University of Illinois College of Medicine
Chicago, Illinois · allopathic (MD) medical school, known as UIC
University of Illinois College of Medicine admissions statistics
- Median or average MCAT
- 511Average
- Median or average GPA
- 3.82Average
- Applications received
- 11,2732025-2026
- Entering class
- 3022025-2026
- Applications per seat
- 37.32025-2026
- In-state share of applications
- 15.7%2025-2026
- In-state share of the class
- 61.3%2025-2026
Applications received for each seat in the entering class. Not an acceptance rate: neither source publishes the number of offers made.
University of Illinois College of Medicine MCAT and GPA
University of Illinois College of Medicine reports average MCAT of 511 and average undergraduate GPA of 3.82 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.
- GPA3.82 against a median of 3.8 across the 155 MD programs that report it, which puts it around the 57th percentile of those programs.
- Out-of-state tuition$86,590 against a median of $69,571 across the 154 MD programs that report it, which puts it around the 95th percentile of those programs.
- Entering class size302 against a median of 139 across the 160 MD programs that report it, which puts it around the 98th 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.
University of Illinois 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: University of Illinois College of Medicine received 11,273 applications for 302 seats in the entering class, or about 37.3 applications per seat.
Who University of Illinois College of Medicine accepts applications from
| Applicant group | Policy |
|---|---|
| Out-of-state Applicants | Admission criteria are the same for in-state and out-of-state applicants. |
| Canadian Applicants | We accept Canadian applicants. Please see the UI COM website for additional details. |
| International Applicants | We accept International applicants. Please see the UI COM website for additional details. |
| DACA Status Applicants | We accept applicants with DACA status. Please see the UI COM website for additional details. |
- DACA applicants
- We accept applicants with DACA status. Please see the UI COM website for additional details.
Community college coursework: We evaluate candidates on a mission aligned basis and will consider upward transfer, accelerated, and supplemental coursework at a community college on a case-by-case basis.
University of Illinois College of Medicine tuition and cost
- In-state tuition and fees
- $52,690
- Out-of-state tuition and fees
- $86,590
- In-state cost of attendance
- $89,195
- Out-of-state cost of attendance
- $123,095
- In-state health insurance
- $1,855
- Out-of-state health insurance
- $1,855
- Students receiving aid
- 80%
- Average graduating debt
- $254,019
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.
University of Illinois College of Medicine application requirements
- Secondary fee
- $100
- Secondary deadline
- December 1
- Latest MCAT accepted
- September 12, 2026
- Oldest MCAT accepted
- August 2024
- Committee letter
- Accepted
- Letter packets
- Accepted
- Individual letters
- Accepted
- AAMC PREview
- Exploring PREview for Future use – will not be used in this cycle’s admissions decisions
Who receives a secondary: Selected applicants
Prerequisite coursework
| Subject | Required or recommended | Credits | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biochemistry | Required | 3 | Biochemistry must be completed at a 4-year- science-degree-granding institution. |
| Biology | Required | 8 | Two courses of general biology with laboratory (AP credit accepted). One course of advanced-level biology (minimum 3 credit hours) is required in addition to the two courses of general biology. Advanced-level biology courses must be completed at a 4-year- science-degree-granting institution. |
| Chemistry | Required | 16 | Two courses of general chemistry (or equivalent) with laboratory (8 credit hours) Two courses of organic chemistry with laboratory (8 credit hours) are also required. The second course of organic chemistry may be waived if it is not required by your institution as a prerequisite for biochemistry. |
| Physics | Required | 8 | Two courses of general physics with laboratory. |
| Sociology | Required | 9 | Applicants must complete three courses in Behavioral/Social Sciences. This requirement can be met by Psychology, Ethics, Economics, Gender Studies, Sociology, etc. Please contact us directly if there is a question regarding meeting this requirement. |
University of Illinois College of Medicine interview
Hybrid model that includes MMI and one-on-one interviews with faculty.
PreMD reads that as an MMI, and sets up its interview practice for this school accordingly.
August
https://medicine.uic.edu/ad missions/interview-day/
- Regional interviews
- Not available
- Video interview
- All interviews are conducted via virtual platform.
University of Illinois College of Medicine waitlist
- Typical positions offered
- varies
University of Illinois College of Medicine mission
To advance health for everyone through outstanding education, research, clinical care, and social responsibility. Mission in Action: We achieve this mission through an innovative and evolving curriculum that integrates the basic, clinical and social sciences, and through a learning environment that emphasizes self-directed, individualized and experiential learning on three three vibrant campuses that are strategically located to serve the communities of interest for our mission. We prepare our graduates to provide compassionate patient care; to demonstrate effective inter-professional collaboration, leadership and advocacy in health care; to provide care for underserved urban and rural populations; and to translate research discoveries into clinical practice. Our large network of graduates serve in a variety of academic, public, private, rural, and urban communities. Our mission-informed admissions process embraces holistic review where equal consideration is given to experiences, attributes, and metrics and because of our emphasis on our mission we are able to select a cohort of students each year that is broadly diverse with richly varied passions. Our curriculum, educational support, student affairs, and financial aid teams are poised to provide individualized attention for all of our students. To prepare you for your medical career, our curriculum: • helps you make powerful connections between the fundamentals of scientific knowledge and the decision-making of patient care • ensures that you have plenty of skills practice including patient interviewing, clinical reasoning, forming differential diagnoses, and choosing among treatment options • teaches you the problem-solving skills and study skills that will prepare you for the life- long professional skill of medical inquiry • engages in a continuous dialog about developing your professional identity and voice, gaining perspective on patients’ micro and macro barriers to receiving care, and placing medical treatment in the context of health of individuals, families, and communities The College of Medicine recognizes that physicians-in-training must learn how to be effective members of interdisciplinary clinical teams; how to search for up-to-date, credible, professional sources of medical information; and how to navigate the changing landscape of healthcare delivery. The Illinois Medicine Curriculum is the product of our community’s collaborative design process that includes students, faculty who teach medical sciences, faculty who teach clinical medicine, medical education scholars, instructional designers, and experts in assessment and evaluation. It is characterized by • case-based learning as its core • teaching of basic sciences with clinical applications • maximization of active learning • integrated career development and exploration
University of Illinois College 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.
University of Illinois College of Medicine admissions contact
Medical College Admissions808 South Wood Street, Room 165 CME, M/C 783Chicago, IL 60612 USA(312) 996-5636 · [email protected]
Where this came from
- the school's own published admissions page
- AAMC FACTS table A-1, 2025-2026 · 2025-2026
- calculated by PreMD from the published application and matriculant counts · 2025-2026
- AAMC MSAR public school report
Figures on this page were last reviewed on 2026-07-11.
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