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Penn State College of Medicine students come from diverse educational, cultural, and ethnic backgrounds.

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2024 Class Profile

9,382

Applications

700 

Students Interviewed 

149

New MD Students

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Women: 65%

Our class comes from ...

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22

different states

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36%

Pennsylvania residents

They speak 26 languages

  • Arabic
  • Bangla
  • Bengali
  • Cantonese
  • Chinese
  • French
  • Greek
  • Gujarati
  • Haitian Creole
  • Hindi
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Kurdish
  • Mandarin Chinese
  • Portuguese
  • Punjabi
  • Russian
  • Sindhi
  • Spanish
  • Tagalog
  • Tamil
  • Telugu
  • Turkish
  • Urdu
  • Vietnamese

International experiences

  • Afghanistan
  • Argentina
  • Australia
  • Bhutan
  • Botswana
  • Brazil
  • Canada
  • China
  • Costa Rica
  • Cuba
  • Denmark
  • Dominic Republic
  • Ecuador
  • England
  • Fiji
  • France
  • Germany
  • Ghana
  • Greece
  • Honduras
  • Hungary
  • Iceland
  • India
  • Iraq
  • Ireland
  • Israel
  • Italy
  • Japan
  • Jordan
  • Kenya
  • Laos
  • Lebanon
  • Nepal
  • Netherlands
  • New Zealand
  • Nicaragua
  • Nigeria
  • Pakistan
  • Panama
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Peru
  • Philippines
  • Poland
  • Portugal
  • Puerto Rico
  • Russia
  • Scotland
  • South Korea
  • Southeast Asia
  • Spain
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
  • Tanzania
  • Thailand
  • Turkiye (Turkey)
  • Uganda
  • United Kingdom
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe

In our class, we have ...

  • 1 Academic Associate in Clinical Research
  • 1 ACLS Instructor
  • 1 Addiction Clinic Volunteer
  • 1 American Red Cross Disaster Health Services Team Member
  • 1 Blood Bank Volunteer
  • 1 BLS Instructor
  • 1 Camp Health Assistant
  • 1 Camp Medical Counselor
  • 1 Caretaker at Alzheimer's Center
  • 1 Centre Volunteers in Medicine Volunteer
  • 1 Certified Immunizer
  • 1 Certified Patient Interpreter
  • 1 Certified Pharmacy Technician
  • 1 Certified Phlebotomy Technician
  • 1 Clinic Volunteer
  • 1 Clinical Aide
  • 1 Clinical Appointment Coordinator
  • 1 Clinical Care Technician
  • 1 Clinical Case Management
  • 1 Clinical Health Coach
  • 5 Clinical Research Assistant/Associates
  • 6 Clinical Research Coordinators
  • 1 Clinical Researcher
  • 1 Clinical Trial Team Member (NIH)
  • 6 CNAs
  • 1 Community Health Coach
  • 1 Community Health Worker
  • 1 COVID Case Investigator and Contact Tracing
  • 2 COVID screeners
  • 1 COVID-19 Testing Volunteer
  • 1 COVID-19 Vaccine Clinics Volunteer
  • 1 COVID-19 Vaccination Scheduler
  • 1 Crisis Counselor
  • 8 Emergency Department volunteers
  • 24 Emergency Medical Technicians
  • 2 Emergency Room Technicians
  • 1 Family Caregiver
  • 1 Firefighter
  • 2 Free clinic volunteers
  • 1 Green Beret Special Forces Senior Medical Sergeant
  • 1 Head of Medical Records
  • 1 Health Coach
  • 2 Health Educators
  • Health Screening Research Associate
  • 1 High School Sports Medicine Volunteer
  • 1 Home Health Aid
  • 6 Hospice Volunteers
  • 1 Hospital Extern
  • 24 Hospital Volunteers
  • 1 Hospitality Associate
  • 1 Human Research Technologist
  • 1 Lifeguard
  • 1 Measey Surgical Scholar
  • 34 Medical Assistants
  • 1 Medical Biller
  • 1 Medical Center Volunteer
  • 1 Medical Center Wellness Program Coordinator
  • 2 Medical Interpreters
  • 1 Medical Service Corps Officer
  • 2 Medication Technicians
  • 1 Mental Health Technician
  • 1 Mental Rehabilitation Hospital Volunteer
  • 1 Multi-skilled Technician
  • 1 NICU cuddler
  • 1 No One/Veteran Dies Alone Volunteer
  • 2 Nurse Aides
  • 1 Nursing assistant
  • 1 Nursing Home Volunteer
  • Ophthalmic Technicians
  • Optometry Technician
  • Orthopaedic Surgery Research Fellow
  • 2 Paramedics
  • 1 Patient Advocate
  • 1 Patient Ambassador
  • 2 Patient Care Assistants
  • 1 Patient Care Intern
  • 4 Patient Care Technicians
  • 1 Patient Care Transport Volunteer
  • 1 Patient Experience Volunteer
  • 1 Patient Screener
  • 1 Patient Transporter
  • 1 Pediatric Patient Care Technician
  • 1 Pediatric Rehab Aide
  • PEP Program Volunteer
  • 1 Personal Care Assistant
  • 2 Pharmacy Technicians
  • 2 Phlebotomists
  • 1 Physical Therapy Center Volunteer
  • 1 PICU Child Life Volunteer
  • 1 PT Technician
  • 1 Public Mental Health Therapist
  • 1 Radiology Office Intern
  • 1 Radiology Reading Room Associate
  • 2 Red Cross Volunteers
  • 1 Refugee Health Clinic Volunteer
  • 1 Remote Area Medical (RAM) volunteer
  • 1 Rheumatology Research Assistant
  • 1 Safety Aide
  • 1 Safety Sitter
  • 36 Scribes
  • 1 Scrub Tech
  • 1 Simulation Technology & Education Center volunteer
  • 1 Social Justice Intern
  • 1 Special Operations Advance Tactical Paramedic
  • 1 Sterile Processing Technician
  • 1 Sterilization Tech
  • 1 Surgical Office Intern
  • 1 Surgical Scrub
  • 1 Wilderness First Aide Provider

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MD Class Profiles 2024 Basic Content

2024 Facts and Figures

Applications

Total: 9,382

Interviews

Students interviewed: 700
New students matriculated: 149

Academic Profile

Colleges and universities: 87
Single majors: 52
Multiple majors: 13

Entering Class

Total: 149
MD/PhD Program: 9
Pennsylvania residents: 36% (53 students)
Non-Pennsylvania residents: 64% (96 students from 21 states and one territory)
Women: 65% (93 students)
Proud to welcome students of all gender identities.
Military background: 2 students
International experiences: 58 countries
Foreign languages spoken: 25
Volunteering: More than 210 different national and local service organizations