Med School Class Size

[deuce924]

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So do medical schools allot a certain amount of space for MD/PHD's or do they allow as may as they see fit?

For example if a school will accommodate 100 applicants, will they set 95 spots for MD's and 5 for MD/PHD's or do they decide as they go along? Thanks for the help.

 

[postbacker]

So do medical schools allot a certain amount of space for MD/PHD's or do they allow as may as they see fit?

For example if a school will accommodate 100 applicants, will they set 95 spots for MD's and 5 for MD/PHD's or do they decide as they go along? Thanks for the help.

It is usually a small and fairly set number because the PHDs are funded and space is therefore limited...

 

[deuce924]

I knew space was limited I just didn't know if they came into the admission process with a set number.

 

[medguy83]

I'm not sure about specific numbers of PhD's per class (probably varies among schools), but it's typically been very low. Out of 120 students there may be 1 or 2 PhD's, and few more with MPH or other masters degrees. Most schools do segment their entering classes so that every year there are a certain number of women, men, ED applicants, etc. When you think about it you're really competing for maybe 50 or so slots, not 120.

 

[deuce924]

I'm not sure about specific numbers of PhD's per class (probably varies among schools), but it's typically been very low. Out of 120 students there may be 1 or 2 PhD's, and few more with MPH or other masters degrees. Most schools do segment their entering classes so that every year there are a certain number of women, men, ED applicants, etc. When you think about it you're really competing for maybe 50 or so slots, not 120.

Thats what I was figuring...Once you consider the different types of applicants, it really does decrease the odds.

 

[brsboarder]

apparently Einstein has 15 md/phd's a year. Other schools are usually at least 5. It depends on NIH funding. Top schools who have lots of money with take more students

 

[enigma85]

There's significant variability between schools, but it is generally a set range at each school, e.g. 2-3 at some schools, 10-15 at others, etc. The spectrum is 1-25 per year. WashU has the largest MD/PhD program in the country.

 

[alwaysaangel]

I'm pretty sure here its set at 8/year out of 104 students.

 

[Xerxes1729]

Yeah, we've got ~25 at WashU this year, out of a class of ~125.