From Michigan's website:
Class of 2005
Number of Applicants:
Number applying in 2001: 4688
Number interviewed: 615 (13% of applicants)
Number in the class: 170
Standard Class Averages: GPA: 3.7 MCAT: 11.1
Entering Class:
Black/African American 17 (10%)
Mexican American 7 (4%)
Native American 1 (1%)
Asian groups 37 (22%)
White/Other 108 (64%)
Male: 54%
Female: 46%
Class Composition:
Standard applicants-- 131
Deferred from 2000-- 5
Inteflex students-- 22
Medical Scientist Training Program-- 6
Maxofacial Surgery Program-- 2
Class Geography:
Michigan residents: 49% Non-Michigan: 51%
States represented: 29 states.
Largest contingent is from Michigan (85)
Next largest group: California with 25, for 15% of the class. Other states with significant representation: Ohio with 6, Texas with 5 and Illinois with 4. There are 3 students each from Arizona, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, and Wisconsin.
Undergraduate Colleges Attended:
Number of undergraduate schools represented: 68 different schools.
Number of Michigan colleges represented: 8
Number of students who attended UM Ann Arbor: 59 (includes Inteflex) -- (35% of the class)
Schools with the most representation, besides UM: UCLA with 8, UC Berkeley with 7, Hope College and UC San Diego each with 5, Harvard with 4, and three each from Brigham Young, MIT, Notre Dame, Penn, and Stanford.
College Field of Study:
Biology and related fields: 48%
Other science and math fields 14%
Humanities fields 12%
Chemistry and Biochemistry 11%
Engineering fields 7%
Science/humanities double majors 4%
Business and economics 3%
Health fields 2%
Advanced Degrees:
Seven students have MS degrees in a science or engineering field
Two students have Master's degrees in a public health field
Two students have Master's degrees in humanities fields
Two have a DDS
Two have a JD
Tuition and fees:
Michigan Residents: $19,331 Non-residents: $29,691
Class of 2006
Admissions Summary
Number applying in 2002: 4479 applicants
Number interviewed: 577 (13%)
Number of students in the class: 170
Class Averages: GPA: 3.76, MCAT: 11.4
Class Composition
Male: 57% of class
Female: 43% of class
MSTP: 13 students
Inteflex: 30 students
Maxofacial Surgery Program: 2 students
14% of the class are minority students
Class Geography
Michigan residents: 89 students (52%) Non-Michigan: 81 students (48%)
States represented: 29
After the state of Michigan, the next largest groups are: 14 students from California (8% of the class), ten from Illinois, 6 from Ohio, and 4 each from New York, Massachusetts, and Maryland.
Undergraduate Colleges Attended
54 undergraduate schools are represented in the class, including 8 schools in Michigan.
60 students attended the University of Michigan (35% of class).
Nine students attended Harvard; six attended Stanford; five each attended Johns Hopkins, Berkeley, and Cornell. Next were Northwestern and Notre Dame with 4 each. Three each attended the University of Virginia, Yale, Brigham Young, Calvin College, Hope College, Michigan State, UCLA, University of Chicago, and Princeton.
College Field of Study
Biology and biomedical fields: 49%
Humanities fields: 18%
Chemistry/Biochemistry: 17%
Other science, engineering and math: 8%
Business/Economics: 5%
Health fields: 3%
Advanced Degrees
One student has a PhD in Biochemistry
Two students have doctorates in dentistry
Six students have master's degrees
Tuition and Fees
Michigan Residents: $19,919 Non-Residents: $30,595