Oldest Medical Schools

Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania is the first medical school in United States. It was founded 1765 and currently has 778 students. Columbia University Roy and Diana Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and Harvard Medical School founded in 1767 and 1782, respectively, also have a long history.

Statistics for Oldest Medical Schools

The average tuition & fees of oldest medical schools are $56,341 for state residents and $65,931 for out-of-state students for the academic year 2023-2024. The average GPA of the schools is 3.80 and the average LAST score is 515. The average acceptance rate is 5.51%.

• University of Maryland School of Medicine has the highest tuition & fees of $72,882 and Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine has the lowest tuition & fees of $47,117.
• Yale School of Medicine has the highest MCAT score of 521 and University of Vermont College of Medicine has the lowest score of 509.
• Harvard Medical School has the highest GPA of 3.93 and Dartmouth College Geisel School of Medicine has the lowest GPA of 3.72.
• Alpert Medical School at Brown University has the tightest (lowest) acceptance rate of 3.25% and Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine has the lowest rate of 11.21%.
• Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine has the most enrolled first-year students of 180 and Dartmouth College Geisel School of Medicine has the least enrolled students of 93.

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