Keck School of Medicine
Los Angeles, California · allopathic (MD) medical school, known as USC
Keck School of Medicine admissions statistics
- Median or average MCAT
- 517Average
- Median or average GPA
- 3.85Average
- Applications received
- 9,6122025-2026
- Entering class
- 1202025-2026
- Applications per seat
- 80.12025-2026
- In-state share of applications
- 50.4%2025-2026
- In-state share of the class
- 80.8%2025-2026
Applications received for each seat in the entering class. Not an acceptance rate: neither source publishes the number of offers made.
Keck School of Medicine MCAT and GPA
Keck School of Medicine reports average MCAT of 517 and average undergraduate GPA of 3.85 for its entering class.
- MCAT517 against a median of 512 across the 152 MD programs that report it, which puts it around the 82nd percentile of those programs.
- GPA3.85 against a median of 3.8 across the 155 MD programs that report it, which puts it around the 70th percentile of those programs.
- Out-of-state tuition$76,191 against a median of $69,571 across the 154 MD programs that report it, which puts it around the 80th percentile of those programs.
- Entering class size120 against a median of 139 across the 160 MD programs that report it, which puts it around the 35th 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.
Keck 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: Keck School of Medicine received 9,612 applications for 120 seats in the entering class, or about 80.1 applications per seat.
Who Keck School of Medicine accepts applications from
| Applicant group | Policy |
|---|---|
| Out-of-state Applicants | All applicants. |
| Canadian Applicants | All applicants. |
| International Applicants | All applicants. |
| DACA Status Applicants | All applicants. |
- DACA applicants
- All applicants.
Community college coursework: All completed coursework submitted as part of the AMCAS Primary Application will be included in the evaluation of the application. We do not require any specific coursework for application eligibility.
Keck School of Medicine tuition and cost
- In-state tuition and fees
- $76,191
- Out-of-state tuition and fees
- $76,191
- In-state cost of attendance
- $114,717
- Out-of-state cost of attendance
- $114,717
- In-state health insurance
- $3,522
- Out-of-state health insurance
- $3,522
- Students receiving aid
- 77%
- Average graduating debt
- $257,137
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.
Keck School of Medicine application requirements
- Secondary fee
- $100
- Secondary deadline
- December 1, 2026
- Latest MCAT accepted
- September 30, 2026
- Oldest MCAT accepted
- January 2024
- Committee letter
- Accepted
- Letter packets
- Accepted
- Individual letters
- Accepted
- AAMC PREview
- We are not using PREview scores in the admissions process
Who receives a secondary: Only AMCAS-certified applicants whose MCAT score is 506 or above will be invited to complete our secondary application.
Prerequisite coursework
| Subject | Required or recommended | Credits | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Statistics | Recommended | Not stated | — |
Keck School of Medicine interview
All applicants selected for a virtual interview will participate in a welcome session, an interview with a faculty member, and an interview with a current student on the same day. Questions and answers sessions will also be provided to interviewees.
PreMD reads that as a one-on-one interview, held virtual, and sets up its interview practice for this school accordingly.
July
Provided to applicants upon being invited to interview.
- Regional interviews
- Regional interviews are not available.
- Video interview
- Live, virtual interviews will be conducted.
Keck School of Medicine waitlist
- Typical positions offered
- Variable
- Acceptance offers made
- 0
On or after April 30, 2027, wait-listed applicants may inform the Admissions Office of their desire to attend by emailing a brief letter of intent to [email protected].
Keck School of Medicine mission
Our mission is to ignite discovery through education, research and patient care, optimizing health for individuals, our diverse communities and society as a whole.
Keck 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.
Keck School of Medicine admissions contact
Office of AdmissionsLos Angeles, CA 90089-9020 USA(323) 442-2552 · [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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