Which medical schools have the highest IN STATE acceptance rate?

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Is there a list of medical schools that have the highest in state acceptance rate? I googled it but can't find any. What I mean is, for example if 400 people apply from IN state, and 100 IN staters are accepted, that's like a 25% chance of acceptance for in state. Which medical schools have the highest percent acceptance rate for in state? And what is that acceptance rate?
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Texas

The percentages aren't top, but the NUMBER of schools that prefer IS is the highest.
 
BTW, why?

Are you thinking about moving to that state just to increase your chances of getting into med school?
 
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You can calculate it for yourself if you buy a US News subscription, but it doesn't really matter because the only state schools that will give you any kind of shot are the ones where you already have close ties to the area. At this point in life, you can't change where you were born and raised.
 
Believe it or not, it's Arkansas, with a 48.7% acceptance rate for IS applicants. (One school, accepts 48.7% of the IS applicants who apply.) Also way up there are Mississippi, North and South Dakota, Oklahoma and Vermont, each with a 30% plus acceptance rate for IS residents to their IS school(s). That's measured per school.

Texas has a reputation for unusually high acceptance rates because state law requires public schools to award 90% of their spots to IS residents , but there are a lot of applicants for those seats, so the average per-school IS acceptance rate is one of the lowest (rank 42) at 5.9%. (Of IS applicants to each school, an average of 5.9% are accepted.) However, added together across all schools, about 36% of IS applicants who apply IS get admitted somewhere IS. (Typically, Texas residents apply to almost all of the IS programs.)
 
UND is probably up there if not at the top. I don't know the total number of in-state applications they receive (I know its around 200), but if you are offered an interview as an in-state applicant you have a 55-60% chance of acceptance. Most of the pre-interview rejections go to OOS applicants so I'd guess if you're just looking in-state acceptances per in-state applications I'd think an acceptance rate between 35-45% would be a safe assumption.
 
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Uhh are you kidding?

East Carolina Brody is like 99% IS (i think they accepted 1 OOS person last year)

the two LSU schools are also like 99% IS

Other schools not even close..
 
I am pretty sure if you apply after 1 year of residency in any particular state, the schools you apply to will most likely figure out what you are trying to do.
 
Syndicate said:
Uhh are you kidding?

East Carolina Brody is like 99% IS (i think they accepted 1 OOS person last year)

the two LSU schools are also like 99% IS

Other schools not even close..
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OP is asking how many in-state applicants are accepted, not what percentage of matriculants are from the home state. The two are very different. A school could be 100% in-state but have an IS acceptance rate of 5%.
 
I am pretty sure if you apply after 1 year of residency in any particular state, the schools you apply to will most likely figure out what you are trying to do.
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Yeah, OP would be SOL trying this in ND or SD.
 
DokterMom said:
Believe it or not, it's Arkansas, with a 48.7% acceptance rate for IS applicants. (One school, accepts 48.7% of the IS applicants who apply.) Also way up there are Mississippi, North and South Dakota, Oklahoma and Vermont, each with a 30% plus acceptance rate for IS residents to their IS school(s). That's measured per school.

Texas has a reputation for unusually high acceptance rates because state law requires public schools to award 90% of their spots to IS residents , but there are a lot of applicants for those seats, so the average per-school IS acceptance rate is one of the lowest (rank 42) at 5.9%. (Of IS applicants to each school, an average of 5.9% are accepted.) However, added together across all schools, about 36% of IS applicants who apply IS get admitted somewhere IS. (Typically, Texas residents apply to almost all of the IS programs.)
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Wow texas doesnt have that high of an in state acceptance rate. That sucks.
 
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UMass only accepts IS unless it's for the MSTP program. But basically, it's 100%. However, it's still a difficult school to get into so I don't think it's the wisest choice to move here...

Edit: Nevermind then. Anyways, you're best off getting an MSAR or USNews subscription and looking at the acceptance rates.
 
mcloaf said:
OP is asking how many in-state applicants are accepted, not what percentage of matriculants are from the home state. The two are very different. A school could be 100% in-state but have an IS acceptance rate of 5%.
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Yes.
 
The one school in Mississippi doesn't even interview Out of state applicants. For in state, its maybe 350 applicants and the class size is 225.
 
University of Iowa will interview ~80% of IS applicants and then accept ~50% of those. It's definitely not the highest compared to some other schools, but for a top 30 it's pretty freaking high.
 
It gets tricky, because some schools have very stringent requirements for being considered in-state. It ranges from having lived in the state for 12 months at the time of application, to having actually grown up in the state or lived there for 5 consecutive years (UMass).
 
CarlosDanger said:
You can calculate it for yourself if you buy a US News subscription, but it doesn't really matter because the only state schools that will give you any kind of shot are the ones where you already have close ties to the area. At this point in life, you can't change where you were born and raised.
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I disagree.

I moved to a state for graduate school, specifically aiming to gain in-state residency for the purposes of applying to medical school (my home state has no in state option).

I was trying to decide between a few states with good in state options. I picked one, got here, changed my license, registered to vote, joined some professional orgs, registered my car, paid property and income taxes, and "established" domicile. I was able to gain in-state residency at my graduate school and both of the state schools here. I was interviewed at both of them and and accepted at one (the better one).

As long as you dot your i's and cross your t's when you get to the state you should be fine, but you need to be there for a year BEFORE you apply -- and obviously moved there for "non-school related reasons" i.e. get a job lol.

Edit: Do research on specific state rules for in-state tuition, because like Carlos said it is highly variable from state to state.
 
ChemEngMD said:
I disagree.

I moved to a state for graduate school, specifically aiming to gain in-state residency for the purposes of applying to medical school (my home state has no in state option).

I was trying to decide between a few states with good in state options. I picked one, got here, changed my license, registered to vote, joined some professional orgs, registered my car, paid property and income taxes, and "established" domicile. I was able to gain in-state residency at my graduate school and both of the state schools here. I was interviewed at both of them and and accepted at one (the better one).

As long as you dot your i's and cross your t's when you get to the state you should be fine, but you need to be there for a year BEFORE you apply -- and obviously moved there for "non-school related reasons" i.e. get a job lol.

Edit: Do research on specific state rules for in-state tuition, because like Carlos said it is highly variable from state to state.
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Which state did you move to? Also, you said you moved for grad school. I thought you can't establish residency if you are there for school.
 
ChemEngMD said:
I disagree.

I moved to a state for graduate school, specifically aiming to gain in-state residency for the purposes of applying to medical school (my home state has no in state option).

I was trying to decide between a few states with good in state options. I picked one, got here, changed my license, registered to vote, joined some professional orgs, registered my car, paid property and income taxes, and "established" domicile. I was able to gain in-state residency at my graduate school and both of the state schools here. I was interviewed at both of them and and accepted at one (the better one).

As long as you dot your i's and cross your t's when you get to the state you should be fine, but you need to be there for a year BEFORE you apply -- and obviously moved there for "non-school related reasons" i.e. get a job lol.

Edit: Do research on specific state rules for in-state tuition, because like Carlos said it is highly variable from state to state.
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I guess I was thinking about a scenario where OP grew up in a state with at least 1 med school. In that case, OP would have stronger ties to his home state. But, I guess the state OP moves to could have less competitive schools.

I also moved states for grad school, only to realize that grad school didn't count as a real job for residency purposes, which was frustrating - especially since I was actually getting paid.
 
justsomething said:
Which state did you move to? Also, you said you moved for grad school. I thought you can't establish residency if you are there for school.
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CarlosDanger said:
I guess I was thinking about a scenario where OP grew up in a state with at least 1 med school. In that case, OP would have stronger ties to his home state. But, I guess the state OP moves to could have less competitive schools.

I also moved states for grad school, only to realize that grad school didn't count as a real job for residency purposes, which was frustrating - especially since I was actually getting paid.
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From my understanding (at least this is how it works in the state I am in and the state I was in previously) since I am an employee of the university (Graduate Research Assistant) I am not in the state "strictly for school", I am also working full-time.

My graduate school specifically requires students on research assistantships and fellowships to establish a domicile after a year. Since they pay my tuition, they only guaranteed to pay my out of state tuition for the first year then they expected me to switch to in state.

Once again this might vary from state to state, but in the two I'm familiar with, being a graduate research or teaching assistant is considered enough to let you become an in state resident. I'm sure if you were actually paying for your school and not an employee of the university that it would be different though.

And you can determine the state I'm in based on my MDApps...

Also, finding a research assistantship for an MS is exceedingly difficult...most schools only offer them for PhD...I got pretty lucky in my set up.
 
West Virginia. 186 applicants in 2012 according to AAMC table 3 and 100 in-state matriculants at WVU and Marshall. That's not even counting the WVU DO school.
 
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The numbers will be more like 4000 from IS to get into those 100 seats.

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justsomething said:
Is there a list of medical schools that have the highest in state acceptance rate? I googled it but can't find any. What I mean is, for example if 400 people apply from IN state, and 100 IN staters are accepted, that's like a 25% chance of acceptance for in state. Which medical schools have the highest percent acceptance rate for in state? And what is that acceptance rate?
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gyngyn said:
These data are on Table 5: Applicants to U.S. Medical Schools by In or Out-of State Matriculation Status, 2012. AAMC.
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https://www.aamc.org/download/321466/data/2012factstable5.pdf

I guess it is West Virginia then! With a 52.2% rate of in-state students matriculating in-state.

Oddly enough, the state with the lowest "not matriculated" % is Vermont with 41.3% and the highest "not matriculated" is Nevada with 66.5%

Cool table 👍
 
ChemEngMD said:
From my understanding (at least this is how it works in the state I am in and the state I was in previously) since I am an employee of the university (Graduate Research Assistant) I am not in the state "strictly for school", I am also working full-time.

My graduate school specifically requires students on research assistantships and fellowships to establish a domicile after a year. Since they pay my tuition, they only guaranteed to pay my out of state tuition for the first year then they expected me to switch to in state.

Once again this might vary from state to state, but in the two I'm familiar with, being a graduate research or teaching assistant is considered enough to let you become an in state resident. I'm sure if you were actually paying for your school and not an employee of the university that it would be different though.

And you can determine the state I'm in based on my MDApps...

Also, finding a research assistantship for an MS is exceedingly difficult...most schools only offer them for PhD...I got pretty lucky in my set up.
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Were we in the exact same grad program? haha, jk. I was in the same situation as you, also felt very lucky for the MS stipend. After I finished my program, I moved to another state anyway, and didn't investigate it too much so you're probably right about being employed by the university vs. paying tuition.

Sucks that there are states without med schools don't even allow you to claim residency in a nearby state with a school. Looks like you had some great success anyways!
 
Nebraska is pretty far up there too.....over 35%, I think. They really want you to be tied to the state, though. I don't know that living here for a year would cut it.
 
University of New Mexico, 6 OOS out of 103, and those 6 are Native Americans or from the States that do not have a med school, so in state acceptance is around 95%?
 
UMass. MD program is for in-state only. MD/PhD will take OOS, but I think there are only a few spots and only a couple go to OOS applicants.
 
chenzt said:
West Virginia. 186 applicants in 2012 according to AAMC table 3 and 100 in-state matriculants at WVU and Marshall. That's not even counting the WVU DO school.
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Wow! Here in Texas, I competed with thousands of other IS applicants. Aspiring med students in smaller states have really GREAT chances to get in to their state schools.
 
LabratABQ said:
University of New Mexico, 6 OOS out of 103, and those 6 are Native Americans or from the States that do not have a med school, so in state acceptance is around 95%?
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mcloaf said:
OP is asking how many in-state applicants are accepted, not what percentage of matriculants are from the home state. The two are very different. A school could be 100% in-state but have an IS acceptance rate of 5%.
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mcloaf said:
OP is asking how many in-state applicants are accepted, not what percentage of matriculants are from the home state. The two are very different. A school could be 100% in-state but have an IS acceptance rate of 5%.
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Brody has never even considered anyone out of state as long as they've been around. 100% everything in state.
 
mcloaf said:
This tells me nothing about the acceptance rate.
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I'm just saying it's a smaller pool. Competing against say 900 apps instead of 5000. you have a much better chance.
 
justsomething said:
Wow texas doesnt have that high of an in state acceptance rate. That sucks.
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Most of people think that it is easy to get in tx medical schools with the 90% IS rule and the 8 medical schools, but they forgot that tx also has the second highest population in the country. More people, more students, more aspiring med students, like some other already say, the overall acceptance rate is not that high. Also it seems to me that tx schools love high GPA.
 
amy1209 said:
Most of people think that it is easy to get in tx medical schools with the 90% IS rule and the 8 medical schools, but they forgot that tx also has the second highest population in the country. More people, more students, more aspiring med students, like some other already say, the overall acceptance rate is not that high. Also it seems to me that tx schools love high GPA.
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FL is the same way. I believe UFlorida is one of the top 3 feeder schools in the nation.
 
So many people in here either didn't read OP's question or are too incompetent to realize that % of IS Matriculants at a given school =/= % of IS Applicants accepted at a given school.

With these types of reading skills you're all going to have a hell of a time breaking 7 in verbal.

Willbur posted a great table though! You have to do some math to get your answer, but it isn't that hard. If you want to know a school's in-state acceptance rate then just do ((Matriculants*(% In-State))/(Applications*(% In-State)))*100

For instance Vermont is: ((114*.298)/(5346*.016)) *100 = 39.7%

I personally think that'd be one of the higher ones, but someone would have to manually calculate each individual school and then also do total calculations for states.

To judge the beloved UMass that multiple people have said is "100% In-state" and haven't answered OP's question:

((125*.976)/(1172*.858))*100 = 12.1%

So while UMass has 97.6% in-state matriculants, its overall acceptance rate is only 12.1% for in-state applicants because 85.8% of their 1172 applicants are in-state.

OP, if you really want to know this answer then use Table 1 that Willbur posted and go through and calculate these %s for each school and each state and you will have your answer. The states with the biggest difference in % between applicants and matriculants (i.e. Vermont with 1.6% in-state applicants for 29.8% in-state matriculants) will likely be the ones where you have the "best chance" of getting in as an IS.


Edit: I started to go through and try to do "total state" calculations for given states, but the problem lies in the fact that there will be applicants who apply to multiple schools in-state and thus the total in-state applicants will be off just using Table 1. If you use a combination of Table 5, that has the amount of applicants from a given state, and then use the total in-state matriculants to all of the state's schools divided by the state's applicants then that would give you your answer, but it turns out that this number is basically the same as the "matriculated in-state" number in Table 5. The only difference would be applicants from a state who decided not to apply to their state school at all...which I assume would be relatively rare.


tl;dr: If you want a school by school break down on your chances of getting in in-state, you'll have to calculate it manually using the equation I outlined above and Table 1. If you just want to know the overall chances of matriculating in a given state just look at Table 5 under the "Matriculated In-State" column.
 
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ChemEngMD said:
So many people in here either didn't read OP's question or are too incompetent to realize that % of IS Matriculants at a given school =/= % of IS Applicants accepted at a given school.

Willbur posted a great table though! You have to do some math to get your answer, but it isn't that hard. If you want to know a school's in-state acceptance rate then just do ((Matriculants*(% In-State))/(Applications*(% In-State)))*100

For instance Vermont is: ((114*.298)/(5346*.016)) *100 = 39.7%
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Exactly. As someone said near the top of the page:


Believe it or not, it's Arkansas, with a 48.7% acceptance rate for IS applicants. (One school, accepts 48.7% of the IS applicants who apply.) Also way up there are Mississippi, North and South Dakota, Oklahoma and Vermont, each with a 30% plus acceptance rate for IS residents to their IS school(s). That's measured per school.
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Oh wait - that was me... 😎
 
DokterMom said:
Exactly. As someone said near the top of the page:




Oh wait - that was me... 😎
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Wish you would have explained it in a way that didn't have people screaming UMass and ECU for the next 25 posts :laugh:

It seems that someone had to spoon feed the math to them.
 
Just have a ratio of in-state applicants to in-state seats available (matriculant) and the lowest ratio is the easiest to get in to as in IS applicant. Which is West Virginia. Too bad everyone ignored that post too.
 
chenzt said:
Just have a ratio of in-state applicants to in-state seats available (matriculant) and the lowest ratio is the easiest to get in to as in IS applicant. Which is West Virginia. Too bad everyone ignored that post too.
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And as an instate applicant, tuition is only $27k a year.... for medical school.
 
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