Medical Schools that Accept International Students

The medical school admissions process is competitive enough as it is! But as an international applicant, it’s even harder. There are a limited number of medical schools in the US that accept or even interview international students.

International applicants are also required to meet an additional set of criteria, such as completing coursework at a US accredited university and demonstrating adequate proficiency in the English language (usually through a TOEFL exam).

Nonetheless, thousands of international students are accepted into international medical
schools in the US every year, including some of the most prestigious North American institutions.

If you are an international student, you should know which MD schools even interview international applicants before starting to make your selections. This list below will help you narrow down your choices to medical schools that interview and accept international students.

Allopathic (MD) medical schools that accept international students

• Boston University School of Medicine
  • International students admitted per year: 5-10
  • Average MCAT: 517
  • Average GPA: 3.8

• Case Western Reserve School of Medicine
  • International students admitted per year: 3-7
  • Average MCAT: 517
  • Average GPA: 3.8

• Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
  • International students admitted per year: 8-12
  • Average MCAT: 518
  • Average GPA: 3.9

• Duke University School of Medicine
  • International students admitted per year: 3-8
  • Average MCAT: 520
  • Average GPA: 3.9

• Emory University School of Medicine
  • International students admitted per year: 5-10
  • Average MCAT: 515
  • Average GPA: 3.8

• George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
  • International students admitted per year: 10-15
  • Average MCAT: 512
  • Average GPA: 3.7

• Georgetown University School of Medicine
  • International students admitted per year: 2-4
  • Average MCAT: 512
  • Average GPA: 3.6

• Harvard Medical School
  • International students admitted per year: 15-20
  • Average MCAT: 519
  • Average GPA: 3.9

• Howard University College of Medicine
  • International students admitted per year: Limited (contact the admissions office for specific information)
  • Average MCAT: 504
  • Average GPA: 3.6

• Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
  • International students admitted per year: 3-7
  • Average MCAT: 517
  • Average GPA: 3.8

• Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
  • International students admitted per year: 5-10
  • Average MCAT: 521
  • Average GPA: 3.9

• Loma Linda University School of Medicine
  • International students admitted per year: Limited (contact the admissions office for specific information)
  • Average MCAT: 508
  • Average GPA: 3.7

• McGovern Medical School
  • International students admitted per year: 2-4
  • Average MCAT: 510
  • Average GPA: 3.7

• Medical College of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
  • International students admitted per year: 2-5
  • Average MCAT: 509
  • Average GPA: 3.7

• Morehouse School of Medicine
  • International students admitted per year: Limited (contact the admissions office for specific information)
  • Average MCAT: 505
  • Average GPA: 3.6

• New York Medical College
  • International students admitted per year: 5-10
  • Average MCAT: 512
  • Average GPA: 3.6
• Northwestern University The Feinberg School of Medicine
  • International students admitted per year: 5-10
  • Average MCAT: 520
  • Average GPA: 3.9
• Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
  • International students admitted per year: 6-12
  • Average MCAT: 521
  • Average GPA: 3.9
• Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University
  • International students admitted per year: 2-5
  • Average MCAT: 514
  • Average GPA: 3.8
• Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
  • International students admitted per year: 1-3
  • Average MCAT: 512
  • Average GPA: 3.7
• Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
  • International students admitted per year: 1-3
  • Average MCAT: 512
  • Average GPA: 3.7

• Saint Louis University School of Medicine
  • International students admitted per year: 4-8
  • Average MCAT: 512
  • Average GPA: 3.8

• San Juan Bautista School of Medicine
  • International students admitted per year: Limited (contact the admissions office for specific information)
  • Average MCAT: 498
  • Average GPA: 3.4

• Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
  • International students admitted per year: 4-8
  • Average MCAT: 514
  • Average GPA: 3.7

• Stanford University School of Medicine
  • International students admitted per year: 5-10
  • Average MCAT: 520
  • Average GPA: 3.9

• State University of New York Upstate Medical University
  • International students admitted per year: Limited (contact the admissions office for specific information)
  • Average MCAT: 511
  • Average GPA: 3.6

• TCU and UNTHSC School of Medicine
  • International students admitted per year: Limited (contact the admissions office for specific information)
  • Average MCAT: 510
  • Average GPA: 3.6

• The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
  • International students admitted per year: 2-5
  • Average MCAT: 516
  • Average GPA: 3.8

• Tufts University School of Medicine
  • International students admitted per year: 5-10
  • Average MCAT: 515
  • Average GPA: 3.8

• Tulane University School of Medicine
  • International students admitted per year: 5-10
  • Average MCAT: 513
  • Average GPA: 3.7

• University of California, Davis, School of Medicine
  • International students admitted per year: 2-5
  • Average MCAT: 511
  • Average GPA: 3.7

• University of California, Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine
  • International students admitted per year: 5-10
  • Average MCAT: 517
  • Average GPA: 3.8

• University of Chicago Division of the Biological Sciences The Pritzker School of Medicine
  • International students admitted per year: 3-7
  • Average MCAT: 520
  • Average GPA: 3.9

• University of Colorado School of Medicine
  • International students admitted per year: 2-6
  • Average MCAT: 512
  • Average GPA: 3.8

• University of Connecticut School of Medicine
  • International students admitted per year: Limited (contact the admissions office for specific information)
  • Average MCAT: 511
  • Average GPA: 3.7

• University of Hawaii, John A. Burns School of Medicine
  • International students admitted per year: Limited (contact the admissions office for specific information)
  • Average MCAT: 511
  • Average GPA: 3.6

• University of Illinois College of Medicine
  • International students admitted per year: Limited (contact the admissions office for specific information)
  • Average MCAT: 510
  • Average GPA: 3.7

• University of Kentucky College of Medicine
  • International students admitted per year: Limited (contact the admissions office for specific information)
  • Average MCAT: 510
  • Average GPA: 3.7

• University of Louisville School of Medicine
  • International students admitted per year: Limited (contact the admissions office for specific information)
  • Average MCAT: 508
  • Average GPA: 3.7

• University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine
  • International students admitted per year: Limited (contact the admissions office for specific information)
  • Average MCAT: 509
  • Average GPA: 3.7

• University of New Mexico School of Medicine
  • International students admitted per year: Limited (contact the admissions office for specific information)
  • Average MCAT: 509
  • Average GPA: 3.7

• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
  • International students admitted per year: 2-5
  • Average MCAT: 517
  • Average GPA: 3.8

• University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
  • International students admitted per year: 3-8
  • Average MCAT: 516
  • Average GPA: 3.8

• University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
  • International students admitted per year: 3-6
  • Average MCAT: 517
  • Average GPA: 3.8

• University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine
  • International students admitted per year: 5-10
  • Average MCAT: 515
  • Average GPA: 3.7

• University of Utah School of Medicine
  • International students admitted per year: Limited (contact the admissions office for specific information)
  • Average MCAT: 512
  • Average GPA: 3.7

• University of Virginia School of Medicine
  • International students admitted per year: 2-6
  • Average MCAT: 518
  • Average GPA: 3.9

• Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
  • International students admitted per year: 5-10
  • Average MCAT: 520
  • Average GPA: 3.9

• Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
  • International students admitted per year: 3-7
  • Average MCAT: 512
  • Average GPA: 3.7

• Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
  • International students admitted per year: 6-12
  • Average MCAT: 521
  • Average GPA: 3.9

• Wayne State University School of Medicine
  • International students admitted per year: 4-8
  • Average MCAT: 509
  • Average GPA: 3.6

• Weill Cornell Medicine
  • International students admitted per year: 5-10
  • Average MCAT: 518
  • Average GPA: 3.9

• West Virginia University School of Medicine
  • International students admitted per year: Limited (contact the admissions office for specific information)
  • Average MCAT: 508
  • Average GPA: 3.6

• Yale School of Medicine
  • International students admitted per year: 6-12
  • Average MCAT: 519
  • Average GPA: 3.9

Texas Medical Schools that Accept International Students

• University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
  • International applicants accepted: Yes
  • Average number of international students admitted per year: 3-5
  • Average MCAT: 515
  • Average GPA: 3.85

• Baylor College of Medicine
  • International applicants accepted: Yes
  • Average number of international students admitted per year: 5-8
  • Average MCAT: 517
  • Average GPA: 3.9

• Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine
  • International applicants accepted: Yes
  • Average number of international students admitted per year: 2-4
  • Average MCAT: 510
  • Average GPA: 3.7

• University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
  • International applicants accepted: Yes
  • Average number of international students admitted per year: 1-3
  • Average MCAT: 511
  • Average GPA: 3.8

Osteopathic (DO) medical schools that accept international students

• A.T. Still University of Health Sciences
  • International applicants accepted: Yes
  • Average number of international students admitted per year: 3-5
  • Average MCAT: 505
  • Average GPA: 3.6

• Nova Southeastern University Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine
  • International applicants accepted: Yes
  • Average number of international students admitted per year: 5-7
  • Average MCAT: 507
  • Average GPA: 3.6

• Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine
  • International applicants accepted: Yes
  • Average number of international students admitted per year: 5-8
  • Average MCAT: 506
  • Average GPA: 3.5

• Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
• • International applicants accepted: Yes
  • Average number of international students admitted per year: 4-6
  • Average MCAT: 505
  • Average GPA: 3.6

• Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine of Midwestern University

• Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine of Midwestern University

• Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences College of Osteopathic Medicine

• Liberty College of Osteopathic Medicine

• Marian University College of Osteopathic Medicine

• Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine

• Nova Southeastern University Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine

• Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine

• Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine–New York

• University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine

• Western University of Health Sciences–College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific (Pomona campus)

• William Carey University College of Osteopathic Medicine

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