Penn State College of Medicine admissions statistics

Median or average MCAT: 511Average
Median or average GPA: 3.75Average
Applications received: 14,2882025-2026
Entering class: 1502025-2026
Applications per seat: 95.32025-2026
In-state share of applications: 8.3%2025-2026
In-state share of the class: 43.3%2025-2026

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

Penn State College of Medicine MCAT and GPA

Penn State College of Medicine reports average MCAT of 511 and average undergraduate GPA of 3.75 for its entering class.

MCAT511 against a median of 512 across the 152 MD programs that report it, which puts it around the 34th percentile of those programs.
GPA3.75 against a median of 3.8 across the 155 MD programs that report it, which puts it around the 26th percentile of those programs.
Out-of-state tuition$68,558 against a median of $69,571 across the 154 MD programs that report it, which puts it around the 45th percentile of those programs.
Entering class size150 against a median of 139 across the 160 MD programs that report it, which puts it around the 56th 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.

Penn State College 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: Penn State College of Medicine received 14,288 applications for 150 seats in the entering class, or about 95.3 applications per seat.

Who Penn State College of Medicine accepts applications from

Residency and citizenship policy as Penn State College of Medicine publishes it
Applicant group	Policy
Out-of-state Applicants	All applicants who are US citizens.
Canadian Applicants	No policy stated
International Applicants	No policy stated
DACA Status Applicants	DACA status applicants are eligible to apply. See the admissions website.

DACA applicants: DACA status applicants are eligible to apply. See the admissions website.

Community college coursework: Coursework completed at a community college is accepted by the College of Medicine.

Penn State College of Medicine tuition and cost

In-state tuition and fees: $61,354
Out-of-state tuition and fees: $68,558
In-state cost of attendance: $100,415
Out-of-state cost of attendance: $107,619
In-state health insurance: $4,417
Out-of-state health insurance: $4,417
Students receiving aid: 94%
Average graduating debt: $212,682
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.

Penn State College of Medicine application requirements

Secondary fee: $90
Secondary deadline: December 15, 2026
Latest MCAT accepted: December 15, 2026
Oldest MCAT accepted: January 2024
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 process

Who receives a secondary: applicants who are US citizens, US permanent residents, and applicants with DACA status. Applicants must have a bachelor's degree from an accredited US or Canadian college or university.

Prerequisite coursework

Coursework Penn State College of Medicine requires or recommends
Subject	Required or recommended	Credits	Notes
Anatomy	Recommended	Not stated	Human anatomy with lab or equivalent (1 year/2 semesters)
Biochemistry	Required	Not stated	Biochemistry (1 semester)
Biology	Required	Not stated	General biology with lab (1 year/2 semesters)
Chemistry	Required	Not stated	General/inorganic chemistry with lab (1 year/2 semesters)
Microbiology	Recommended	Not stated	Microbiology (1 semester)
Physical Chemistry	Required	Not stated	Organic chemistry with lab (1 year/2 semesters)
Physics	Required	Not stated	Physics with lab (1 year/2 semesters)
Physiology	Recommended	Not stated	Physiology with lab or equivalent (1 year/2 semesters)
Statistics	Recommended	Not stated	Statistics course (1 semester)

Penn State College of Medicine interview

Interviews may continue to be virtual in format.

August of the year previous to matriculation.

https://med.psu.edu/educa tion/degree-programs/md- doctor- medicine/apply/process

Regional interviews: Regional interviews are not available.
Video interview: Yes

Penn State College of Medicine waitlist

Typical positions offered: 70
Acceptance offers made: 25

Students on the wait list are frequently reviewed with the potential of being accepted into the entering class. A significant number of applicants from the wait list are accepted each cycle.

Penn State College of Medicine mission

Penn State College of Medicine and its academic partner, Penn State Health, are committed to enhancing the quality of life through improved health, the professional preparation of those who will serve the health needs of others and the discovery of knowledge that will benefit all. Our vision is to be a world leader in the transformation of health care and in the enhancement of health for people everywhere. We are committed to the education of medical and nursing students, basic science graduate students, medical residents and fellows, other students in healthcare related professions, and practicing health professionals. We seek to enroll students of exceptional quality, and their education will be based on the present and future health needs of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the nation. Special recognition is given to the education of primary care providers. Our objective is to provide a range of fully integrated patient care services for the people of central Pennsylvania and beyond. These services will extend from prevention of illness and maintenance of health through primary medical care to the highly sophisticated patient care expected at the nation’s premier academic medical centers. We strive to be a national leader in pursuing scientific investigation and developing programs to advance medical and scientific knowledge, which will ultimately contribute to the health of the public, the practice of medicine, and the education of health professionals. We will provide community outreach services to the public through health education, patient care, community activities, and applications of research. We endeavor to provide health education to the public. In turn, community support for our research missions fosters clinical applications that positively impact patient care.

Penn State College of Medicine rankings

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Penn State College of Medicine admissions contact

500 University DriveHershey, PA 17033 USA

(717) 531-8755 · [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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