Based on 2024–2025 Application Cycle (The Medical School Admission Requirement* Permanent Address Data)

For international applicants considering U.S. MD programs, one of the most difficult tasks is identifying schools that actually enroll international students. Many medical schools state that they accept international applications, but only a small number truly matriculate non-U.S. students each cycle.

The list below summarizes U.S. medical schools with real international enrollment during the 2024–2025 application cycle, based on the Medical School Admission Requirements “Permanent Address” demographic section.

Important Notes About the Data

• (Number) indicates how many non-U.S. nations were represented among enrolled students.
  • Example: (2) means students came from two different countries other than the United States.
• [CA] means the school enrolled Canadian students only.
• [CA, US Territory only] means the school enrolled students only from Canada and U.S. overseas territories.

Because this information is derived from permanent address data rather than the The Medical School Admission Requirements visa status section, it is not copyrighted data, but it may not be perfectly precise. In addition, the number shown does not indicate how many students, only how many nations were represented, and there may be multiple students from each nation.

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Schools with real International Student acceptance and matriculation

Schools that matriculate foreign students from more than one nation

• Boston University (2)
• Emory University (2) [C]
• Dartmouth (7) [C]
• Tufts University (2)
• University of Rochester (2)
• Harvard University (7) [C]
• Howard University (3) [C]
• Mount Sinai (2)
• Johns Hopkins (2)
• University of Pennsylvania (4) [C]
• Stanford University (3)
• Brown University (3)
• Tulane University (3)
• University of Chicago (2)
• University of Colorado (3)
• University of Illinois Chicago (2) [C]
• Vanderbilt University (4)
• Virginia Commonwealth University (3)
• Washington University in St. Louis (3)
• Cornell University (2) [C]
• Yale University (3) [C]
• Thomas Jefferson University (5) [C]
• Loma Linda University (3)

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Schools that matriculate foreign students from one nation (excluding Canada)

• Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson (1) [C]
• New York University (1)
• Northwestern University (1)
• Stony Brook University (1) [C]
• Saint Louis University (1)
• University of Connecticut (1) [C]
• University of Virginia (1) [C]

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Schools that only have matriculate foreign students from Canada

• Duke University [CA]
• Meharry Medical College [CA]
• SUNY Upstate Medical University [CA]
• University of North Carolina [CA]
• University of Hawaiʻi [CA, US Territory only]

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How to Interpret This List

This list highlights schools that demonstrated real international enrollment in the 2024–2025 cycle, rather than simply stating that they accept international applications.

However, applicants should keep several things in mind:

• The numbers represent nations, not student counts.
• There may be multiple students from each country.
• International admission remains highly competitive at nearly all U.S. MD programs.
• Many schools require significant financial documentation or escrowed tuition.

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Final Thoughts

While there are more than 150 MD-granting medical schools in the United States, only a subset consistently enrolls international students. Using real enrollment evidence can help international applicants build a more realistic school list.

For prospective applicants, focusing on schools with students from multiple nations may provide a better indication that the institution is open to a broader international applicant pool.

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Data source: Medical School Admission Requirements* demographic information (Permanent Address section), 2024–2025 cycle.