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University of North Dakota School of Medicine

Grand Forks, North Dakota · allopathic (MD) medical school

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University of North Dakota School of Medicine admissions statistics

Median or average MCAT
507Average
Median or average GPA
3.8Average
Applications received
1,8642025-2026
Entering class
752025-2026
Applications per seat
24.92025-2026
In-state share of applications
5.8%2025-2026
In-state share of the class
64%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 North Dakota School of Medicine MCAT and GPA

University of North Dakota School of Medicine reports average MCAT of 507 and average undergraduate GPA of 3.8 for its entering class.

  • MCAT507 against a median of 512 across the 152 MD programs that report it, which puts it around the 8th percentile of those programs.
  • GPA3.8 against a median of 3.8 across the 155 MD programs that report it, which puts it around the 45th percentile of those programs.
  • Out-of-state tuition$68,439 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 size75 against a median of 139 across the 160 MD programs that report it, which puts it around the 12th 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 North Dakota 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: University of North Dakota School of Medicine received 1,864 applications for 75 seats in the entering class, or about 24.9 applications per seat.

Who University of North Dakota School of Medicine accepts applications from

Residency and citizenship policy as University of North Dakota School of Medicine publishes it
Applicant groupPolicy
Out-of-state ApplicantsPreference to: current or former ND residents, ties to ND, MN , MT and WY (WICHE) residents, members of federally recognized tribes (INMED). We rarely have matriculants that do not meet one of these.
Canadian ApplicantsNo policy stated
International ApplicantsNo policy stated
DACA Status ApplicantsNo policy stated

Community college coursework: We do not have specific required prerequisite coursework. However, we do recommend courses to help prepare an applicant for the MCAT and the medical school curriculum.

University of North Dakota School of Medicine tuition and cost

In-state tuition and fees
$37,846
Out-of-state tuition and fees
$68,439
In-state cost of attendance
$64,125
Out-of-state cost of attendance
$94,718
In-state health insurance
$2,500
Out-of-state health insurance
$2,500
Students receiving aid
98%
Average graduating debt
$198,283

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 North Dakota School of Medicine application requirements

Secondary fee
$75
Secondary deadline
November 1, 2026
Latest MCAT accepted
September 14, 2026
Oldest MCAT accepted
September 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: All applicants

Prerequisite coursework

Coursework University of North Dakota School of Medicine requires or recommends
SubjectRequired or recommendedCreditsNotes
Applied MathematicsRecommendedNot statedCalculus
BiochemistryRecommendedNot stated
BiologyRecommendedNot stated
ChemistryRecommendedNot statedInorganic and Organic Chemistry
GeneticsRecommendedNot stated
MathematicsRecommendedNot stated
PhysicsRecommendedNot stated
PsychologyRecommendedNot stated

University of North Dakota School of Medicine interview

Interviews are conducted by a three-person team made up of admission committee members: an MD, a PhD and a medical student. One of the three members will take lead, but all three will ask questions.

We begin sending interview invites in October for ND applicants and November through December for all other applicants.

The interview day provides an important opportunity for applicants and members of the UND SMHS community to get to know each other. Current medical students conduct a Q & A on each interview day to answer applicant's questions.

Regional interviews
Interviews take place during specific Fridays and Saturdays in October, November, December and January.
Video interview
All interviews will be conducted over Zoom.

University of North Dakota School of Medicine waitlist

Typical positions offered
Varies year to year

All applicants are notified of their position on the waitlist by January 31st. Updates will be sent every Friday until the cycle closes regardless of movement.

University of North Dakota School of Medicine mission

The primary purpose of the University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences is to educate physicians and other health professionals and to enhance the quality of life in North Dakota. Other purposes include the discovery of knowledge that benefits the people of this state and enhances the quality of their lives.

University of North Dakota School of Medicine rankings

PreMD does not publish a ranking of medical schools and does not republish anyone else's. Ranking tables are licensed products, and a number reproduced here without its methodology and its year is worse than no number at all.

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 North Dakota School of Medicine admissions contact

Grand Forks, ND 58202 USA

Where this came from

Figures on this page were last reviewed on 2026-07-11.

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