Admissions and Rankings
Admissions to University of Arizona College of Medicine is very competitive with over 2000 applicants applying to each of the campuses. Applicants compete for 115 spots in Tucson and 48 spots in Phoenix. Beginning Fall 2010 cycle, both campuses decided to accept extremely qualified out of state applicants with a cap of 25% of the incoming class. Starting Fall of 2012 cycle, this cap was raised to 50%, due to the increase of number of seats in Phoenix campus to 80 students. The College of Medicine, along with most of the medical schools across the country, does not allow international students to take classes unless recommended by a faculty of the college and approval from the Dean under very special circumstances. The average GPA and MCAT for the Class of 2015 was 3.65 and 30.68 respectively. Starting from the Fall 2011 cycle, AMCAS separated the application process between Phoenix and Tucson, allowing students to apply for these campuses separately.
In 2013 U.S. News and World Report ranked University of Arizona College of Medicine at #44 in the U.S. for primary care and ranked #70 for research. University Medical Center, a nationally ranked academic hospital, was ranked #40 in Cardiology & Heart Surgery and #46 in Geriatrics. The College of Medicine ranked #7 among the nation's medical schools for Hispanic students, according to Hispanic Business Magazine.
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