Changes in Number of Medical Schools Graph

Medical School Name

State

 Rural %

Tot Grad

Tot Rural

   State

Explanation/comment

   1981-85

 in 81-85

 in 81-85

 Rurality

Comparisons with states of similar rurality

Mercer

GA

35

Spec admit/programs

Upper Peninsula

MI

19.9

Spec admit/programs

Duluth

MN

32.3

Spec admit/programs

South Dakota

SD

24.6

228

56

70.5

Best of most rural

North Dakota

ND

17.9

201

36

59.7

Mississippi

MS

17.9

694

124

69.9

State is rural

East Carolina

NC

15.1

185

28

43.3

Arkansas

AR

15.1

637

96

59.9

New Mexico

NM

13.4

337

45

51.6

Southern Illinois

IL

13.3

285

38

17.3

Much better than predicted 

Kentucky

KY

13

491

64

53.5

Minnesota

MN

12.7

1295

164

32.3

Duluth/RPAP

Oral Roberts (no longer)

OK

12.5

40.6

Closed,  mission

West Virginia

WV

12.3

400

49

63.6

Nebraska

NE

12.1

634

77

51.5

Marshall

WV

11.9

143

17

63.6

Iowa

IA

11.7

797

93

56

Kansas

KS

11.5

825

95

46.2

South Carolina

SC

11.1

171

19

39.4

Loma Linda

CA

10.9

605

66

4.3

Much better than predicted, service mission perhaps

Med U South Car

SC

10.8

730

79

39.4

Vermont

VT

10.7

413

44

76.6

Louisville

KY

10.7

674

72

53.5

Creighton

NE

10.7

523

56

51.5

Wright

OH

9.7

361

35

21

Best of group, better than predicted 

Colorado

CO

9.7

587

57

18.5

Better than predicted 

Washington

WA

9.6

638

61

18.3

Better than predicted 

East Tenn St U

TN

9.6

156

15

32.3

Mayo

MN

9.6

187

18

32.3

Hawaii

HI

9.4

309

29

24.5

Georgia

GA

9.2

859

79

35

Alabama

AL

9.2

793

73

32.6

Medical Col of VA MCV

VA

9.2

769

71

27.5

Bowman Gray

NC

9

490

44

43.3

Oklahoma

OK

8.9

799

71

40.6

East VA

VA

8.9

429

38

27.5

Shreveport LA

LA

8.4

455

38

30.5

Arizona

AZ

8.3

421

35

4.3

North Carolina

NC

8.3

721

60

43.3

Michigan State

MI

8.2

476

39

19.9

Texas Tech

TX

8

348

28

18.4

Indiana

IN

7.8

1394

109

31.5

Huge classes

Columbia MO

MO

7.7

517

40

33.8

Tennessee

TN

7.7

906

70

32.3

Dartmouth

NH

7.5

239

18

43.9

Texas A&M

TX

7.3

151

11

18.4

South Alabama

AL

7.1

311

22

32.6

Missouri KC

MO

7.1

366

26

33.8

Wisconsin MCW

WI

6.9

743

51

32.6

Oregon

OR

6.9

525

36

31.5

Toledo

OH

6.9

520

36

21

Wisconsin Med Col UW

WI

6.9

884

61

32.6

Penn State

PA

6.6

453

30

15.2

Nevada

NV

6.5

215

14

17.1

George Washington

DC

6.5

688

45

0.1

Virginia VCU

VA

6.3

616

39

27.5

Tufts

MA

6

717

43

9.6

Galveston

TX

5.9

923

54

18.4

Meharry

TN

5.8

417

24

32.3

Cincinnati

OH

5.7

877

50

21

Utah

UT

5.5

469

26

22.5

Illinois

IL

5.5

1547

85

17.3

Ohio State

OH

5.4

984

53

21

St. Louis

MO

5.4

704

38

33.8

Houston

TX

5.3

827

44

18.4

Jefferson

PA

5.3

1009

53

15.2

Rural Docs likely mostly PSAP graduates

Loyola Stritch

IL

5.3

552

29

17.3

Florida

FL

5.2

553

29

9.2

New Orleans

LA

5.2

850

44

30.5

San Antonio

TX

5.1

839

43

18.4

Howard

DC

4.9

527

26

0.1

Northeast Ohio

OH

4.7

297

14

21

Georgetown

DC

4.7

931

44

0.1

Maryland

MD

4.6

831

38

7.2

Vanderbilt

TN

4.5

486

22

32.3

Cal Davis

CA

4.4

427

19

4.3

Wayne State

MI

4.4

1172

52

19.9

Temple

PA

4.2

831

35

15.2

Massachusetts

MA

4.2

473

20

9.6

Syracuse

NY

4.2

717

30

8.9

Rutgers RWJ

NJ

4.2

526

22

0.1

Dallas SW

TX

4.2

934

39

18.4

Emory

GA

4.2

565

24

35

Albany

NY

4.1

585

24

8.9

Rush

IL

3.9

596

23

17.3

South Florida

FL

3.9

357

14

9.2

Allegheny MCP Hahn

PA

3.9

544

21

15.2

Buffalo

NY

3.8

682

26

8.9

Washington

MO

3.8

638

24

33.8

Pittsburgh

PA

3.7

627

23

15.2

Case Western

OH

3.5

705

25

21

Cal, SF

CA

3.5

709

25

4.3

Hahneman

PA

3.5

847

30

15.2

Rochester

NY

3.3

460

15

8.9

Baylor

TX

3.2

745

24

18.4

Southern

CA

3.1

719

22

4.3

Tulane

LA

3.1

707

22

30.5

Cal Irvine

CA

3

427

13

4.3

Connecticut

CT

3

400

12

7.6

Michigan

MI

3

1084

33

19.9

Duke

NC

3

528

16

43.3

Chicago Medical Finch

IL

2.9

680

20

17.3

Boston

MA

2.9

686

20

9.6

Stony Brook

NY

2.7

331

9

8.9

Northwestern

IL

2.3

843

19

17.3

Cal LA

CA

2.2

807

18

4.3

Miami

FL

2.1

826

17

9.2

Stanford

CA

2.1

375

8

4.3

Cal SD

CA

2

542

11

4.3

Pennsylvania

PA

2

744

15

15.2

Brown

RI

1.9

321

6

7.5

Einstein

NY

1.9

827

16

8.9

New York Medical

NY

1.9

929

18

8.9

Yale

CT

1.9

486

9

7.6

New Jersey

NJ

1.6

708

11

0.1

Chicago Pritzker

IL

1.4

494

7

17.3

Harvard

MA

1.4

765

11

9.6

Brooklyn

NY

1.3

1046

14

8.9

Columbia

NY

1.2

693

8

8.9

Cornell

NY

1.1

537

6

8.9

Johns Hopkins

MD

0.9

549

5

7.2

New York U

NY

0.5

836

4

8.9

Mount Sinai

NY

0.3

606

2

8.9

Morehouse

GA

0

18

0

35