MD Medical Schools in Florida
8 allopathic MD programs in our catalogue for Florida. Use the profiles below to compare MCAT medians, GPA ranges, in-state preference, and AMCAS strategy.
About Florida: Pop. ~22.6M; Miami, Orlando, Tampa, and Jacksonville each host major medical training centres. One of the most competitive in-state applicant pools due to Florida's large population and the University of Florida, USF, and FIU programs.
In-state preference: Florida's public schools (UF, USF, UCF, FIU, FAU) strongly favour Florida residents; in-state seats typically 80–95% of intake. Nova Southeastern (DO) admits broadly from Florida and the Southeast. Out-of-state applicants to Florida public programs face very limited availability.
Major health systems: HCA Healthcare (FL region) · AdventHealth · Tampa General Hospital · Jackson Health System · UF Health · Mayo Clinic (Jacksonville)
8 MD Programs in Florida
- University of Florida College of Medicine (MD)
Gainesville, FL
The University of Florida College of Medicine, founded in 1956, is the flagship public medical school of Florida and is affiliated with UF Health — a comprehensive academic medical centre in Gainesville. UF College of Medicine has particular strengths in cancer research (UF Health Cancer Center is an NCI-designated cancer centre), neurology, and rural health. The school heavily favours Florida residents in admissions.
MCAT 516GPA 3.855.5% acceptanceStrong in-state pref. - University of Miami Miller School of Medicine (MD)
Miami, FL
The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, founded in 1952, is Miami's only allopathic medical school and is affiliated with the UHealth system — the only university-based health system in South Florida. The school is renowned for its research in neuroscience, cancer, and HIV/AIDS, and benefits from Miami's uniquely diverse, multilingual, and Latin American-connected population. The Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center is an NCI-designated cancer centre.
MCAT 515GPA 3.783.8% acceptance - FAU Schmidt College of Medicine (MD)
Boca Raton, FL
Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine at Florida Atlantic University, founded in 2011, is one of the newest public medical schools in the United States, located at the FAU campus in Boca Raton. The school's distinctive educational model is community-based — clinical training is distributed across small community hospitals and outpatient practices in Palm Beach and Broward counties rather than concentrated at a single academic medical centre. FAU Schmidt emphasises primary care, geriatric medicine, and serving South Florida's diverse and aging population.
MCAT 515GPA 3.855.2% acceptanceModerate in-state pref. - FIU Wertheim College of Medicine (MD)
Miami, FL
Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, founded in 2009, is a public medical school in Miami that was explicitly designed with a social mission to address physician shortages in South Florida's underserved communities. FIU Wertheim is notable for its Green Book curriculum — a competency-based framework developed in collaboration with community health advocates that integrates social determinants of health, health disparities, and community partnership into every stage of training. Miami's extraordinarily diverse population provides unparalleled training in cross-cultural medicine.
MCAT 511GPA 3.865.0% acceptanceModerate in-state pref. - FSU College of Medicine (MD)
Tallahassee, FL
Florida State University College of Medicine, founded in 2000, is a public medical school notable for its highly distinctive distributed clinical campus model — students train at one of six regional campuses across Florida rather than at a single central academic medical centre. FSU Med has an explicit mission centred on primary care and serving underserved populations across Florida's rural and coastal communities. The school was specifically designed to address Florida's statewide physician shortage and has a strong track record of producing primary care physicians who practise in the communities where they trained.
MCAT 509GPA 3.865.2% acceptanceStrong in-state pref. - Nova Southeastern University Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine (MD)
Fort Lauderdale, FL
The Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine at Nova Southeastern University, located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, is a private MD-granting institution within one of the largest health-sciences universities in the United States. The college leverages NSU's extensive network of clinical affiliates across Broward and Miami-Dade counties and its long-established DO programme to offer rich interprofessional learning opportunities. The curriculum emphasises community-oriented primary care, cultural competency, and service to medically underserved populations in the South Florida region.
MCAT 512GPA 3.782.5% acceptance - University of Central Florida College of Medicine (MD)
Orlando, FL
The University of Central Florida College of Medicine, founded in 2009, is a public medical school situated at the heart of Lake Nona Medical City, one of the most concentrated health-innovation campuses in the United States. UCF Med trains physicians with a particular emphasis on healthcare innovation, simulation, and service to Central Florida's large and rapidly growing population. The school's proximity to a cluster of leading hospitals, research institutes, and the UCF Burnett Biomedical Sciences campus creates a distinctive environment for clinical training and translational research.
MCAT 513GPA 3.722.5% acceptanceStrong in-state pref. - USF Health Morsani College of Medicine (MD)
Tampa, FL
USF Health Morsani College of Medicine, part of the University of South Florida, is a public medical school in Tampa with a long-standing research mission and strong integration with Tampa General Hospital and the broader Tampa Bay healthcare ecosystem. The college's 2021 relocation to Water Street Tampa created a state-of-the-art urban health sciences campus offering students immediate access to Level I trauma, transplant, and comprehensive cancer care. USF Morsani is consistently ranked among Florida's top research medical schools and trains physicians with a strong foundation in clinical medicine and translational science.
MCAT 520GPA 3.953.5% acceptanceStrong in-state pref.
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