|
Age: |
1991 |
1992 |
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
|
20 or Younger |
16 |
19 |
18 |
18 |
18 |
20 |
21 |
20 |
8 |
|
21 to 22 |
47 |
44 |
42 |
42 |
42 |
42 |
41 |
43 |
49 |
|
23 to 27 |
24 |
25 |
27 |
27 |
28 |
27 |
27 |
27 |
31 |
|
28 to 31 |
6 |
6 |
7 |
7 |
7 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
|
32 or Older |
8 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
|
Size of Hometown: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Large City |
27 |
25 |
26 |
28 |
29 |
28 |
28 |
27 |
28 |
|
Moderate Size City |
20 |
18 |
19 |
20 |
20 |
20 |
20 |
19 |
20 |
|
Small City |
11 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
|
Town |
11 |
10 |
11 |
11 |
11 |
11 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
|
Small Town or Rural Area |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
|
No Response |
30 |
35 |
32 |
29 |
28 |
29 |
29 |
32 |
29 |
|
Additional calculations not from AAMC |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sum of Town and Rural |
13 |
12 |
13 |
13 |
13 |
13 |
13 |
13 |
13 |
|
Sum of Older (age 30 at graduation or above -) |
24 |
22 |
24 |
24 |
24 |
24 |
24 |
24 |
23.4 |
|
Sum of Oldest (32 and up at graduation) |
14 |
12 |
13 |
13 |
13 |
11 |
11 |
11 |
11 |
Note large no response, but consistent over time
Oldest plus estimate of those age 26 and 27 (estimated age 30 and 31 at graduation) or 0.4 times the age 23-27 category.
Although there are some changes in the oldest students attempting admission, there are really no changes in rural or older students (over 29 at graduation) over this time period.
Declines in admissions appear to be the result of admissions committee preferences, not lack of applications.
Often a decline in USMLE passage rates has resulted in limitations of class size, see:
Richard A. Cooper Medical Schools And Their Applicants: An Analysis Health Affairs, July/August 2003; 22(4): 71-84. http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/reprint/22/4/71
Changing Patterns of Admission
Birth Origins and Distribution Tables