MD Student Body Profile (Classes of 2020-2025)*
In the 2020-2021 academic year, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine serves 657 MD students. See below for information about our MD applicant pool and acceptance rate for the past six years, in addition to details about each incoming class of students.
*Class years reference the date of graduation, not matriculation.
*Percentage of entering students who took more than two years after graduating from their undergraduate institution
| Category | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Applicant Pool | 7608 | 7516 | 7089 | 6878 | 7052 | 8204 |
| Acceptance Rate | 2.14% | 2.14% | 2.26% | 2.31% | 2.27% | 1.95% |
| Class Size | 163 | 161 | 160 | 159 | 160 | 160 |
| Female | 76 | 74 | 78 | 83 | 85 | 90 |
| Male | 87 | 87 | 82 | 76 | 75 | 70 |
| Mean Age | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 |
| Youngest | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 |
| Oldest | 35 | 30 | 37 | 33 | 33 | 40 |
| Non-traditional | 19 | 28 | 36 | 30 | 48 | 43 |
| Under-represented | 28 | 28 | 31 | 35 | 36 | 35 |
| Asian | 60 | 68 | 56 | 59 | 64 | 59 |
| White | 68 | 59 | 66 | 60 | 53 | 60 |
| Did not self-identify | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 6 |
| Non-US countries represented | 6 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 |
| Number of different states (US) | 32 | 33 | 27 | 30 | 31 | 26 |
