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 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 30 Seats
Montana 30 Seats
Idaho 40 Seats
Wyoming 20 Seats

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

Entering Class of 2024

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 2024 by Foundations Site (Total class = 275)

  Total WA WY AK MT ID OOR -MD only OOR MSTP
Applied 5,077 876 44 65 85 168 3,381 458
Completed Secondaries 1,191 688 34 51 76 120 222 N/A
Interviewed 677 352 31 42 67 86 99 N/A
Offers Made 361 162 21 31 36 57 30 24
Entering 275 160 20 25 30 40 17 7

E24 Class Facts

Age Range 20-45 
Enrolled Directly after their Undergrad Program 6.5%
First-Generation college attendees 16.4% 
Military Service 1.8%
Permanent County is Rural 20%
Underrepresented in Medicine* 20.7%

*Groups included in this designation were African American/African/Black, Hispanic/Latinx, Pacific Islander/Hawaiian Native, and American Indian/Alaska Native. Some Southeast Asian subgroups are included in our Underrepresented in Medicine count: Bhutanese, Burmese, Cham, Hmong, Khmer, Lao, Mien, Thai and Vietnamese.

2024 Matriculated

  Total WWAMI Non-WWAMI
American Indian/Alaska Native 8 5 3
Asian (all) 73 65 8
Asian (SE Asian only) 17 15 2
Black/African American 14 12 2
Latinx/Hispanic 21 17 4
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 3 1 2
Not Indicated 8 8 0
Other 8 7 1
White 173 166 7

Matriculant race/ethnicity categories are counted as maximum representation – meaning that a student with more than one race/ethnicity can be counted multiple times, and the total count will be greater than 275 matriculants.

Tables below include ONLY MD applicants (not MD/PhD applicants)

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

  E-2024 E-2023 E-2022 E-2021 E-2020 E-2019 E-2018 E-2017
Applications 1,238 1,337 1,453 1,689 1,391 1,737 1,368 1,356
Interviewed 578 639 713 879 633 772 704 659
Offered Acceptance 307 334 300 305 310 298 282 288
Matriculated 251 259 253 254 252 259 250 252

OOR (Out-of-region applicants)

  E-2024 E-2023 E-2022 E-2021 E-2020 E-2019 E-2018 E-2017
Applications 3,381 5,680 6,179 7,888 6,186 6,726 7,656 7,251
Interviewed 99 46 105 66 54 60 108 110
Offered Acceptance 30 17 44 22 26 19 30 22
Matriculated 17 5 8 8 10 9 13 10

Alternates Offered Acceptance

The University of Washington School of Medicine has a ranked alternate list for each cohort. The table below indicates the position reached on the alternate list for each cohort and year. If it shows a 2, for example, that means the final acceptance offered that cycle was to alternate #2.

  Seattle (WA & OOR) Spokane AK MT ID WY
E-2024 37 6 7 6 20 1
E-2023 47 6 9 12 21 2
E-2022 41 5 3 2 9 2
E-2021 49 8 1 11 4 2
E-2020 47 7 3 9 7 6
E-2019 24 4 11 4 8 3
E-2018 32 3 3 2 10 3
E-2017 30 n/a 5 4 4 4
E-2016 32 n/a 2 4 10 2

E24 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: 18.2%

  • Seattle 34.3%
  • Spokane 54.6%

Alaska 38.5%
Montana 35.3%
Idaho 23.8%
Wyoming 45.6%

Out-of-region applicants 0.5%