Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
Nutley, New Jersey · allopathic (MD) medical school, known as HMSOM
Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine admissions statistics
- Median or average MCAT
- 514Average
- Median or average GPA
- 3.8Average
- Applications received
- 5,7082025-2026
- Entering class
- 1662025-2026
- Applications per seat
- 34.42025-2026
- In-state share of applications
- 21.6%2025-2026
- In-state share of the class
- 58.4%2025-2026
Applications received for each seat in the entering class. Not an acceptance rate: neither source publishes the number of offers made.
Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine MCAT and GPA
Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine reports average MCAT of 514 and average undergraduate GPA of 3.8 for its entering class.
- MCAT514 against a median of 512 across the 152 MD programs that report it, which puts it around the 65th percentile of those programs.
- GPA3.8 against a median of 3.8 across the 155 MD programs that report it, which puts it around the 45th percentile of those programs.
- Out-of-state tuition$78,335 against a median of $69,571 across the 154 MD programs that report it, which puts it around the 91st percentile of those programs.
- Entering class size166 against a median of 139 across the 160 MD programs that report it, which puts it around the 62nd percentile of those programs.
A percentile here is against the programs that report the figure, not against every medical school and not against applicants. It says where the school sits among its reporting peers and nothing else.
Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine acceptance rate
PreMD does not publish an acceptance rate for individual schools. The free national sources publish applications and matriculants, not the number of offers a school made, so an acceptance rate cannot be calculated from them without inventing the missing number.
What can be published from those figures is the ratio: Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine received 5,708 applications for 166 seats in the entering class, or about 34.4 applications per seat.
Who Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine accepts applications from
| Applicant group | Policy |
|---|---|
| Out-of-state Applicants | . |
| Canadian Applicants | No policy stated |
| International Applicants | No policy stated |
| DACA Status Applicants | No policy stated |
Community college coursework: Pre-requisite coursework completed at U.S accredited community colleges will be accepted.
Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine tuition and cost
- In-state tuition and fees
- $78,335
- Out-of-state tuition and fees
- $78,335
- In-state cost of attendance
- $127,852
- Out-of-state cost of attendance
- $125,352
- In-state health insurance
- $6,090
- Out-of-state health insurance
- $6,090
- Students receiving aid
- 80%
- Average graduating debt
- $247,297
- Deposit, in state
- $100
- Deposit, out of state
- $100
A blank figure here means the school did not report it to the source PreMD tracks, never that it costs nothing. Check the school's own financial aid page before budgeting against it.
Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine application requirements
- Secondary fee
- $100
- Secondary deadline
- 12/8/2026
- Latest MCAT accepted
- September 30, 2026
- Oldest MCAT accepted
- September 2023
- Deposit due
- July 1, 2026
- Committee letter
- Accepted
- Letter packets
- Accepted
- Individual letters
- Accepted
- AAMC PREview
- We are requiring applicants to submit PREview scores
Who receives a secondary: All AMCAS verified applicants
Prerequisite coursework
| Subject | Required or recommended | Credits | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anatomy | Recommended | 8 | — |
| Biochemistry | Recommended | 4 | Two semesters of courses with laboratory (select from the following options): Organic Chemistry Biochemistry Physics Anatomy/Physiology Zoology Botany |
| Biology | Required | 8 | Two semesters of General Biology course and two semesters of Biology Lab (lab may be substituted for biology courses completed with lab components) |
| Botany | Recommended | 3 | Two semesters of courses with laboratory (select from the following options): Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry, Physics, Anatomy/Physiology, Zoology, Botany |
| Cell Biology | Recommended | 3 | — |
| Chemistry | Required | 8 | Two semesters of General Inorganic Chemistry course and two semesters of Chemistry Lab (may be substituted for chemistry courses completed with lab components) |
| Composition & Rhetoric | Required | 3 | — |
| Ecology | Recommended | 3 | — |
| Economics | Recommended | 3 | — |
| Literature | Required | 3 | — |
| Physiology | Recommended | 8 | — |
| Statistics | Required | 3 | One semester of Mathematics/Science-related such as, but not limited to: Statistics, Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Genetics, Calculus |
| Zoology | Recommended | 4 | Two semesters of courses with laboratory (select from the following options): Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry, Physics, Anatomy/Physiology, Zoology, Botany |
Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine interview
One on one
PreMD reads that as a one-on-one interview, and sets up its interview practice for this school accordingly.
September 2026
Currently interviews are conducted virtually.
- Regional interviews
- no
- Video interview
- Yes
Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine waitlist
The waitlist is created by the Admissions Committee and it is not ranked.
Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine mission
To develop our students, residents, fellows, faculty, and healthcare environment to deliver the highest quality care for all. ● Embrace and model our professional reverence for the human condition, empathy towards suffering, excellence in medical care, research and discovery, and humility in service; ● Continue to serve and learn from the engagement of underrepresented minority populations among student, faculty, staff, and community; ● Integrate lifelong learning and inquiry into their practice; ● Work in communion with scholars and practitioners of other disciplines to integrate their perspectives, experiences, and tools; and ● Understand that context, community, and behavior, drive well-being.
Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine rankings
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What this page publishes instead is the comparison above: where the school's own reported figures sit among the MD programs that report the same figure, with the count of reporting programs stated so the comparison can be judged.
Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine admissions contact
Nutley, NJ 07110 USA(862) 660-5002 · [email protected]
Where this came from
- AAMC MSAR public school report
- AAMC FACTS table A-1, 2025-2026 · 2025-2026
- calculated by PreMD from the published application and matriculant counts · 2025-2026
Figures on this page were last reviewed on 2026-08-04.
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