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Hello everyone!
A couple years ago, I ran a quick calculation using AAMC Table A-2 for 2014-2015 and US News data to find which universities churn out the highest volume of medical applicants per capita.
Since it is quick and easy, I thought I'd do the same now with the brand new dataset posted by the AAMC, Table A-2 for 2016-2017 (specifically, I used the tables for white and Asian). I again found class size by dividing the current undergrad enrollment values in US News by four. Here is a link to the full datalist.
The results again, two years later - The 10 schools with the highest % of graduates applying MD:
1. Johns Hopkins - 24.2%
2. Duke - 24.0%
3. Rice - 22.4%
4. WashU - 20.9%
5. Emory - 20.8%
6. Yale - 17.3%
7. Stanford - 16.8%
8. Vanderbilt - 16.3%
9. Harvard - 15.8%
10. Brown - 15.7%
Here's a spiffy new chart of universities with 10% or more of the class applying to medical school:
For schools making the chart in both 2014 and 2016, the percent change between years:
Please note that there are many smaller universities that will be missing from the list, because the AAMC will only report your university if it produces 100+ white applicants or 50+ Asian.
The big takeaway - not much changed, looks like it's something ingrained in certain schools' cultures and fluctuates little between years.
A couple years ago, I ran a quick calculation using AAMC Table A-2 for 2014-2015 and US News data to find which universities churn out the highest volume of medical applicants per capita.
Since it is quick and easy, I thought I'd do the same now with the brand new dataset posted by the AAMC, Table A-2 for 2016-2017 (specifically, I used the tables for white and Asian). I again found class size by dividing the current undergrad enrollment values in US News by four. Here is a link to the full datalist.
The results again, two years later - The 10 schools with the highest % of graduates applying MD:
1. Johns Hopkins - 24.2%
2. Duke - 24.0%
3. Rice - 22.4%
4. WashU - 20.9%
5. Emory - 20.8%
6. Yale - 17.3%
7. Stanford - 16.8%
8. Vanderbilt - 16.3%
9. Harvard - 15.8%
10. Brown - 15.7%
Here's a spiffy new chart of universities with 10% or more of the class applying to medical school:
For schools making the chart in both 2014 and 2016, the percent change between years:
Please note that there are many smaller universities that will be missing from the list, because the AAMC will only report your university if it produces 100+ white applicants or 50+ Asian.
The big takeaway - not much changed, looks like it's something ingrained in certain schools' cultures and fluctuates little between years.
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