Listworthy: BS/MD Programs

This quarter’s Listworthy was originally going to be an article on California’s best undergraduate business programs (stay tuned for the next edition of the CKQ for this list!) but given the massive effect of the Coronavirus on our planet, my guess is there are a lot of young people who want to get into the medical community – maybe sooner rather than later. With those students in mind, I have crafted a list of all of the U.S.-based ‘Direct Admit’ programs for medical school – meaning schools that you apply to for your undergraduate education AND your medical schooling at the same time – and if admitted, you need only maintain a minimum GPA and possibly take the MCAT (and meet the minimum qualifying score) and you don’t need to apply to medical school – you are already admitted!

Now, before you get too excited, note that most of the direct admit programs in the nation are very small (almost all of them have incoming classes of under 200 students) and as such, the admission percentages are frighteningly small (usually between 1% and 8%). Further, the successful population will not only have exemplary curriculum, grades and test scores, but significant, medically relevant extra-curricular experience, outstanding letters of recommendation, outstanding entrance essays, a probable interview and maybe more.

These programs are specifically designed for young people who have absolute certainty of their interest to work as physicians in the future. If that’s not you, steer clear of these programs!

So, all that said, here’s the list of U.S.-based BS/MD programs, along with the expected graduation time (in alphabetical order):

1. Augusta University (7 years)

2. Baylor University (8 years)

3.Boston University (7 years)

4. Brooklyn College (8 years)

5. Brown University (8 years)

6. Caldwell Univ./Rutgers Univ. (7 yrs.)

7. California Northstate Univ. (6-8 yrs.)

8. Case Western Reserve Univ. (8 years)

9. City College of NY (7 years)

10. Drew Univ./Rutgers Univ. (7 yrs.)

11. Drexel University (8 years)

12. Florida Atlantic University (8 years)

13. Franklin Pierce Univ./ St. George’s Univ. (8 yrs)

14. George Washington Univ. (7 years)

15. Grambling State Univ. (7-8 yrs.)

16. Hofstra University (8 years)

17. Howard University (6 years)

18. Indiana State Univ. (8 years)

19. Mercer University (8 years)

20. Monmouth Univ./St. George’s Univ. (8 yrs.)

21. Montclair State Univ./ Rutgers Univ. (7 yrs.)

22. New Jersey Institute of Tech. (7-8 yrs.)

23. Northwestern University (7-8 years)

24. Penn State Univ./Thomas Jefferson Univ. (7 yrs)

25. RPI/ Albany Medical College (7 years)

26. Rice Univ./Baylor Univ. (8 years)

27. Rutgers University (7 years)

28. Siena College/ Albany Medical College (8 yrs.)

29. St. Bonaventure Univ./ GWU (8 years)

30. St. Louis University (8 years)

31. Stevens Inst. of Tech./ Rutgers Univ. (7 yrs.)

32. Stony Brook University (8 years)

33. Temple University (7-8 years)

34. Texas Tech University (8 years)

35. Union College/ Albany Medical College (8 yrs.)

36. University of Alabama (8 years)

37. University of Cincinnati (8 years)

38. University of Colorado (8 years)

39. University of Evansville (8 years)

40. University of Connecticut (8 years)

41. University of Illinois – Chicago (8 years)

42. University of Missouri – Kansas City (6 yrs.)

43. University of Nevada – Reno (7 years)

44. University of New Mexico (8 years)

45. University of Pittsburgh (8 years)

46. University of Rochester (8 years)

47. University of South Alabama (8 years)

48. Univ. of S. Florida/ Morsani College of Medicine (7 years)

49. Univ. of Southern Indiana/ Indiana Univ. School of Medicine (8 years)

50. Virginia Commonwealth Univ. (8 years)

51. Washington Univ. in St. Louis (8 years)

52. Washington & Jefferson College/ Temple Univ. (8 years)

53. Wayne State University (8 years)