Meharry Medical College admissions statistics

Median or average MCAT: 503Average
Median or average GPA: 3.46Average
Applications received: 7,9492025-2026
Entering class: 1152025-2026
Applications per seat: 69.12025-2026
In-state share of applications: 4%2025-2026
In-state share of the class: 11.3%2025-2026

Applications received for each seat in the entering class. Not an acceptance rate: neither source publishes the number of offers made.

Meharry Medical College MCAT and GPA

Meharry Medical College reports average MCAT of 503 and average undergraduate GPA of 3.46 for its entering class.

MCAT503 against a median of 512 across the 152 MD programs that report it, which puts it around the 3rd percentile of those programs.
GPA3.46 against a median of 3.8 across the 155 MD programs that report it, which puts it around the 1st percentile of those programs.
Out-of-state tuition$59,250 against a median of $69,571 across the 154 MD programs that report it, which puts it around the 25th percentile of those programs.
Entering class size115 against a median of 139 across the 160 MD programs that report it, which puts it around the 31st 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.

Meharry Medical College 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: Meharry Medical College received 7,949 applications for 115 seats in the entering class, or about 69.1 applications per seat.

Who Meharry Medical College accepts applications from

Residency and citizenship policy as Meharry Medical College publishes it
Applicant group	Policy
Out-of-state Applicants	n/a
Canadian Applicants	Bachelor's degree must be from a US or Canadian institution
International Applicants	Bachelor's degree must be from a US or Canadian institution
DACA Status Applicants	N/A

DACA applicants: N/A

Community college coursework: For applicants that are submitting coursework completed at a community college, the coursework will be considered if it meets the following criteria: Coursework was delivered and completed in an “in-person” format. Coursework was completed at a regionally accredited institution. Coursework demonstrates a level of academic rigor appropriate for students looking to complete advanced study in the sciences.

Meharry Medical College tuition and cost

In-state tuition and fees: $59,250
Out-of-state tuition and fees: $59,250
In-state cost of attendance: $106,566
Out-of-state cost of attendance: $106,566
In-state health insurance: $5,737
Out-of-state health insurance: $5,737
Students receiving aid: 93%
Average graduating debt: $248,493
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.

Meharry Medical College application requirements

Secondary fee: $65
Latest MCAT accepted: September 12, 2026
Oldest MCAT accepted: September 2023
Deposit due: April 30, 2026
Committee letter: Accepted
Letter packets: Accepted
Individual letters: Accepted
AAMC PREview: We are not using PREview scores in the admissions

Who receives a secondary: Eligible applicants are invited to complete the secondary application.

Prerequisite coursework

Coursework Meharry Medical College requires or recommends
Subject	Required or recommended	Credits	Notes
Biochemistry	Required	3	One semester of Biochemistry. If course is taken at the community college level, applicant should ensure that content is directed toward students who are expected to complete further health sciences study.
Biology	Required	8	General Biology 1 and 2 course sequence. Zoology is an acceptable substitute.
Chemistry	Required	16	General Chemistry 1 and 2 course sequence. Inorganic Chemistry 1 and 2 are an acceptable substitute. Organic Chemistry 1 and 2 course sequence is also required.
Composition & Rhetoric	Required	6	English 101 and 102 (or equivalent) course sequence. If applicant does not complete a graded 101 and 102 sequence (or equivalent), this prerequisite must be fulfilled with writing- intensive course from the ENGLISH discipline. Writing intensive courses from other disciplines are generally not considered.
Physics	Required	8	General Physics 1 and 2 course sequence. Calculus-based Physics is recommended to best ensure content aligns with expectations for preparation.

Meharry Medical College interview

Candidates have the opportunity to interview with members of the School of Medicine Admissions Committee which includes but is not limited to School of Medicine faculty, alumni, and current medical students.

July 1st

Candidates have the opportunity to interview with members of the School of Medicine Admissions Committee which includes but is not limited to School of Medicine faculty, alumni, and current medical students.

Regional interviews: not available.
Video interview: Yes

Meharry Medical College waitlist

Typical positions offered: 50-60

The waitlist is ranked by the Admissions Committee. As students decline offers of admissions, the Office of Admissions & Recruitment contacts students from the waitlist.

Meharry Medical College mission

Meharry Medical College is a global academic health sciences center advancing health equity through innovative research, transformative education, exceptional and compassionate health services, and policy-influencing thought leadership. True to its legacy, Meharry empowers diverse populations to improve the well-being of humankind. The School of Medicine is dedicated to the educational, intellectual, professional, and personal development of a diverse group of exceptional students, faculty, residents, and staff who are deeply committed to the study and practice of medicine. These are our core values: accountability with transparency; equity with inclusion; respect with collegiality; service with compassion; and integrity without exception.

Meharry Medical College 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.

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Meharry Medical College admissions contact

Director, Admissions and Recruitment1005 Dr. D. B. Todd Jr. BoulevardNashville, TN 37208 USA

(615) 327-6998 · [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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