Time and Re-applicants) 44% Vanderbilt University Acceptance Rate (First-Time and Re-applicants) 69%
Vanderbilt’s MEAN MCAT score remains higher than the MEAN for the nation.
Mean MCAT: Applicants Accepted Applicants National Mean* 506.9 (67-70 %tile) 511.6 (82-85 %tile) Vanderbilt University Mean* 514.3 (89-91 %tile) 516 (93 %tile)
Mean Cumulative GPA: Applicants Accepted Applicants National Mean 3.60 3.73 Vanderbilt University Mean 3.58 3.69
Mean Science GPA: Applicants Accepted Applicants National Mean 3.49 3.66 Vanderbilt University Mean 3.43 3.55
Vanderbilt University applicants were accepted into (140) of the (155) US allopathic/MD medical schools during the 2018-2020 Cycles.
Pre-med students represented (59) majors during the 2018-2020 Cycles.
The most popular majors (as a single major or part of a double major) for the 2020 Cycle were:
Medicine, Health, & Society 98 Neuroscience 87 Molecular & Cellular Biology 29 Biomedical Engineering 24 Spanish 18
∗ Includes students who took the exam more than once
2020 Science GPA and MCAT Comparison (First-Time Applicants)
2020 First-Time Applicants Sample Size Number Accepted Acceptance Rate Total Applicants 220 155 70%
Rejections 65 Acceptances 155
SCIENCE GPA <= 3.7 147 90 61% GPA <= 3.7 and MCAT % < 50 4 1 GPA <=3.7 and MCAT % >= 50 and <=90 75 42 GPA <=3.7 and MCAT % >90 68 47
SCIENCE GPA > 3.7 70 62 89% GPA > 3.7 and MCAT % < 50 0 0 GPA >3.7 and MCAT % >=50 and <=90 12 10 GPA > 3.7 and MCAT % >90 58 52
2020 First-Time Applicants Sample Size Number Accepted Acceptance Rate Total Applicants 220 155 70%
Rejections 65 Acceptances 155
SCIENCE GPA <= 3.5 99 52 53% GPA <= 3.5 and MCAT % < 50 4 1 GPA <=3.5 and MCAT % >= 50 and <=90 59 30 GPA <=3.5 and MCAT % >90 36 21
SCIENCE GPA > 3.5 118 100 85% GPA > 3.5 and MCAT % < 50 0 0 GPA >3.5 and MCAT % >=50 and <=90 28 22 GPA > 3.5 and MCAT % >90 90 78
Note: Mean MCAT for VU First Time Applicants: Applied=89-91%tile; Accepted=93%tile Data does not include students accepted into Early Acceptance Programs with no MCAT score
2020 Science GPA and MCAT Comparison (First-Time Applicants)
2020 First-Time Applicants Sample Size Number Accepted Acceptance Rate Total Applicants 220 155 70%
Rejections 65 Acceptances 155
SCIENCE GPA <= 3.3 62 33 53% GPA <= 3.3 and MCAT % < 50 4 1 GPA <=3.3 and MCAT % >= 50 and <=90 38 21 GPA <=3.3 and MCAT % >90 20 11
SCIENCE GPA > 3.3 155 119 77% GPA > 3.3 and MCAT % < 50 0 0 GPA >3.3 and MCAT % >=50 and <=90 49 31 GPA > 3.3 and MCAT % >90 106 88
2020 First-Time Applicants Sample Size Number Accepted Acceptance Rate Total Applicants 220 155 70%
Rejections 65 Acceptances 155
SCIENCE GPA <= 3.1 36 14 39% GPA <= 3.1 and MCAT % < 50 3 1 GPA <=3.1 and MCAT % >= 50 and <=90 24 10 GPA <=3.1 and MCAT % >90 9 3
SCIENCE GPA > 3.1 181 138 76% GPA > 3.1 and MCAT % < 50 1 0 GPA >3.1 and MCAT % >=50 and <=90 63 42 GPA > 3.1 and MCAT % >90 117 96
Note: Mean MCAT for VU First Time Applicants: Applied=89-91%tile; Accepted=93%tile Data does not include students accepted into Early Acceptance Programs with no MCAT score 2020 Allopathic First Time Applicants Science GPA and MCAT Score 4
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Designated Medical School Aggregate Report 2018-2020 Summary Total 2020 2019 2018 Accepted Institution Name Total # of VU Total # of VU Total # of VU 2018-2020 Applicants Applicants Applicants (Combined) Vanderbilt University School of Medicine 183 171 157 76 University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine 55 52 54 58 University of Cincinnati College of Medicine 76 75 76 42 University of Illinois College of Medicine 35 46 54 35 Northwestern University The Feinberg School of Medicine 112 96 95 32 University of Chicago Division of the Biological Sciences The Pritzker School of Medicine 92 88 54 31 University of Virginia School of Medicine 68 69 65 29 Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University 29 29 31 26 Emory University School of Medicine 160 154 131 25 George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences 152 130 120 25 University of Texas Southwestern Medical School 35 29 31 25 Tulane University School of Medicine 132 124 138 24 University of Alabama School of Medicine 47 40 64 23 Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine 75 77 71 22 Ohio State University College of Medicine 85 83 86 21 University of South Florida Health Morsani College of Medicine 45 46 46 21 Tufts University School of Medicine 134 117 111 20 University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine 111 81 63 20 East Tennessee State University James H. Quillen College of Medicine 33 32 33 19 Saint Louis University School of Medicine 50 65 65 18 University of Louisville School of Medicine 31 37 48 18 Duke University School of Medicine 102 95 92 17 University of Texas Medical School at San Antonio 26 24 23 17 Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine 89 88 71 16 Baylor College of Medicine 81 79 86 14 Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons 90 98 68 14 Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine 101 97 91 14 Meharry Medical College 32 36 29 14 New York University Grossman School of Medicine 108 83 43 13 University of Michigan Medical School 99 89 69 13 University of Texas Medical Branch 26 20 23 13 Yale School of Medicine 59 72 49 13 Georgetown University School of Medicine 144 123 122 12 Medical College of Wisconsin 42 30 40 12 University of Kentucky College of Medicine 20 37 41 12 Boston University School of Medicine 106 97 66 11 Rutgers, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School 28 27 19 11 Texas A&M Uni. System HSC Col. of Medicine 23 21 20 11 University of Florida College of Medicine 40 33 29 11 Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai 79 81 54 10 Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine 60 55 58 10 University of Texas Medical School at Houston 30 26 25 10 University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health 46 26 42 10 Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine 38 34 36 10 Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine 28 19 27 10 Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University 44 36 28 9 Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California 55 83 75 9 Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania 69 76 56 9 University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine 12 7 13 9 University of South Alabama College of Medicine 11 11 12 9 Weill Cornell Medicine 70 81 46 9 Creighton University School of Medicine 31 27 32 8 Drexel University College of Medicine 91 89 66 8 Florida Atlantic University Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine 28 14 17 8 Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine 29 30 30 8 Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University 76 72 62 8 Morehouse School of Medicine 28 23 20 8 Designated Medical School Aggregate Report 2018-2020 Summary New York Medical College 70 75 54 8 Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University 37 35 14 8 State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine 41 26 25 8 University of Central Florida College of Medicine 36 25 35 8 University of Mississippi School of Medicine 2 3 4 8 Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth 67 73 69 7 Harvard Medical School 84 80 63 7 Howard University College of Medicine 33 33 26 7 Indiana University School of Medicine 44 37 47 7 Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine 25 22 23 7 Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University 76 74 57 7 University of California, Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine 59 88 57 7 University of Massachusetts Medical School 25 21 19 7 University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine 16 16 18 7 Wake Forest School of Medicine of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center 110 118 119 7 Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine & Science 68 77 68 6 Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell 46 42 27 6 Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans 19 15 20 6 Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine 46 45 32 6 Rush Medical College of Rush University Medical Center 77 78 69 6 Southern Illinois University School of Medicine 9 7 10 6 University of Colorado School of Medicine 62 44 45 6 University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine 23 19 20 6 University of Kansas School of Medicine 17 9 9 6 University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine 17 14 16 6 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine 73 67 67 6 Albany Medical College 58 51 48 5 Albert Einstein College of Medicine 73 78 53 5 Central Michigan University College of Medicine 13 14 22 5 Eastern Virginia Medical School 39 32 22 5 Louisiana State University School of Medicine in Shreveport 8 9 6 5 Michigan State University College of Human Medicine 20 19 17 5 Uniformed Services Univ. of the Health Sciences F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine 9 10 16 5 University of California, San Diego School of Medicine 42 53 35 5 University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine 59 77 48 5 University of Nebraska College of Medicine 2 3 6 5 University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine 62 68 64 5 Wayne State University School of Medicine 34 34 35 5 Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine 10 17 23 5 Carle Illinois College of Medicine 17 21 9 4 Loma Linda University School of Medicine 18 29 16 4 State University of New York Upstate Medical University 20 23 11 4 University of Maryland School of Medicine 38 33 25 4 University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry 35 52 35 4 University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences 20 21 27 4 California University of Science and Medicine 15 27 18 3 Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine 28 25 21 3 Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo 19 17 12 3 Robert Larner, M.D., College of Medicine at the University of Vermont 39 28 17 3 Rutgers New Jersey Medical School 36 34 19 3 Texas Tech University Health Science Center School of Medicine 19 18 17 3 University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix 22 17 19 3 University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine 21 28 16 3 University of Minnesota Medical School 16 14 18 3 University of Nevada Las Vegas, School of Medicine 1 5 2 3 University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine 3 3 2 3 University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville 19 14 22 3 University of Washington School of Medicine 28 36 50 3 Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine 25 36 30 3 California Northstate University College of Medicine 12 18 15 2 Cooper Medical School of Rowan University 23 29 18 2 Designated Medical School Aggregate Report 2018-2020 Summary Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine 31 0 0 2 Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine - Arizona Campus 13 16 18 2 Northeast Ohio Medical University 12 10 14 2 Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine 30 22 30 2 Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine 20 19 25 2 Texas Tech Univ. Health Sciences Center, Paul L. Foster School of Medicine 20 15 15 2 University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson 22 27 33 2 University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School 27 24 22 2 Florida State University College of Medicine 29 14 25 1 Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine 4 7 8 1 Mercer University School of Medicine 15 6 14 1 Nova Southeastern University Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine 36 26 3 1 Stanford University School of Medicine 65 82 62 1 TCU and UNTHSC SOM 16 9 0 1 University of Oklahoma College of Medicine 8 3 5 1 University of California, Riverside School of Medicine 10 21 10 1 University of Connecticut School of Medicine 20 17 12 1 University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences 2 2 2 1 University of South Carolina School of Medicine Columbia 12 6 20 1 University of South Dakota, Sanford School of Medicine 2 2 1 1 University of Utah School of Medicine 6 8 14 1 Washington State University Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine 3 5 0 1 Majors of VU Students on the Pre-med Track 2018-2020
Anthropology Human & Organizational Development Art Interdisciplinary Studies Asian Studies International Development & Human Rights Biochemistry Jewish Studies Bioinformatics Latin American Studies Biology Mathematics Biomedical Engineering Mechanical Engineering Chemical Engineering Medicine, Health, and Society Chemistry Minority Health and Culture Child Development Molecular and Cellular Biology Child Studies Music Cinema & Media Arts Music & Culture Classical Civilations Musical Arts Classics Neuroscience Cognitive Studies Philosophy Communication of Science & Technology Physics Communications Studies Piano Performance Computer Science Political Science Earth & Environmental Sciences Psychology Ecology, Evolution & Organismal Biology Public Health Economics Public Policy Studies Electrical Engineering Religious Studies Engineering Science Russian English Sociology French Spanish German Spanish and Portuguese German Literature and Language Spanish Literature and Language Health and Literature Violin Performance History Women's and Gender Studies History of Art
* As a single major or part of a double major