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.
Last reviewed September 4, 2026
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. It is affiliated with UF Health, a comprehensive academic medical center in Gainesville. UF College of Medicine has particular strengths in cancer research (UF Health Cancer Center is an NCI-designated cancer center), neurology, and rural health. The school heavily favors 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. It is affiliated with UHealth, 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 center.
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 is one of the newest public medical schools in the United States. Founded in 2011, it sits at the FAU campus in Boca Raton. The school's distinctive educational model is community-based. Clinical training is spread across small community hospitals and outpatient practices in Palm Beach and Broward counties, rather than concentrated at one academic medical center. FAU Schmidt emphasizes 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 was founded in 2009. It is a public medical school in Miami, designed from the start around a social mission: to address physician shortages in South Florida's underserved communities. Its StepUp Curriculum is notable. It is a competency-based framework developed with community health advocates. It builds social determinants of health, health inequality, and community partnership into every stage of training. Miami's extraordinarily diverse population makes it an unmatched place to learn 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 was founded in 2000. Its clinical model is unusual: rather than one central academic medical center, students train at one of six regional campuses across Florida. FSU Med's mission centres on primary care and on serving underserved populations in Florida's rural and coastal communities. The school was designed to address Florida's statewide physician shortage. It has a strong record of producing primary care physicians who practise 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 is a private MD-granting institution in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. It sits 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 program to offer rich interprofessional learning opportunities. The curriculum emphasizes 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 was founded in 2009. It is a public medical school at the heart of Lake Nona Medical City, one of the most concentrated health-innovation campuses in the United States. UCF Med emphasises healthcare innovation, simulation, and service to Central Florida's large and fast-growing population. The school sits beside a cluster of leading hospitals, research institutes, and the UCF Burnett Biomedical Sciences campus. That makes for an unusual clinical training and translational research environment.
MCAT 513GPA 3.942.5% acceptanceStrong in-state pref. - USF Health Morsani College of Medicine (MD)
Tampa, FL
USF Health Morsani College of Medicine is part of the University of South Florida. It is a public medical school in Tampa with a long-standing research mission. It is closely tied to Tampa General Hospital and the wider Tampa Bay healthcare system. In 2021 the college moved to Water Street Tampa, creating a state-of-the-art urban health sciences campus. Students there get immediate access to Level I trauma, transplant, and comprehensive cancer care. USF Morsani ranks consistently among Florida's top research medical schools, and trains physicians with a strong grounding in clinical medicine and translational science.
MCAT 520GPA 3.953.5% acceptanceStrong in-state pref.
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