{"id":153,"date":"2023-01-12T13:18:15","date_gmt":"2023-01-12T21:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/md\/?page_id=153"},"modified":"2025-09-19T11:50:43","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T18:50:43","slug":"demographics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/md\/apply\/demographics\/","title":{"rendered":"MD Class Demographics and Statistics"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Demographic Stats (Class of 2026\u20132029)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Below are the demographics and academic statistics for the Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine current student body. The College of Medicine\u2019s full cohort consists of about 320 students. 100% of our students have strong ties to Washington or are residents of Washington.<\/p>\n\n\n

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31 Counties Represented<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

(Childhood or Permanent Address)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adams, Asotin, Benton, Chelan, Clallam, Clark, Cowlitz, Douglas, Franklin, Grant, Grays Harbor, Island, King, Kitsap, Kittitas, Lewis, Mason, Okanogan, Pacific, Pierce, San Juan, Skagit, Snohomish, Spokane, Stevens, Thurston, Walla Walla, Wahkiakum, Whatcom, Whitman, Yakima. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

93% <\/strong>Washington Residents (Other 7% had ties to WA; 80.3% had at least 3 defined ties to WA)
15.3% <\/strong>Childhood Rural County (Based on AMCAS and WA Office of Financial Management)<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n

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\n\t<\/span>\n\t\n\t\t15.6%<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\tUnderrepresented in Medicine (URiM)^ <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\n\t<\/span>\n\t\n\t\t29%<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\tFirst Generation College Graduate<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\n\t<\/span>\n\t\n\t\t26<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\tAverage Age^<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/article>\n\n
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\n\t<\/span>\n\t\n\t\t19-47<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\tAge Range^<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/article>\n\n
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\n\t<\/span>\n\t\n\t\t50%<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\tNon-Traditional (25 and older)^<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\n\t<\/span>\n\t\n\t\t5.6%<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\tMilitary Service<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\n\t<\/span>\n\t\n\t\t13.4%<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\tAdvanced Degrees<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\n\t<\/span>\n\t\n\t\t37.2%<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\tLow Socioeconomic Status (Based on Pell Grant and\/or Fee Assistance Program) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\n\t<\/span>\n\t\n\t\t76.3%<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\tMultilingual<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n

35 Languages Spoken: American Sign Language, Amharic, Arabic, Armenian, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, English, French, German, Greek, Gujarati, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latin, Malayalam, Mon_Khmer, Persian, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Tamil, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese, Other Unspecified<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/article>\n\n\n

^Not considered in admissions per law; reported only as additional demographics of the class
*FERPA guidelines recommend not reporting characteristics amounting to less than 5<\/p>\n\n <\/div><\/section>\n\n\n

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\n\t<\/span>\n\t\n\t\t3.64<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\tMean Overall GPA<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n
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*MCAT and GPAs are masked in the application process. They are only considered as criteria to receive a secondary application.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Additional Demographics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

You can also browse the demographics of the recently matriculated class as well as longitudinal admissions pool statistics to illustrate the complete, interviewed and offered pools each year below the student body data.<\/p>\n\n\n

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