Acceptance Statistics

The UW School of Medicine works to support the physician workforce needs of the WWAMI (Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana and Idaho) region. As such, around 96% of our class on average are residents of one of the five states that we support. We do accept applicants from outside the WWAMI region; however, it is far more competitive. Therefore, we recommend that all applicants looking to apply to the UW School of Medicine ensure that it is the right fit for their aspirations.

We do not accept international or Canadian students. Applicants with DACA status who reside in a WWAMI state and who are legally authorized and recognized by their state’s residency office as a resident for WWAMI educational purposes will be considered for admission. (See State Eligibility).

Class Sizes

There are a certain number of designated seats per state based on legislative funding.

Seattle 100 Seats*
Spokane 60 Seats
Alaska 25 Seats
Montana 30 Seats
Idaho 40 Seats
Wyoming 20 Seats

*10 Seats approx per year are for MSTP (MD/PhD)

Entering Class of 2023

These numbers include the Medical Scientist Training Program (M.D./Ph.D.) applicants.

* WWAMI is an acronym for Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho. All other applicants are referred to as being from out-of-region (OOR). OOR applicants are only considered for the Seattle class.

Entering class of 2023 by Foundations Site (Total class = 273)

 

Total

WA

WY

AK

MT ID OOR -MD only OOR MSTP
Applied 7,017 947 49 70 101 170 5,233 457
Completed Secondaries 1,121 746 33 53 67 112 86 N/A
Interviewed 685 33 45 54 93 46 46 N/A
Offers Made 375 185 22 27 42 58 17 24
Entering 275 146 20 23 30 40 5 9

 

E23 Class Facts

Disadvantaged (Self-Designated) 24.5%
Permanent County is Rural 21%
Enrolled Directly after their Undergrad Program 8.1%
Military Service 3.33%
Age Range 21-39
Underrepresented in Medicine* 22.7%

* Prior to E20 data the groups that were included in this designation were African American/African/Black, Hispanic/Latinx, Pacific Islander/Hawaiian Native, and American Indian/Alaska Native. As of E20 some Southeast Asian subgroups have been added to these in our Underrepresented in Medicine count: Bhutanese, Burmese, Cham, Hmong, Khmer, Lao, Mien, Thai and Vietnamese.

 

2022 Matriculated

  Total WWAMI Non-WWAMI
American Indian/Alaska Native 1 0 0
SE Asian 15 15 0
Asian (non-SEA) 35 33 1
Black/African American 6 5 1
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0 0 0
White 164 156 8
Latinx/Hispanic 16 14 2
2+ More Races (W/URM) 8 8 0
2+ More Races (No URM) 10 8 2
Other 9 8 1
Not Indicated 6 6 0
Total 270 253 17

For the Latinx/Hispanic group, students may be multi-racial but are counted exclusively in that grouping due to alignment with federal/national data collection and reporting methods.

Data for both the MD and MSTP program are included, and students are not double-counted.

WWAMI (Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, Idaho applicants)

  E-2022 E-2021 E-2020 E-2019 E-2018 E-2017 E-2016
Applications 1,453 1,689 1,391 1,737 1,368 1,356 1,372
Interviewed 713 879 633 772 704 659 694
Offered Acceptance 300 305 310 317 282 288 282
Matriculated 253 254 252 259 249 252 254

OOR (Out-of-region applicants)

  E-2022 E-2021 E-2020 E-2019 E-2018 E-2017 E-2016
Applications 6,179 105 44 6,726 7,656 7,251 7,405
Interviewed 105 90 53 112 108 110 122
Offered Acceptance 44 46 48 41 55 44 30
Matriculated 17 16 18 20 22 18 16

Alternates Accepted

  Seattle/OOR Spokane AK MT ID WY
E-2023 47 (44) 6 9 (7) 12 21 (18) 2
E-2022 41 (37) 5 3 2 9 (8) 2
E-2021 49 (47) 8 1 11 (8) 4 2
E-2020 47 (43) 7 3 9 (8) 7 6
E-2019 24 4 11 4 8 3
E-2018 32 (28) 3 3 2 10 (9) 3
E-2017 30 - 5 (4) 4 (2) 4 4
E-2016 32 (26) - 2 4 10 (9) 2

The whole number is the position on the waitlist; (#) is the actual number of applicants accepted. The difference is due to alternates declining the position.

E22 Acceptance Rates

These are the average rates of acceptance for each applicant pool over the last three years for the M.D. program only. The percentage represents the number of applicants offered admission divided by the number that applied for that cohort. The rates for Seattle and Spokane represent the number of applicants offered admission divided by the number who were interviewed for the respective cohort.

Washington: 17%

  • Seattle 27%
  • Spokane 40%

Alaska 27%
Montana 26%
Idaho 27%
Wyoming 39%

Out-of-region applicants 0.4%