International Applicants

International students face two major obstacles to pursuing an MD degree at a U.S. medical school: limited number of available slots and scarcity of funding. Many medical schools do not accept any international applicants (i.e., not a U.S. citizen or permanent resident); other schools may accept only a few. A table compiled by AAMC entitled, "Applicants to U.S. Medical Schools by In- or Out-of-State Matriculation Status, 2011," notes that of 1,331 foreign applicants in 2011, only 155 matriculated. You should refer to individual schools' websites or see Dr. Thurlow for more information. International students should consult the individual medical school entries in "Medical School Admission Requirements" (published by AAMC) to determine whether applications are accepted from international applicants.

The schools listed below do not accept applications from international applicants:
U. of Alabama School of Medicine
U. of Arizona College of Medicine
U. of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine
U. of California, Irvine School of Medicine
U. of California, San Diego School of Medicine
Florida Atlantic U. Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine
Florida International U. Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine
Florida State U. College of Medicine
U. of Central Florida College of Medicine
U. of Florida College of Medicine
U. of Miami Miller School of Medicine
U. of South Florida College of Medicine
Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Health Sciences U.
Mercer U. School of Medicine
Morehouse School of Medicine
Loyola U. Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
Rush Medical College of Rush U.
Southern Illinois U. School of Medicine
U. of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine
U. of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine
U. of Kansas School of Medicine
Louisiana State U. Health Sciences Center School of Medicine in Shreveport
Uniformed Services U. of the Health Sciences F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine
U. of Massachusetts Medical School
U. of Michigan Medical School
U. of Mississippi School of Medicine
U. of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine
U. of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine
U. of Nebraska College of Medicine
U. of Nevada School of Medicine
UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School
UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson
U. of New Mexico School of Medicine
Albany Medical College
SUNY Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
SUNY Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine
U. of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina U.
Wake Forest U. School of Medicine
U. of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Northeastern Ohio U. College of Medicine
The Ohio State U. College of Medicine
U. of Cincinnati College of Medicine
The U. of Toledo College of Medicine
Wright State U. Boonshoft School of Medicine
U. of Oklahoma College of Medicine
Oregon Health & Science U. School of Medicine
The Commonwealth Medical College
Drexel U. College of Medicine
Temple U. School of Medicine
U. of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Ponce School of Medicine and Health Sciences
U. of Puerto Rico School of Medicine
U. of South Carolina School of Medicine
Sanford School of Medicine of the U. of South Dakota
U. of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine
Paul L. Foster School of Medicine at Texas Tech U. Health Sciences Center at El Paso
Texas Tech U. Health Sciences Center School of Medicine
U. of Texas School of Medicine at San Antonio
U. of Vermont College of Medicine
Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
U. of Washington School of Medicine
Marshall U. Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine
West Virginia U. School of Medicine
U. of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

The schools listed below accept applications from Canadian international applicants:
Louisiana State U. School of Medicine in New Orleans
U. of Maryland School of Medicine
Michigan State U. College of Human Medicine
Oakland U. William Beaumont School of Medicine
Wayne State U. School of Medicine
Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine at Hofstra U.
New York Medical College
New York U. School of Medicine
East Tennessee State U. James H. Quillen College of Medicine
Meharry Medical College School of Medicine
Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine
Virginia Commonwealth U. School of Medicine

The schools listed below accept applications from international applicants:
U. of South Alabama College of Medicine
Keck School of Medicine of the U. of Southern California
Loma Linda U. School of Medicine
Stanford U. School of Medicine
U. of California, Davis School of Medicine
U. of California, Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA (scroll down to "Foreign Applicants" under "Admissions Information")
U. of California, San Francisco School of Medicine (scroll down to "I'm not a U.S. citizen...")
U. of Colorado Denver School of Medicine
U. of Connecticut School of Medicine (click on "Does the school accept foreign students?")
Yale U. School of Medicine
The George Washington U. School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Georgetown University School of Medicine
Howard U. College of Medicine
Emory U. School of Medicine
U. of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine (see second paragraph under "Application Procedure")
Rosalind Franklin U. of Medicine and Science Chicago Medical School
Northwestern U. Feinberg School of Medicine
U. of Chicago Division of the Biological Sciences, The Pritzker School of Medicine
Indiana U. School of Medicine (click on "Can international students apply to the IU School of Medicine MD program?")
U. of Kentucky College of Medicine (scroll down to "Transfer and International Students")
U. of Louisville School of Medicine
Tulane U. School of Medicine
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Boston U. School of Medicine (see first paragraph)
Harvard Medical School
Tufts U. School of Medicine (scroll down to "I'm an international student.")
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine Mayo Medical School
U. of Minnesota Medical School-Twin Cities
Saint Louis U. School of Medicine (scroll down to sixth paragraph beginning "Admission is possible...")
Washington U. in St. Louis School of Medicine
Creighton U. School of Medicine
Dartmouth Medical School
Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva U.
Columbia U. College of Physicians and Surgeons (see fifth and sixth paragraphs beginning "It is rare for individuals..." under "Entrance Requirements")
Mount Sinai School of Medicine of New York U.
Stony Brook U. School of Medicine (see last sentence of first paragraph under "Admissions & Procedures")
SUNY Upstate Medical U. College of Medicine
Weill Cornell Medical College (scroll down to "Do you consider foreign students..." under "Residency and Citizenship")
Duke U. School of Medicine
U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine (scroll down to question 22 "If I am not a citizen of the United States...")
Case Western Reserve U. School of Medicine
Jefferson Medical College
Pennsylvania State U. College of Medicine
U. of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (scroll down to "International Students")
San Juan Bautista School of Medicine
Universidad Central del Caribe School of Medicine
The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University (scroll down to "Does Brown accept international students?")
Medical U. of South Carolina College of Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Vanderbilt U. School of Medicine
U. of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston School of Medicine
U. of Texas Medical School at Houston
U. of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas Southwestern Medical School
U. of Utah School of Medicine
Eastern Virginia Medical School
U. of Virginia School of Medicine (scroll down to "International Students")
Medical College of Wisconsin

Most federally funded scholarship and loan programs are available only to U.S. citizens and permanent residents. Accordingly, international students must often assume the full financial burden of applying to and attending medical school. This can be done using personal resources or securing non-federally funded loans. An additional hurdle at some schools is a requirement to put from one to four years of costs (tuition, fees, and living expenses) in escrow before matriculation.

There are schools that have privately-funded programs for which international students may be eligible. There are also private loan services to which international students may apply. In many cases, you will need a U.S. citizen to co-sign your loan application (i.e., someone willing to pay back the loan if you are not able to).

Research-oriented international applicants may also want to explore joint MD/PhD programs in which the student might be supported by his or her research mentor's grant.

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