APAMSA | Resources | APIA Medical Student Statistics

Current Trends in APIA Presence in Medical Schools and Workforce:

APIA Medical Student Applicant Breakdown in 2003, 2004, 2005
APIA Medical Student Matriculant Breakdown in 2003, 2004, 2005
APIA Student Applicant Acceptance Breakdown in 2004, 2005
Trends in Enrollment in Allopathic Medical Schools by Race/Ethnicity
Asian Applicants by Undergraduate Institutions producing 35 or more for application year 2004
Total API Medical School Graduates by Sex and Race / Ethnicity (2005)
Graph of Medical School Graduates by Race and Sex (2001-2002)
Total U.S. Physicians by Race / Ethnicity (2002)
Graph of Percentage of U.S. Physicians by Race / Ethnicity (2002)
Summary of Trends
Sources

APIA Medical Student Applicant Breakdown in 2003, 2004, 2005

Gender	Race	2003	2004	2005
Women	Asian	3093	3430	3695
Women	Asian, White	266	324	342
Men	Asian	3060	3307	3591
Men	Asian, White	223	278	305
All	Asian	6153	6737	7286
All	Asian, White	489	602	647
All	Total Asian	6642	7339	7933

APIA Medical Student Matriculant Breakdown in 2003, 2004, 2005

Gender	Race	2003	2004	2005
Women	Asian	1545	1589	1657
Women	Asian, White	139	146	174
Men	Asian	1519	1505	1654
Men	Asian, White	121	129	129
All	Asian	3064	3094	3311
All	Asian, White	260	275	303
All	Total Asian	3324	3369	3614

APIA Student Applicant Acceptance Breakdown in 2004, 2005

Year		2004	2004	2004	2004	2005	2005	2005	2005
Gender	Race	Applicants	First Time Applicants	Acceptees	Matriculants	Applicants	First Time Applicants	Acceptees	Matriculants
Women	Asian	3430	2684	1659	1589	3695	2827	1727	1657
Women	Native Hawaiian/OPI	23	15	7	7	23	13	6	6
Men	Asian	3307	2457	1575	1505	3591	2646	1724	1654
Men	Native Hawaiian/OPI	16	14	4	4	19	12	12	12
All	Asian	6737	5141	3234	3094	7286	8473	3451	3311
All	Native Hawaiian/OPI	39	29	11	11	42	25	18	18

Asian Applicants by Undergraduate Institutions producing 35 or more for application year 2004

Undergraduate Institution	Asian Count	Total Apps	Percent of All Asian
University Of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, CA	358	583	4.72
University Of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA	345	720	4.55
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI	163	502	2.15
University Of California-San Diego, La Jolla, CA	162	333	2.14
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL	148	308	1.95
University Of California-Irvine, Irvine, CA	135	230	1.78
Cornell University (all FICE combined), Ithaca, NY	133	429	1.75
University Of California-Davis, Davis, CA	129	287	1.70
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD	123	263	1.62
Stanford University, Stanford, CA	115	301	1.52
Emory University, Atlanta, GA	114	309	1.50
University Of Texas At Austin, Austin, TX	114	320	1.50
University Of California-Riverside, Riverside, CA	108	157	1.42
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA	103	311	1.36
University Of Illinois At Chicago, Chicago, IL	103	189	1.36
University Of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA	102	285	1.34
University Of Illinois At Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL	98	342	1.29
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, Cambridge, MA	96	158	1.27
University Of Washington, Seattle, WA	94	290	1.24
Rutgers University-New Brunswick, New Brunswick, NJ	93	236	1.23
New York University, New York, NY	92	219	1.21
University Of Florida, Gainesville, FL	88	416	1.16
Duke University, Durham, NC	85	289	1.12
Washington University, St Louis, MO	82	243	1.08
University Of Virginia-Main Campus, Charlottesville, VA	74	267	0.98
Yale University, New Haven, CT	74	235	0.98
University Of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA	68	163	0.90
Boston University, Boston, MA	64	164	0.84
George Washington University, Washington, DC	63	144	0.83
Brown University, Providence, RI	60	174	0.79
Columbia University In The City Of New York, New York, NY	60	172	0.79
University Of Hawaii At Manoa, Honolulu, HI	60	71	0.79
Rice University, Houston, TX	56	139	0.74
University Of Chicago, Chicago, IL	55	155	0.72
University Of Miami, Coral Gables, FL	55	209	0.72
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH	54	136	0.71
Ohio State University-Main Campus, Columbus, OH	51	230	0.67
University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC	51	264	0.67
SUNY At Binghamton, Binghamton, NY	46	139	0.61
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus, University Park, PA	45	170	0.59
University Of Rochester, Rochester, NY	44	133	0.58
University Of Maryland-College Park, College Park, MD	43	162	0.57
Loyola University Of Chicago, Chicago, IL	42	134	0.55
SUNY At Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY	40	101	0.53
University Of Georgia, Athens, GA	40	302	0.53
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN	40	202	0.53
University Of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI	39	369	0.51
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA	37	79	0.49
Georgia Institute Of Technology-Main Campus, Atlanta, GA	36	121	0.47
University Of Arizona, Tucson, AZ	35	213	0.46
Total	4,515	12,368	59.51

Source: AAMC Data Warehouse: Applicant Matriculant File as of 11/16/2004.

Total API Medical School Graduates by Sex and Race/Ethnicity (2005)

Gender	Asian	Native Hawaiian / OPI
Women	1462	21
Men	1649	24
All	3111	45

Summary of Trends

There has been a noticeable increase in the number of APIA medical school applicants with every application cycle in recent years.
Currently, among APIA medical student applicants, more women apply than men.
Although the overall number of APIA acceptances/matriculations occur every year, there may not be a significant correlation between the number of APIA medical school applicants and the number of acceptances/matriculants.
The percent composition of APIA students in medical school classes has risen at rates much greater than Hispanic and Black minority groups, and thus APIA students are currently the largest minority group in medical school classes.
The increasing application and matriculation rates of APIA medical students has led to an increasing number of APIA physicians in the U.S.
As a result, APIA physicians are the largest minority group among licensed physicians in the U.S.

Sources

AMA, Physician Characterisitics and Distribution in the U.S. (2004)
AAMC: FACTS: Information on Medical School Applicants
Applicants by Race and Ethnicity within Sex
Matriculants by Race and Ethnicity within Sex
Graduates by sex and ethnicity
Asian Applicants by Undergraduate Institutions

Compiled by Andrew Hsu, Univ. of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio SOM, National Education Officer 2005-2006