Entering Class Profiles
Penn State College of Medicine students come from diverse educational, cultural, and ethnic backgrounds.
See below for profiles of recent entering classes.
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Learn about the application process2021 Class Profile
8,815
Applications
819
Interviews
152
New MD Students
Women: 63%
Underrepresented in medicine: 18 students
Our class comes from ...
19 different states
53% Pennsylvania residents
They speak 28 languages
- Italian
- Arabic
- French
- Gujarati
- Vietnamese
- Hindi
- Hebrew
- Romanian
- Russian
- German
- Portuguese
- Urdu
- Telugu
- Latin
- Korean
- Japanese
- Chinese
- Spanish
- Turkish
- Bengali
- Albanian
- American Sign Language
- Bulgarian
- Dari
- Polish
- Serbo-Croatian
- Syrian
- Tagalog
International experiences
- Honduras
- China
- Haiti
- United Kingdom
- Peru
- South Africa
- Germany
- Spain
- Costa Rica
- Belize
- Nicaragua
- Granada
- Taiwan
- Guatemala
- Ecuador
- Israel
- France
- India
- Austria
- Ireland
- Panama
- Egypt
- Ghana
- Japan
- Bolivia
- Ukraine
- Mexico
- Greece
- Dominican Republic
- Philippines
- Vietnam
- Italy
- Albania
- Cuba
- Pakistan
- Argentina
- West Indies
- Iran
- Australia
- Iraq
- Trinidad
- Botswana
- Thailand
- Columbia
- Jamaica
- Cambodia
- Singapore
- South Korea
In our class, we have ...
2021 Facts and Figures
Applications
Total: 8,815
Interviews
Students interviewed: 819New students matriculated: 152
Academic Profile
Colleges and universities: 77
Single majors: 38
Multiple majors: 25
Graduate degrees: 16
Entering Class
Total: 152
Hershey Curriculum: 140
University Park Program: 12
MD/PhD Program: 8
Pennsylvania residents: 53% (80 students)
Non-Pennsylvania residents: 47% (72 students from 18 states)
Women: 63% (96 students)
Proud to welcome students who Identify with Female, Male, and Nonbinary genders
Underrepresented in medicine: 12% (18 students)
International experiences: 48 countries
Participated in varsity athletics: 23
Volunteering: More than 125 different national and local service organizations
2020 Facts and Figures
Applications
Pennsylvania residents: 1,129
Non-Pennsylvania residents: 10,350
Total: 11,479
Interviews
Students interviewed: 721Offers of acceptance made: 346
New students matriculated: 152
Academic Profile
Colleges and universities: 102
Different fields of study: 91
Average undergraduate GPA: 3.75
Average MCAT: 511
Entering Class
Total: 152
Pennsylvania residents: 43% (65 students)
Non-Pennsylvania residents: 57% (87 students from 25 states, the District of Columbia and Canada)
Women: 57% (86 students)
Students with military background: 2% (3 students)
Underrepresented in medicine: 7% (10 students)
2019 Facts and Figures
Applications
Pennsylvania residents: 1,152
Non-Pennsylvania residents: 10,675
Total: 11,827
Interviews
Total: 779
Academic Profile
Colleges and universities: 102
Different fields of study: 91
Biology or pre-medicine: 31%
Average undergraduate GPA: 3.77
Average MCAT: 511 (83rd percentile)
Entering Class
Total: 152 (7 MD/Ph.D.)
Pennsylvania residents: 37%
Non-Pennsylvania residents: 63%
Women: 61%
Students with military background: 3 students
Underrepresented minorities: 11 students
2018 Facts and Figures
Applications
Pennsylvania residents: 1,152
Non-Pennsylvania residents: 9,675
Total: 10,827
Interviews
Total: 914
Academic Profile
Colleges and universities: 92
Different fields of study: 77
Biology or pre-medicine: 29%
Average undergraduate GPA: 3.77
Average MCAT: 510
Entering Class
Total: 152 (9 MD/Ph.D.)
Pennsylvania residents: 39%
Non-Pennsylvania residents: 61% (20 states, 1 territory, 1 foreign country)
Women: 49%
Ethnic minorities: 39%
Military backgrounds: 3%
Underrepresented racial minorities: 7%