Applying to the MD Program
MD Class Demographics and Statistics
Below are the demographics and academic statistics for the most recently matriculated class and the overall student body. Additionally, longitudinal admissions pool statistics are provided for the complete, interviewed and offered pools each year.
Entering Year 2020 / Class of 2024
Application Stats
| Total AMCAS Applications | 1,444 |
| Total Secondary Applications sent | 728 |
| Total Completed Applications | 688 |
| Total Interviewed | 350 |
| Matriculated Class | 80 |
| Catch Ratio (Offer:Seats) | 1.9:1 |
Demographic Stats
| Females^ | 60% |
| Washington Residents | 91.3% Other 8.7% had ties to WA |
| Childhood Rural County (Based on AMCAS and WA Office of Financial Management) | 30% |
| Childhood Rural WA County (Based on WA OFM) | 25% |
| Counties Represented (Childhood or Permanent Address) | 19 (Asotin, Benton, Chelan, Clark, Cowlitz, Douglas, Franklin, Grant, Island, King, Pierce, San Juan, Snohomish, Spokane, Stevens, Thurston, Whatcom, Whitman, Yakima) |
| First Generation College Graduate (parents did not earn Bachelor's Degree) | 33.8% |
| Low Socioeconomic Status (Based on AMCAS EO1/EO2, Pell Grant, and Fee Assistance Program) | 52.5% |
| Underrepresented in Medicine (URiM)^(African American, American Indian, Hispanic, enrolled tribal member) | 10% |
| Average Age^ | 26 |
| Age Range^ | 21-36 |
| Non-Traditional (25 and older)^ | 56.3% |
| Has Dependents^ | 6.3% |
| Advanced Degrees | 13.8% |
| Military Service | 10% |
| Reapplicant | 25% |
^Not considered in admissions per law; reported only as additional characteristics of the class
*FERPA guidelines recommend not reporting characteristics amounting to less than 5
Academic Stats
| Mean Overall GPA | 3.62 (Range: 2.64-4.00) |
| Mean BCPM GPA | 3.52 (Range: 2.52-4.00) |
| Mean New MCAT* | 507.6 (Range: 497-520) |
Student Body (Entry Year 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 / Classes of 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
Demographic Stats
| Females^ | 57.5% |
| Washington ResidentsOther 5% had ties to WA | 93.5% |
| Childhood Rural County (Based on AMCAS and WA Office of Financial Management) | 23.5% |
| Childhood Rural WA County (Based on WA Office of Financial Management | 20% |
| Counties Represented (Childhood or Permanent Address) | 28: Adams, Asotin, Benton, Chelan, Clallam, Clark, Cowlitz, Douglas, Franklin, Grant, Grays Harbor, Island, King, Kitsap, Kittitas, Mason, Pacific, Pierce, San Juan, Skagit, Snohomish, Spokane, Stevens, Thurston, Walla Walla, Whatcom, Whitman, Yakima |
| First Generation College Graduate (Parents did not earn Bachelor's Degree) | 32.5% |
| Low Socioeconomic Status (Based on AMCAS EO1/EO2, Pell Grant, and Fee Assistance Program) | 55% |
| Underrepresented in Medicine (URiM)^ (African American, American Indian, Hispanic, enrolled tribal member) | 9% |
| Average Age^ | 25 |
| Age Range^ | 20 - 39 |
| Non-Traditional (25 and older)^ | 52% |
| Advanced Degrees | 14.3% |
| Military Service | 6% |
^Not considered in admissions per law; reported only as additional characteristics of the class
*FERPA guidelines recommend not reporting characteristics amounting to less than 5
Academic Stats
| Mean Overall GPA | 3.61 |
| Mean BCPM GPA | 3.49 |
| Mean New MCAT* | 507 |
Applicant Pool Data For All Cycles
| EY 2017 CO 2021 | EY 2018 CO 2022 | EY 2019 CO 2023 | EY 2020 CO 2024 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Complete Applications | Female^ | 40% | 48% | 53% | 54% |
| WA Residents | 92% | 94% | 95.5% | 94% | |
| Childhood Rural County | 14% | 11% | 11% | 10.5% | |
| Childhood Rural WA County | 11% | 9% | 9.6% | 9% | |
| First Generation College Graduate | 14% | 20% | 16% | 17% | |
| Low SES | 40% | 42.6% | 37% | 36% | |
| URiM^ | 4% | 5.4% | 9.3% | 9.6% | |
| Mean Age^ | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | |
| Non-Traditional^ | 47% | 42% | 44.7% | 44% | |
| Advanced Degrees | 11% | 11% | 9% | 9.7% | |
| Military Service | 2% | 2% | 2.3% | 2.6% | |
| Interviewed | Female^ | 41% | 56% | 56% | 57.4% |
| WA Residents | 92% | 94% | 95% | 93.4% | |
| Childhood Rural County | 14% | 16.5% | 17.4% | 17% | |
| Childhood Rural WA County | 12% | 14% | 15.7% | 14.6% | |
| First Generation College Graduate | 15% | 25.6% | 22.4% | 23.4% | |
| Low SES | 42% | 47.6% | 42% | 42.6% | |
| URiM^ | 4% | 6.7% | 13% | 11.4% | |
| Mean Age^ | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | |
| Non-Traditional^ | 48% | 41% | 48.3% | 45.4% | |
| Advanced Degrees | 11% | 11% | 11% | 10.6% | |
| Military Service | 2% | 3.7% | 3.5% | 5% | |
| All Accepted (not final matriculated) | Female^ | 54% | 63.6% | 61% | 64.5% |
| WA Residents | 95% | 93% | 95.5% | 90.3% | |
| Childhood Rural County | 20% | 15.3% | 17.5% | 25.8% | |
| Childhood Rural WA County | 17% | 13.6% | 15% | 21.3% | |
| First Generation College Graduate | 20% | 34% | 28.6% | 28.4% | |
| Low SES | 56% | 57% | 48% | 44.5% | |
| URiM^ | * | 7.6% | 18% | 14.2% | |
| Mean Age^ | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | |
| Non-Traditional^ | 49% | 40.7% | 52% | 46.5% | |
| Advanced Degrees | 13% | 15.3% | 13% | 13% | |
| Military Service | * | 6% | 6% | 6.5% |
^Not considered in admissions per law; reported only as additional characteristics of the class
*FERPA guidelines recommend not reporting characteristics amounting to less than 5
Class of 2021 Residency and Demographic Statistics
| Match Rate* | 96% |
| Residencies in WA** | 39% |
| Residencies in the PNW (WA and OR)** | 48% |
| Residencies in the Western Region of the US** | 72% |
| Matched into Primary Care | 54% |
*includes positions obtained through SOAP
**includes PGY1 who will be out of state for PGY2
List of specialties and programs matched to (in some cases, students matched to the same program and specialty):
| Specialty | Program |
|---|---|
| Anesthesiology | University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA |
| Diagnostic Radiology | Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME Stony Brook Teaching Hospital, Port Jefferson, NY University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, UT |
| Emergency Medicine | Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, UT |
| Family Medicine | Cahaba Medical Center, Birmingham, AL Central Washington Family Medicine, Yakima, WA Harrison Medical Center, Bremerton, WA Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center, Spokane, WA Providence St. Peter Hospital, Chehalis, WA Sea Mar Community Health Centers, Marysville, WA Swedish Medical Center, Port Angeles, WA and Seattle, WA Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic, Yakima, WA |
| General Surgery | Danbury Hospital, Danbury, CT University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, KY University of North Dakota School of Medicine, Grand Forks, ND University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA |
| Internal Medicine | Mt. Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, MA Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR and Hillsboro, OR Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center, Spokane, WA Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA |
| Internal Medicine/Pediatrics | Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA |
| Obstetrics and Gynecology | Adventist Health White Memorial, Los Angeles, CA Harbor-University of California Los Angeles, Torrance, CA Orlando Health, Orlando, FL |
| Orthopaedic Surgery | St. Lukes Hospital, Bethlehem, PA University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT |
| Otolaryngology | Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education, Rochester, MN University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA |
| Pathology – Anatomic and Neuropathology | University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA |
| Pediatrics | Children’s Hospital, Los Angeles, CA Phoenix Children’s Hospital, Phoenix, AZ University of California Irvine Medical Center, Orange, CA University of California Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM |
| Psychiatry | Samaritan Health Services, Corvallis, OR |
| Urology | University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA |
Demographics of this Class:
| Grew up in a rural county | 21.4% |
| Grew up in a rural WA county | 18% |
| First-generation college graduate | 18% |
| Come from low socioeconomic background | 55.4% |
| WA counties represented | Benton, Chelan, Clallam, Clark, Cowlitz, Franklin, Grant, King, Kittitas, Pacific, Pierce, Snohomish, Spokane, Stevens, Thurston, Whatcom, Whitman, Yakima |