Allopathic Medical Schools with Math Requirements 2015 Approximately 40% of U.S. allopathic medical schools have a formal requirement for mathematics, although the specific math requirements vary extensively from school to school. Many medical schools will accept AP or IB credits to meet the math requirement, while other schools (like some schools in the California state system) do not accept AP or IB credits for math courses. The information in this table was compiled from the 2015 edition of the Medical School Admissions Requirements (MSAR) published by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC; www.aamc.org) and from a July 2014 review of individual medical school websites. Only schools with specific requirements are listed in this table. This table is only meant to be a guideline. In cases where there were discrepancies between the requirements listed in the MSAR and on the individual medical school admissions office web site, the information from the medical school web site was entered into the table. You are responsible for reviewing the MSAR and medical school websites for course recommendations before applying to individual medical schools. Note that proficiency in basic statistical reasoning is strongly encouraged by most medical schools. In addition, for schools that require statistics, some schools only accept statistics courses taught by a math department. If you have taken an interdisciplinary statistics course such as a statistics course for psychology, sociology, or economics majors or biostatistics, you need to check with individual medical schools to see it they will accept the course in fulfillment of their statistics requirement. Note: Below the table there is a listing of medical schools that do not have formal course requirements for 2015 admission; instead, these schools have adopted a competency based approach to admission. Check each school s admissions office web site to learn more about how they will assess academic competencies in specific areas and if they will require supplemental information from applicants. Note that you must complete all required math courses prior to matriculation, not prior to application to medical school.
Medical School Alabama University of Alabama University of South Alabama Arizona University of Arizona College of Medicine Phoenix Arkansas University of Arkansas California University of California, Irvine University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Riverside University of California, San Diego Colorado University of Colorado Connecticut Frank H. Netter School Medicine at Quinnipiac District of Columbia Georgetown University Howard University Florida Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine at Florida Atlantic University Florida International University Florida State University College of Medicine University of Central Florida Required Courses 2 semesters or three quarters of college mathematics 1 semester of college mathematics higher than college algebra 1 semester statistics 1 semester statistics (only calculus, statistics or computer science) 2 semesters college math (statistics accepted)
University of South Florida Georgia Morehouse College of Medicine Iowa University of Iowa Kansas University of Kansas Kentucky University of Louisville Maryland Johns Hopkins University Uniformed Services University Massachusetts Harvard Medical School Michigan Michigan State University Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine Mississippi University of Mississippi School of Medicine Missouri University of Missouri, Kansas City 1 semester advanced college mathematics or statistics or 2 semesters calculus or and 1 semester statistics For 2015: 2 semesters of mathematics that includes calculus; statistics may fulfill part of the math requirement; See the admissions website for more info. (may be substituted with ) University of Missouri, Columbia Washington University Nebraska University of Nebraska 2 semesters calculus or and 1 semester statistics or statistics
New Hampshire Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth New Jersey Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (RWJ) New York Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai SUNY Upstate Medical University at Syracuse Stony Brook University School of Medicine North Carolina Duke University North Dakota University of North Dakota Ohio Case Western Reserve University of Toledo Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine Oregon Oregon Health and Science University Pennsylvania Pennsylvania State College of Medicine Puerto Rico Ponce School of Medicine Universidad de Central del Caribe Rhode Island Brown University or statistics ; one semester of statistics preferred 1 semester of statistics 1 semester of statistics plus one semester of additional college math; statistics is strongly recommended 1 semester college algebra (for the MSTP program only) 2 semesters calculus or and 1 semester biostatistics ; calculus preferred (not including statistics)
South Dakota University of South Dakota
Texas Texas A&M University Texas Tech University HSC School of Medicine, Lubbock Texas Tech University HSC Paul L. Foster School of Medicine at El Paso University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston University of Texas School of Medicine at San Antonio University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas Virginia Virginia Commonwealth University Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine Wisconsin Medical College of Wisconsin Wisconsin University of Wisconsin 1 semester math department based statistics 1 semester math department based statistics 1 semester of calculus or 1 semester of statistics 1 semester of calculus or math department based statistics 1 semester math department based statistics 1 semester of calculus or statistics, statistics accepted 2 semesters of calculus or and 1 semester statistics 1 semester mathematics (statistics recommended) (calculus recommended) AND 1 semester statistics Medical Schools with No Formal Course Requirements for 2015 Admission (Check their web site for more info) California Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California Stanford University of Medicine Illinois Rush Medical College of Rush University Medical Center Southern Illinois University School of Medicine Louisiana Tulane University School of Medicine New York Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University Hofstra North Shore LIJ School of Medicine New York University School of Medicine
Ohio University of Cincinnati Pennsylvania Drexel University College of Medicine (moving to this model but without a date listed) Sydney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University Raymond and Ruth Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania South Carolina Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine Tennessee East Tennessee State University James H. Quillen College of Medicine Virginia University of Virginia