University of Tennessee Health Science Center admissions statistics

Median or average MCAT: 513Average
Median or average GPA: 3.83Average
Applications received: 2,7442025-2026
Entering class: 1742025-2026
Applications per seat: 15.82025-2026
In-state share of applications: 24.1%2025-2026
In-state share of the class: 89.1%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 Tennessee Health Science Center MCAT and GPA

University of Tennessee Health Science Center reports average MCAT of 513 and average undergraduate GPA of 3.83 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.
GPA3.83 against a median of 3.8 across the 155 MD programs that report it, which puts it around the 60th percentile of those programs.
Out-of-state tuition$58,370 against a median of $69,571 across the 154 MD programs that report it, which puts it around the 23rd percentile of those programs.
Entering class size174 against a median of 139 across the 160 MD programs that report it, which puts it around the 66th 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 Tennessee Health Science Center 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 Tennessee Health Science Center received 2,744 applications for 174 seats in the entering class, or about 15.8 applications per seat.

Who University of Tennessee Health Science Center accepts applications from

Residency and citizenship policy as University of Tennessee Health Science Center publishes it
Applicant group	Policy
Out-of-state Applicants	Preference is given to Tennessee residents; only 10% of the entering class may be from out of state.
Canadian Applicants	No policy stated
International Applicants	No policy stated
DACA Status Applicants	No policy stated

Community college coursework: UTHSC College of Medicine will accept prerequisite academic work from any accredited institution, including community colleges, as long as applicants meet other necessary requirements and have completed upper level coursework at a four-year institution leading to a bachelor's degree.

University of Tennessee Health Science Center tuition and cost

In-state tuition and fees: $38,874
Out-of-state tuition and fees: $58,370
In-state cost of attendance: $75,551
Out-of-state cost of attendance: $95,047
In-state health insurance: $4,232
Out-of-state health insurance: $4,232
Students receiving aid: 84%
Average graduating debt: $196,508

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 Tennessee Health Science Center application requirements

Secondary fee: $100
Secondary deadline: The deadline to submit the secondary application is seven (7) days after the invitation has been extended.
Latest MCAT accepted: September 30, 2026
Oldest MCAT accepted: October 2021
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: Screened applicants

Prerequisite coursework

Coursework University of Tennessee Health Science Center requires or recommends
Subject	Required or recommended	Credits	Notes
Biology	Required	8	Eight semester hours in modern concepts of mammalian biology, including laboratory are required. Courses in botany do not meet this requirement. Applicants, particularly non- science majors, are strongly encouraged to pursue upper level coursework in the biological sciences beyond the minimum requirement. Such courses might include biochemistry, cell biology, comparative anatomy, embryology, general genetics, histology, immunology, mammalian physiology, microbiology or related courses.
Chemistry	Required	16	A minimum of sixteen semester hours of chemistry is required. Eight semester hours must be in organic chemistry and another eight semester hours must be in inorganic chemistry, which may include analytical chemistry. Each of these courses must be a complete, standard, college-level course utilizing full laboratory facilities.
Literature	Required	6	Facility in the use of both oral and written English is considered highly essential to the successful study of medicine. Introductory freshman English (six semester hours) will meet the admission requirement. Students who qualify for advanced placement credit in English will not be required to take additional English courses, although such students are encouraged to do so.
Physics	Required	8	Acceptable courses in physics must include laboratory credits and must adequately cover mechanics, heat, light, sound, electricity, and magnetism. Survey types of courses will not satisfy this requirement.

University of Tennessee Health Science Center interview

Two individual interviews with admissions committee members. One interview is academic in nature while the other focuses on the personal aspects of the applicant. Interviews last 30.

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

October

https://www.uthsc.edu/med icine/admissions/interview- day.php

Regional interviews: The College of Medicine Committee on Admissions includes faculty from regional campuses. Candidates may be interviewed by one of those committee members.
Video interview: The College of Medicine will continue to host interviews virtually throughout the entire 2027 admissions cycle.

University of Tennessee Health Science Center waitlist

Typical positions offered: 125
Acceptance offers made: 55

http://www.uthsc.edu/Medicine/Admissions/docs/faqs- alternate-list.pdf

University of Tennessee Health Science Center mission

Transforming lives through collaborative and inclusive education, research/scholarship, clinical care, and public service is the mission of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. The College of Medicine aims to improve the health of Tennesseans and our society as a whole by providing an exceptional and nurturing environment for the education of students and physicians, by contributing to advances in medical science, and by providing health services of the highest quality.

University of Tennessee Health Science Center rankings

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University of Tennessee Health Science Center admissions contact

Memphis, TN 38163 USA

(901) 448-5400 · [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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