Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine
Mission
Mission: Develop a diverse community of servant physician leaders by providing excellence in education, fostering a culture of patient-centered care, and stimulating scientific discovery. We aim to promote health equity and improve clinical care through innovation and collaboration. Vision: Transform healthcare through excellence in education, innovation, and leadership. Core Principals: Lead, Transform and Heal Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine will: - Enroll an outstanding and diverse student body that has a strong foundation in the sciences and a demonstrated commitment to service and continuous learning. - Attract and sustain an outstanding and diverse faculty who contribute to education scholarship and utilize the best principles of education to optimize students' professional development. - Provide a learner-centered curriculum that aligns with evolving technological trends and integrates strong basic sciences, ethical principles, professional standards and outstanding clinical training. - Provide an intellectually stimulating environment where small class size and a large faculty of physicians, scientists and other health professionals unite to promote the scientific and humanitarian practice of medicine. In order to graduate physicians who will: - Provide service and demonstrate leadership within health care systems and within the community. - Serve as leaders of change to improve the health care system and delivery. - Advance the scientific foundations of medicine through leadership in basic, clinical and translational research. - Promote the role of the physician as educator-mentor and the importance of lifelong learning. - Foster resilience and wellness in themselves and others, demonstrating work-life integration and compassionate self-care and care of others. - Make altruistic career choices based on personal skills without the burden of excessive educational debt. - Have mastered the knowledge and skills required for diagnosis, patient management, health promotion, disease prevention and high-value health care. - Respect the importance of the patient as an individual as well as the needs of populations, and consistently practice evidence-based medicine and shared decision- making. - Work collaboratively within multidisciplinary health care teams. - Contribute to a diverse and culturally competent workforce. - Practice both the art and science of medicine, and incorporate the highest ethical principles into their lives and practices.
Admissions office
Tuition and cost
- Average graduating debt
- $131,334
- Students receiving aid
- 94%
- In state
- $2,184
- Out of state
- $2,184
- Monthly loan payment
- $1,198
- Earnings, 1 year out
- $67,276
- Earnings, 5 years out
- $175,294
Loan payment is on federal graduate loans only. Earnings are medians for everyone who finished this program, and a year out most of them are in residency.
Who can apply
We accept all coursework from an accredited college of university in the United State or Canada. This coursework must be provided on official school transcripts.
Applying
How competitive is admission here?
- MCAT scores this school will read
- Oldest accepted
- January 2024
- Latest accepted
- September 12, 2026
- AAMC PREview
- Policy
- We are recommending applicants submit PREview
- Secondary application
- Required
- Yes
- Fee
- $120
- Sent to
- Applicants who pass the preliminary application screening process will receive a secondary application.
- Fee waiver
- Available
- Secondary deadline
- Due
- October 15
- Letters of recommendation
- Committee letter
- Accepted
- Letter packet
- Accepted
- Individual letters
- Accepted
- Interview
- Format
- One-on-one
- Invitations
- Invitations for interviews will begin being sent in August 2026.
- Deposit on an offer
- Required
- No
Prerequisite coursework
- Biochemistry
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Microbiology
- Physics
Interview
The interview format will be virtual, live video interviews
Applicants will be eligible to interview with the Arizona, Florida, or Minnesota campus based on their secondary application campus track preference. We do not offer regional interviews off campus
Each interviewee will have two, virtual, one-on-one, partially blinded, 30-minute interviews with members of our admissions aommittee.
Invitations for interviews will begin being sent in August 2026.
Depending on an applicant’s selection and rank of campus track in the secondary application, you could be invited to interview with any of our three campuses. Applicants who select more than one campus track option will only be invited to interview with one campus, taking into consideration the specific rank of preference. That interview will count for the other campus tracks that were selected. Applicants invited to interview with us will participate in: virtual welcome session, two, one-on-one, 30-minute, virtual interviews, a virtual tour of campus, connecting with current students, and question-and-answer sessions. Applicants should be dressed in business professional attire for their interviews. Applicants will also be required to meet with one member of MCASOM's alumni network as part of our Alumni Visit Program. These conversations provide applicants with an opportunity to learn more about MCASOM, Mayo Clinic’s culture and values, and the experiences of our alumni.
If you are waitlisted
- Waitlist positions
- Approximately 400 waitlist positions total between the MD and MD-PhD programs for our three campuses.
- Waitlist offers
- 50
Waitlist positions are offered after initial acceptances are communicated. The waitlist is not ranked. We accept regular updates and strongly consider letters of intent or interest.
Sources
- a public compilation of schools' published figures, not yet checked against the school
- AAMC FACTS table A-1, 2025-2026 · 2025-2026
- calculated by PreMD from the published application and matriculant counts · 2025-2026
- AAMC MSAR public school report
- College Scorecard field of study, U.S. Department of Education
Figures here were last reviewed on 2026-08-04.
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