The undergraduate institution you choose for college can have a big impact on if you will be successful to medical school. While it is generally true that any college can produce a great pre-medical student (and hence medical student), there are a number of institutions around the country that have a large cohort of pre-medical students. These schools typically will have the resources, classes and curriculum to support students. Some have a huge number of pre-med students just based on the fact that they are very large undergraduate schools, but others tend to attract pre-meds because of their name and resources.
When choosing a school, it’s important to not just choose based on name or shear number of pre-meds, in-fact a smaller school may be a lot better for an individual. However, this list can give you a starting point to understand which undergraduate institutions have a large number of pre-medical students.
| Undergraduate Institution | Total Applicants from the Institution |
|---|---|
| University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA | 1,298 |
| University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX | 1,033 |
| University of Florida, Gainesville, FL | 1,006 |
| University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, CA | 859 |
| University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI | 832 |
| University of California-San Diego, La Jolla, CA | 757 |
| Texas A & M University, College Station, TX | 621 |
| The Ohio State University Main Campus, Columbus, OH | 612 |
| University of Georgia, Athens, GA | 584 |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC | 570 |
| Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD | 568 |
| University of California-Davis, Davis, CA | 556 |
| University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI | 550 |
| University of Washington, Seattle, WA | 527 |
| Rutgers University - New Brunswick, New Brunswick, NJ | 510 |
| University of South Florida, Tampa, FL | 490 |
| Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI | 486 |
| University of California-Irvine, Irvine, CA | 480 |
| Cornell University, Ithaca, NY | 464 |
| University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL | 464 |
| University of Maryland-College Park, College Park, MD | 455 |
| Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ | 444 |
| The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX | 432 |
| University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA | 432 |
| Baylor University, Waco, TX | 429 |
| University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN | 429 |
| Emory University, Atlanta, GA | 413 |
| University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA | 408 |
| University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL | 403 |
| Brigham Young University, Provo, UT | 392 |
| Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO | 392 |
| Florida International University, Miami, FL | 386 |
| University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ | 386 |
| University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA | 370 |
| Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL | 366 |
| New York University, New York, NY | 356 |
| Boston University, Boston, MA | 355 |
| University of Houston, Houston, TX | 351 |
| Penn State University Park, University Park, PA | 350 |
| University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL | 344 |
| Indiana University-Bloomington, Bloomington, IN | 343 |
| Louisiana St University and Agricultural and Mechanical Col, Baton Rouge, LA | 343 |
| University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN | 337 |
| Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN | 320 |
| Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY | 316 |
| University of California-Riverside, Riverside, CA | 313 |
| University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA | 313 |
| University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT | 299 |
| Duke University, Durham, NC | 298 |
| Brown University, Providence, RI | 294 |
| Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL | 293 |
| University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL | 290 |
| University of Oklahoma Norman Campus, Norman, OK | 289 |
| Harvard University, Cambridge, MA | 284 |
| Clemson University, Clemson, SC | 282 |
| University of South Carolina Columbia, Columbia, SC | 274 |
| Texas Tech University-Lubbock, Lubbock, TX | 271 |
| The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL | 267 |
| The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT | 263 |
| Wayne State University, Detroit, MI | 262 |
| Northwestern University-Evanston, Evanston, IL | 261 |
| University of Kansas Main Campus, Lawrence, KS | 253 |
| University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY | 249 |
| Northeastern University, Boston, MA | 241 |
| University of Tennessee-Knoxville, Knoxville, TN | 239 |
| Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA | 237 |
| Rice University, Houston, TX | 235 |
| University of Arkansas Main Campus, Fayetteville, AR | 231 |
| University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO | 231 |
| Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH | 228 |
| Stanford University, Stanford, CA | 228 |
| University of California-Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA | 215 |
| Yale University, New Haven, CT | 215 |
| University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL | 213 |
| Tulane University, New Orleans, LA | 212 |
| Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO | 206 |
| Florida Atlantic University-Boca Raton, Boca Raton, FL | 204 |
| Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA | 204 |
| State University of New York at Binghamton, Binghamton, NY | 203 |
| Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA | 202 |
| University of Toronto, Toronto, ON | 202 |
| Temple University, Philadelphia, PA | 196 |
| University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA | 195 |
| Columbia University in the City of New York, New York, NY | 193 |
| University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Amherst, MA | 193 |
| Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA | 188 |
| Auburn University, Auburn, AL | 187 |
| Howard University, Washington, DC | 186 |
| Tufts University, Medford, MA | 186 |
| University of Rochester, Rochester, NY | 184 |
| College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA | 182 |
| University of New Mexico-Main Campus, Albuquerque, NM | 181 |
| University of Mississippi, University, MS | 177 |
| Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA | 177 |
| Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette, IN | 176 |
| City University of New York Hunter College, New York, NY | 175 |
| University of Chicago, Chicago, IL | 175 |
| University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras Campus, San Juan, PR | 170 |
| The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX | 169 |
| University of Western Ontario, London, ON | 169 |
| Creighton University, Omaha, NE | 168 |
| University of Cincinnati Main Campus, Cincinnati, OH | 168 |
| University of Nevada-Reno, Reno, NV | 168 |
| University of California-Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA | 164 |
| North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC | 159 |
| University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO | 158 |
| Georgetown University, Washington, DC | 157 |
| Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH | 154 |
| McMaster University, Hamilton, ON | 152 |
| Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC | 148 |
| Princeton University, Princeton, NJ | 147 |
| University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Lincoln, NE | 144 |
| George Mason University, Fairfax, VA | 143 |
| George Washington University, Washington, DC | 142 |
| Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR | 140 |
| University of Maryland-Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD | 140 |
| Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO | 139 |
| University at Albany, SUNY, Albany, NY | 136 |
| University of Oregon, Eugene, OR | 136 |
| Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS | 134 |
| University of North Texas, Denton, TX | 134 |
| West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV | 134 |
| The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX | 132 |
| Miami University, Oxford, OH | 126 |
| The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg, TX | 126 |
| University of Louisville, Louisville, KY | 126 |
| University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI | 124 |
| McGill University, Montreal, QC | 121 |
| Xavier University of Louisiana, New Orleans, LA | 121 |
| University at Buffalo-SUNY, Buffalo, NY | 117 |
| University of Delaware, Newark, DE | 114 |
| City University of New York Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY | 111 |
| Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX | 110 |
| University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez Campus, Mayaguez, PR | 107 |
| Fordham University, Bronx, NY | 104 |
| San Diego State University, San Diego, CA | 104 |
| East Carolina University, Greenville, NC | 102 |
| Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA | 101 |
| Mercer University, Macon, GA | 99 |
| Portland State University, Portland, OR | 99 |
| Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX | 99 |
| Villanova University, Villanova, PA | 99 |
| University of Nevada-Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV | 97 |
| Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY | 96 |
| University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX | 96 |
| Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS | 95 |
| University of Toledo, Toledo, OH | 92 |
| Brandeis University, Waltham, MA | 91 |
| Oakland University, Rochester, MI | 91 |
| City University of New York The City College, New York, NY | 90 |
| Rhodes College, Memphis, TN | 90 |
| University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND | 90 |
| Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI | 88 |
| Iowa State University, Ames, IA | 88 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA | 88 |
| Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK | 88 |
| College of Charleston, Charleston, SC | 87 |
| University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC | 87 |
| Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN | 86 |
| Montana State University-Bozeman, Bozeman, MT | 86 |
| St. John's University, Queens, NY | 86 |
| Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI | 85 |
| Amherst College, Amherst, MA | 82 |
| University of Colorado Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus, Denver, CO | 82 |
| Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, FL | 81 |
| The College Of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ | 80 |
| California State University-Northridge, Northridge, CA | 79 |
| Spelman College, Atlanta, GA | 77 |
| Brigham Young University-Idaho, Rexburg, ID | 76 |
| California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo, CA | 76 |
| Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY | 76 |
| University of Michigan-Dearborn, Dearborn, MI | 74 |
| University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO | 74 |
| Rutgers University - Newark, Newark, NJ | 73 |
| Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT | 73 |
| University of Vermont, Burlington, VT | 72 |
| Washington State University, Pullman, WA | 72 |
| Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA | 71 |
| Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA | 69 |
| University of Portland, Portland, OR | 69 |
| Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA | 69 |
| Barnard College, New York, NY | 68 |
| State University of New York College at Geneseo, Geneseo, NY | 68 |
| California State University-Fullerton, Fullerton, CA | 67 |
| Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ | 67 |
| Texas State University-San Marcos, San Marcos, TX | 67 |
| University of California-Merced, Merced, CA | 67 |
| Williams College, Williamstown, MA | 67 |
| Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA | 66 |
| York University, Toronto, ON | 66 |
| University of Dayton, Dayton, OH | 65 |
| Davidson College, Davidson, NC | 63 |
| Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA | 63 |
| University of North Carolina-Wilmington, Wilmington, NC | 63 |
| California State University-Long Beach, Long Beach, CA | 62 |
| Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA | 62 |
| James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA | 61 |
| Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN | 61 |
| University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH | 61 |
| Austin College, Sherman, TX | 60 |
| Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI | 60 |
| Colgate University, Hamilton, NY | 60 |
| East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN | 60 |
| Furman University, Greenville, SC | 60 |
| Queen's University at Kingston, Kingston, ON | 60 |
| San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA | 60 |
| University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL | 60 |
| Carleton College, Northfield, MN | 59 |
| Liberty University, Lynchburg, VA | 59 |
| Marshall University, Huntington, WV | 59 |
| California Northstate University, Elk Grove, CA | 58 |
| Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY | 58 |
| Utah State University, Logan, UT | 58 |
| Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT | 57 |
| St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN | 57 |
| Towson University, Baltimore, MD | 57 |
| California State University-Fresno, Fresno, CA | 56 |
| Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO | 55 |
| DePaul University, Chicago, IL | 55 |
| Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, Tallahassee, FL | 55 |
| Southern Adventist University, Collegedale, TN | 55 |
| The University of Akron, Main Campus, Akron, OH | 55 |
| University of San Diego, San Diego, CA | 55 |
| University of Washington-Bothell Branch, Bothell, WA | 55 |
| American University, Washington, DC | 54 |
| Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA | 54 |
| Pomona College, Claremont, CA | 54 |
| Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ | 54 |
| University of Richmond, Richmond, VA | 54 |
| Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY | 54 |
| Augusta State University, Augusta, GA | 53 |
| Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, FL | 53 |
| Grand Canyon University, Phoenix, AZ | 53 |
| Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA | 53 |
| University of Minnesota-Duluth, Duluth, MN | 53 |
| Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA | 53 |
| Chapman University, Orange, CA | 52 |
| City University of New York Queens College, Flushing, NY | 52 |
| Lipscomb University, Nashville, TN | 52 |
| University of Central Arkansas, Conway, AR | 52 |
| University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC | 52 |
| United States Military Academy, West Point, NY | 51 |
| University of Denver, Denver, CO | 51 |
| Wright State University-Main Campus, Dayton, OH | 51 |
| College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA | 50 |
| Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA | 50 |
| Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA | 50 |
| University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI | 50 |
| Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH | 50 |
