University of South Alabama Whiddon
Mobile, Alabama · allopathic (MD) medical school, known as USA
University of South Alabama Whiddon admissions statistics
- Median or average MCAT
- 508Average
- Median or average GPA
- 3.85Average
- Applications received
- 1,9062025-2026
- Entering class
- 792025-2026
- Applications per seat
- 24.12025-2026
- In-state share of applications
- 25.6%2025-2026
- In-state share of the class
- 93.7%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 South Alabama Whiddon MCAT and GPA
University of South Alabama Whiddon reports average MCAT of 508 and average undergraduate GPA of 3.85 for its entering class.
- MCAT508 against a median of 512 across the 152 MD programs that report it, which puts it around the 13th percentile of those programs.
- GPA3.85 against a median of 3.8 across the 155 MD programs that report it, which puts it around the 70th percentile of those programs.
- Out-of-state tuition$71,431 against a median of $69,571 across the 154 MD programs that report it, which puts it around the 56th percentile of those programs.
- Entering class size79 against a median of 139 across the 160 MD programs that report it, which puts it around the 15th 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 South Alabama Whiddon 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 South Alabama Whiddon received 1,906 applications for 79 seats in the entering class, or about 24.1 applications per seat.
Who University of South Alabama Whiddon accepts applications from
| Applicant group | Policy |
|---|---|
| Out-of-state Applicants | Out of State applicants are required to have a minimum score of 508 on the MCAT and a 3.80 overall GPA. We give preference to those applicants that have strong ties to the state of Alabama. |
| Canadian Applicants | No policy stated |
| International Applicants | International students must be permanent residents to be considered for admissions. |
| DACA Status Applicants | No policy stated |
Community college coursework: Applicants are strongly encouraged to complete all prerequisite science courses and their corresponding labs at a traditional 4-year institution.
University of South Alabama Whiddon tuition and cost
- In-state tuition and fees
- $36,198
- Out-of-state tuition and fees
- $71,431
- In-state cost of attendance
- $69,123
- Out-of-state cost of attendance
- $104,356
- In-state health insurance
- $3,457
- Out-of-state health insurance
- $3,457
- Students receiving aid
- 86%
- Average graduating debt
- $165,079
- 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.
University of South Alabama Whiddon application requirements
- Secondary fee
- $75
- Secondary deadline
- December 1, 2026
- Latest MCAT accepted
- September 12, 2026
- Oldest MCAT accepted
- September 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: US Citizens and Permanent Residents with an MCAT score of 495 or higher.
Prerequisite coursework
| Subject | Required or recommended | Credits | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anthropology | Required | 6 | Anthropology or any of the Behavioral and Social Sciences courses will be accepted. Applicants should have 3 semester hours in the Social Sciences and 3 semester hours in the Behavioral Sciences. |
| Biochemistry | Recommended | Not stated | Biochemistry may take the place of Organic Chemistry II. |
| Biology | Required | 8 | — |
| Chemistry | Required | 8 | General Chemistry |
| Composition & Rhetoric | Required | 6 | English Literature may be used in place of a portion or all of English Composition. |
| Literature | Required | 6 | English Composition may be used in place of a portion or all of English Literature. |
| Mathematics | Required | 6 | Calculus is preferred. |
| Statistics | Recommended | Not stated | — |
University of South Alabama Whiddon interview
Students meet one-on-one with two interviewers. Interviews last 30 to 45 minutes each and are conversational. Interviews will be virtual for the 2026- 2027 interview cycle.
PreMD reads that as a one-on-one interview, held virtual, and sets up its interview practice for this school accordingly.
Early Decision interview invitations go out in the first week of September; all other invitations begin in mid- September.
The interview day begins at 9:00 AM with a welcome, that includes information about financial aid as well as how the admissions process works, this is followed by their interviews at 10:00 AM and 11:00 AM. After the interviews, the applicants meet virtually with medical students for an informal information session that includes time for questions, after which they go to breakout rooms to meet in small groups with current students for more insight about the Frederick P. Whiddon College of Medicine from the student perspective. They then come back to the main room for a short closing session led by the admissions team.
- Regional interviews
- Regional interviews are not available.
- Video interview
- Interviews will be virtual for the 2026- 2027 cycle.
University of South Alabama Whiddon waitlist
- Typical positions offered
- Approximately 40
- Acceptance offers made
- 20
The waitlist is a ranked list and students are accepted in the order they were ranked by the Admissions Committee.
University of South Alabama Whiddon mission
“Our mission is to provide innovative research, education, and clinical care in a culture of excellence, discovery, and scholarship to the next generation of physicians, scientists, and educators to advance patient-centered and equitable healthcare.”
University of South Alabama Whiddon 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 South Alabama Whiddon admissions contact
College of Medicine Office of AdmissionsCSAB 337Mobile, AL 36688 USA(251) 460-7176 · [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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