Perelman School of Medicine

Perelman School of Medicine admissions statistics

Median or average MCAT

521Average

Median or average GPA

3.97Average

Applications received

7,0972025-2026

Entering class

1532025-2026

Applications per seat

46.42025-2026

In-state share of applications

8.4%2025-2026

In-state share of the class

11.8%2025-2026

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

Perelman School of Medicine MCAT and GPA

Perelman School of Medicine reports average MCAT of 521 and average undergraduate GPA of 3.97 for its entering class.

• MCAT521 against a median of 512 across the 152 MD programs that report it, which puts it around the 94th percentile of those programs.
• GPA3.97 against a median of 3.8 across the 155 MD programs that report it, which puts it around the 99th percentile of those programs.
• Out-of-state tuition$77,491 against a median of $69,571 across the 154 MD programs that report it, which puts it around the 86th percentile of those programs.
• Entering class size153 against a median of 139 across the 160 MD programs that report it, which puts it around the 59th 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.

Perelman 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: Perelman School of Medicine received 7,097 applications for 153 seats in the entering class, or about 46.4 applications per seat.

Who Perelman School of Medicine accepts applications from

DACA applicants

Limited funding for non-US citizens

Community college coursework: Community college credits are considered on a case-by-case basis. The committee will take into account the reasons for completion, such as financial considerations, academic scheduling, and geographic limitations, as well as whether additional upper division courses/labs were taken at a 4-year institution or post-baccalaureate program.

Perelman School of Medicine tuition and cost

In-state tuition and fees

$77,491

Out-of-state tuition and fees

$77,491

In-state cost of attendance

$112,583

Out-of-state cost of attendance

$112,583

In-state health insurance

$4,662

Out-of-state health insurance

$4,662

Students receiving aid

82%

Average graduating debt

$155,121

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.

Perelman School of Medicine application requirements

Secondary fee

$100

Secondary deadline

November 15, 2026

Latest MCAT accepted

September 30, 2026

Oldest MCAT accepted

January 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 process

Who receives a secondary: All AMCAS verified applicants

Prerequisite coursework

Perelman School of Medicine interview

Two individual interviews/faculty and student.

PreMD reads that as a one-on-one interview, and sets up its interview practice for this school accordingly.

September

Interview day activities include orientation, meeting students, financial aid discussion, and curriculum interaction.

Regional interviews

Regional interviews are not available.

Video interview

Yes

Perelman School of Medicine waitlist

Typical positions offered

Varies per cycle

Acceptance offers made

15

Competitive review of waitlist applications by the Executive Committee on Admissions

Perelman School of Medicine mission

The Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania will select students who are poised and prepared to become future physician leaders in health care. These students will serve their communities and contribute to society through their clinical, educational, research, health policy, and entrepreneurial efforts. Graduates of the Perelman School of Medicine will seek to advance care quality, science and discovery for the benefit of their local communities and the field of medicine more broadly. We strive to develop a highly talented student body with a breadth of personal and professional experiences that reflect these goals.

Perelman 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.

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Perelman School of Medicine admissions contact

(215) 898-8002 · [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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