Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell

Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell admissions statistics

Median or average MCAT

518Average

Median or average GPA

3.92Average

Applications received

5,3682025-2026

Entering class

1042025-2026

Applications per seat

51.62025-2026

In-state share of applications

30.4%2025-2026

In-state share of the class

57.7%2025-2026

Applications received for each seat in the entering class. Not an acceptance rate: neither source publishes the number of offers made.

Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell MCAT and GPA

Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell reports average MCAT of 518 and average undergraduate GPA of 3.92 for its entering class.

• MCAT518 against a median of 512 across the 152 MD programs that report it, which puts it around the 87th percentile of those programs.
• GPA3.92 against a median of 3.8 across the 155 MD programs that report it, which puts it around the 92nd percentile of those programs.
• Out-of-state tuition$61,875 against a median of $69,571 across the 154 MD programs that report it, which puts it around the 32nd percentile of those programs.
• Entering class size104 against a median of 139 across the 160 MD programs that report it, which puts it around the 25th 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.

Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell 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: Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell received 5,368 applications for 104 seats in the entering class, or about 51.6 applications per seat.

Who Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell accepts applications from

DACA applicants

We accept applications from those who hold DACA status

Community college coursework: The Zucker School of Medicine will accept recommended coursework taken at a community college.

Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell tuition and cost

In-state tuition and fees

$61,875

Out-of-state tuition and fees

$61,875

In-state cost of attendance

$104,842

Out-of-state cost of attendance

$104,842

In-state health insurance

$6,773

Out-of-state health insurance

$6,773

Students receiving aid

88%

Average graduating debt

$157,418

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.

Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell application requirements

Secondary fee

$125

Secondary deadline

December 1

Latest MCAT accepted

September 12, 2026

Oldest MCAT accepted

January 2023

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

Prerequisite coursework

Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell interview

Multiple Mini Interview (MMI) format

PreMD reads that as an MMI, and sets up its interview practice for this school accordingly.

Late summer

The interview day is organized to introduce prospective students to the many exciting opportunities available at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. By the day's end, our hope is that through meeting and interacting with faculty, students and administrators, applicants gain a comprehensive understanding of what it is like to be a student at the School of Medicine.

Regional interviews

no

Video interview

Interviews will be conducted virtually for the 2025-2026 cycle in the MMI format.

Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell waitlist

Typical positions offered

Our waitlist varies cycle to cycle

Monthly communications with waitlist applicants as per their continued interest

Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell mission

The School of Medicine, in a culture of community, scholarship, and innovation, is dedicated to inspiring diverse and promising students to lead and transform medicine for the betterment of humanity. The School of Medicine aims to establish itself as a revered institution of higher medical education by means of accomplishing the following visionary objectives: To be a premier "Millennial Medical School" To be a major contributor to the redefining of medical education To have positively changed the University, Northwell Health and the community To have improved the health of the region

Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell 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.

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Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell admissions contact

(516) 463-7516 · [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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