Admissions Changes 1967 to 2005

Collected by Robert C. Bowman, M.D.

Admission Year

1967

1977

1987

1997

2005

Totals

9400

15981

17026

17313

17600

Birth Origin Categories

 

 

 

 

 

Core Metro Areas over 1 million*

5504  59%

9618  60%

10296  60%

10405  60%

10560  60%

Metro Areas less than 1 million*

2565  27%

4510  28%

4980  29%

5164  30%

5227  30%

Organized NonMetro*

732  8%

1105  7%

1094  6%

1092  6%

1100  6%

Less Organized NonMetro*

598  6%

747  5%

655  4%

579  3%

565  3%

 *Values above also include foreign born adjustments distributed according to Asian and Hispanic population distributions in the United States. Organized are Urban Influence 1993 codes of 3,4,5, and 7. Less Organized are codes 6, 8, 9.

 

 

1967

1977

1987

1997

2005

Foreign Born – Masterfile

477

616

1509

2460

2515

Foreign Born - Masterfile

4%

4%

8%

14%

14%

Instate Born

52%

47%

49%

38%

39%

Out of State Born, not Foreign

44%

49%

43%

48%

47%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Older than 29 years at MS Grad

10%

8%

18%

24%

23%

White

8900

13467

12930

11221

10295

White male

8184

11043

8663

7181

5484

Asian

200

499

1872

3449

3900

Black

128

930

1040

1240

1068

Mexican American

60

211

294

423

420

 

 

 

 

 

 

Male

93%

82%

67%

64%

50%

Totals

9400

15981

17026

17313

17600

 

 

 

 

 

 

White

96%

84%

76%

65%

62%

Asian

2%

3%

11%

20%

22%

Black

3%

5.8%

6.1%

7.2%

6.0%

Mexican American

1%

1.3%

1.7%

2.5%

2.4%

URM

3%

9%

9%

12.7%

 

 

Sources include the AMA Masterfile, AAMC data on Matriculants, and calculations based on these data sources

 

Declining Rural Populations - Mayday 23 represents the world changing from a rural to an urban majority. In the United States, the states that cross from rural to urban have the greatest decline in rural born medical school admissions.

 

Changes in Admissions in US Allopathic Schools

 

Physician Workforce Studies

 

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