SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University admissions statistics

Median or average MCAT: 513Average
Median or average GPA: 3.73Average
Applications received: 7,4902025-2026
Entering class: 1972025-2026
Applications per seat: 382025-2026
In-state share of applications: 33.4%2025-2026
In-state share of the class: 84.3%2025-2026

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

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University MCAT and GPA

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University reports average MCAT of 513 and average undergraduate GPA of 3.73 for its entering class.

MCAT513 against a median of 512 across the 152 MD programs that report it, which puts it around the 57th percentile of those programs.
GPA3.73 against a median of 3.8 across the 155 MD programs that report it, which puts it around the 23rd percentile of those programs.
Out-of-state tuition$72,192 against a median of $69,571 across the 154 MD programs that report it, which puts it around the 59th percentile of those programs.
Entering class size197 against a median of 139 across the 160 MD programs that report it, which puts it around the 81st 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.

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University 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: SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University received 7,490 applications for 197 seats in the entering class, or about 38 applications per seat.

Who SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University accepts applications from

Residency and citizenship policy as SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University publishes it
Applicant group	Policy
Out-of-state Applicants	You do not have to be a New York State Resident to apply for admission or to be considered for acceptance.
Canadian Applicants	No policy stated
International Applicants	No policy stated
DACA Status Applicants	Admissions preference is given to US citizens & permanent residents.

DACA applicants: Admissions preference is given to US citizens & permanent residents.

Community college coursework: Each pathway relative to community college course work is accepted

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University tuition and cost

In-state tuition and fees: $47,472
Out-of-state tuition and fees: $72,192
In-state cost of attendance: $87,031
Out-of-state cost of attendance: $111,751
In-state health insurance: $7,380
Out-of-state health insurance: $7,380
Students receiving aid: 82%
Average graduating debt: $151,376
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.

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University application requirements

Secondary fee: $100
Secondary deadline: 01/04/2027
Latest MCAT accepted: September 12, 2026
Oldest MCAT accepted: August 2024
Deposit due: April 30, 2025
Committee letter: Accepted
Letter packets: Accepted
Individual letters: Accepted
AAMC PREview: We are recommending applicants submit PREview scores

Who receives a secondary: All applicants with a verified AMCAS application and MCAT scores no older than 3 years prior to the planned date of enrollment.

Prerequisite coursework

Coursework SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University requires or recommends
Subject	Required or recommended	Credits	Notes
Biology	Required	8	General Biology or Zoology including labs
Chemistry	Required	16	General or Inorganic Chemistry 1 & 2 including labs* (8 credits) & Organic Chemistry 1 & 2 including labs (8 credits) *If your college/university offers an intensive one-semester general or inorganic chemistry course with lab for qualified students, and considers this equivalent to the traditional two- semester course, you may use this to satisfy our requirement for general chemistry. However, you should also take a higher level chemistry course, preferably Biochemistry. In addition, you should indicate in the prerequisite section on the Supplemental Application that the one-semester course is an advanced general or inorganic chemistry course, and upload a copy of the catalog description or a letter from the Department of Chemistry verifying this to your admissions portal. Remember to include your name and AMCAS ID on any communication with us.
Composition & Rhetoric	Required	6	In general, the Committee does not accept English courses taken abroad to fulfill the English admission requirement. Courses which have the English department prefix are accepted to fulfill the English requirement. If you have an interdisciplinary course or if your college or university accepts other courses to fulfill writing or English requirements, if accepted, please upload a scanned letter from your college stating this information to your admissions portal. Remember to include your name and AMCAS ID on any communication with us.
Physics	Required	8	—

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University interview

Interviews are conducted in-person/conducted virtually during the pandemic; extended by invitation only. Interviews are one-on-one, one hour in length with a faculty, and a 20-minute peer-to- peer conversation with a medical student.

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

August

Information is provided to the applicant in their interview email invite. The interview day typically consists of an hour interview with a faculty member, along with an informational session, campus tour/virtual chat, and/or lunch with currently enrolled students. Additional information is available via https://www.downstate.edu /education-training/college- of- medicine/admissions/appli cation-review.html

Regional interviews: no
Video interview: Yes

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University waitlist

Typical positions offered: It varies per cycle.

Alternate list invitations are issued in early April; alternates have 5 business days to respond to the alternate list offer or their alternate list offer will be withdrawn.

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University mission

SUNY Downstate Medical Center - To provide outstanding education to future physicians, scientists, nurses and other healthcare professionals - To advance knowledge through cutting edge research and translate it into practice - To care for and improve the lives of our globally diverse communities - To foster an environment that embraces cultural diversity

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University rankings

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SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University admissions contact

Student Admissions Office, MSC 60Downstate Medical CenterBrooklyn, NY 11203-2098 USA

(718) 270-2446 · [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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