Uniformed Services University
Bethesda, Maryland · allopathic (MD) medical school, known as USU
Uniformed Services University admissions statistics
- Median or average MCAT
- 510Average
- Median or average GPA
- 3.7Average
- Applications received
- 2,2382025-2026
- Entering class
- 1772025-2026
- Applications per seat
- 12.62025-2026
- In-state share of applications
- 8.5%2025-2026
- In-state share of the class
- 10.7%2025-2026
Applications received for each seat in the entering class. Not an acceptance rate: neither source publishes the number of offers made.
Uniformed Services University MCAT and GPA
Uniformed Services University reports average MCAT of 510 and average undergraduate GPA of 3.7 for its entering class.
- MCAT510 against a median of 512 across the 152 MD programs that report it, which puts it around the 28th percentile of those programs.
- GPA3.7 against a median of 3.8 across the 155 MD programs that report it, which puts it around the 12th percentile of those programs.
- Out-of-state tuition$0 against a median of $69,571 across the 154 MD programs that report it, which puts it around the 0th percentile of those programs.
- Entering class size177 against a median of 139 across the 160 MD programs that report it, which puts it around the 72nd 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.
Uniformed Services 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: Uniformed Services University received 2,238 applications for 177 seats in the entering class, or about 12.6 applications per seat.
Who Uniformed Services University accepts applications from
| Applicant group | Policy |
|---|---|
| Out-of-state Applicants | We accept out-of-state applicants. |
| Canadian Applicants | Applicants must be U.S. citizens as they will serve as commissioned officers. |
| International Applicants | Applicants must be U.S. citizens as they will serve as commissioned officers. |
| DACA Status Applicants | No policy stated |
Community college coursework: Community college courses are accepted as long as the applicant possess a baccalaureate degree from a U.S. accredited university or college.
Uniformed Services University tuition and cost
- In-state tuition and fees
- $0
- Out-of-state tuition and fees
- $0
- In-state cost of attendance
- $0
- Out-of-state cost of attendance
- $0
- In-state health insurance
- $0
- Out-of-state health insurance
- $0
- Students receiving aid
- 0%
- Average graduating debt
- $0
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.
Uniformed Services University application requirements
- Secondary deadline
- Applicants must submit the secondary application within three weeks of being notified of its availability. Deadline extensions will not be granted without prior approval.
- Latest MCAT accepted
- September 30, 2026
- Oldest MCAT accepted
- January 2024
- Committee letter
- Accepted
- Letter packets
- Accepted
- Individual letters
- Accepted
- AAMC PREview
- We are recommending applicants submit PREview scores
Who receives a secondary: applicants will be emailed a link to the secondary and will complete the application in WebAdMIT.
Prerequisite coursework
| Subject | Required or recommended | Credits | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biochemistry | Recommended | 4 | — |
| Biology | Required | 8 | — |
| Chemistry | Required | Not stated | 1 year-General or Inorganic Chemistry with lab (8 credit hours) and 1 year-Organic Chemistry with lab (8 credit hours) AP credit not accepted for Organic Chemistry |
| Composition & Rhetoric | Required | 6 | Students could also complete one year of a writing intensive Humanities, Social Science, Language or Psychology course. |
| Mathematics | Required | 3 | One semester of calculus or statistics will fulfill our requirement. |
| Physics | Required | 8 | — |
| Psychology | Recommended | Not stated | — |
Uniformed Services University interview
Each candidate for admission has two individual thirty-minute interviews. These interviews are conducted by our current medical students and active or retired military medical officers.
Applications are reviewed as they are received, and the first interview invitations are sent in mid-late July. Interview invitations will continue to be offered through early December.
Applicants who are selected for an interview will be notified by email.
- Regional interviews
- Regional interviews are not available.
- Video interview
- All interviews for the MD and MD/PhD programs will be held virtually for the 2026-2027 cycle.
Uniformed Services University waitlist
- Typical positions offered
- 200
- Acceptance offers made
- 100
USU uses rolling admissions. Offers can be tendered to those wait list applicants if a position becomes available.
Uniformed Services University mission
The Uniformed Services University School of Medicine trains Army, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, and PHS physicians, public health practitioners, psychologists, and biomedical scientists to support our nation’s military and public health systems, the National Security and Defense Strategies of the United States, and the readiness of our Uniformed Services. As the Leadership Academy of Military Medicine, we prepare our students to become outstanding clinical practitioners, researchers, and leaders.
Uniformed Services University 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.
Uniformed Services University admissions contact
Admissions Office, Room A-1041Bethesda, MD 20814-4799 USA(301) 295-3101 · [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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