MD Medical Schools in Georgia

5 MD Programs in Georgia

• Emory University School of Medicine (MD)

  Atlanta, GA

  Emory University School of Medicine is a leading private medical school located in Atlanta, Georgia, affiliated with Emory Healthcare — the largest healthcare system in Georgia. The school is particularly renowned for its global health programs (proximity to the CDC headquarters in Atlanta), biomedical research, and commitment to health equity in the Southeast United States. Emory has a long history of training physicians for both academic and community-based practice.

  MCAT 515GPA 3.811.9% acceptance
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• Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University (MD)

  Augusta, GA

  The Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University was founded in 1828. It is the oldest and only public medical school in Georgia. Its entering MD class of about 240 students is one of the largest in the Southeast. MCG trains a diverse cohort of physicians for practice across Georgia, with a strong emphasis on primary care, rural medicine, and service to underserved populations. As part of Augusta University Health, it gives students access to a major Level I trauma center, a children's hospital, and a cancer center.

  MCAT 513GPA 3.727.0% acceptanceStrong in-state pref.
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• Mercer University School of Medicine (MD)

  Macon, GA

  Mercer University School of Medicine was founded in 1982 and sits in Macon, Georgia. It is a private MD-granting institution with one of the clearest missions in US medical education: to train physicians who serve rural and medically underserved communities in Georgia. It runs a distributed campus system across Macon, Savannah, and Columbus, which embeds students in the communities they are being trained to serve. Mercer graduates enter primary care at exceptionally high rates, and most stay to practise in Georgia.

  MCAT 503GPA 3.655.0% acceptanceStrong in-state pref.
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• Morehouse School of Medicine (MD)

  Atlanta, GA

  Morehouse School of Medicine, founded in 1975 as part of Morehouse College and now an independent institution, is one of four historically Black medical schools in the United States. MSM has a defining mission to improve the health and wellbeing of underserved individuals and populations — particularly in the Black community and across the urban Southeast. The school is a national leader in health disparities research, primary care production, and physician diversity pipeline programs. Its Atlanta location in the historically significant Atlanta University Center provides a distinctive cultural and intellectual environment.

  MCAT 506GPA 3.642.5% acceptance
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• University of Georgia School of Medicine (MD)

  Athens, GA

  The University of Georgia School of Medicine sits in Athens, and it is one of the newest MD programs in the United States. The school is independent and separately accredited. It received LCME preliminary accreditation in February 2026 and enrols its first class in fall 2026, expanding physician training for Georgia's growing population. UGA Med was developed with Augusta University and the Medical College of Georgia. It pairs the research resources of a flagship public university with clinical training in the Augusta University Health system. The program targets Georgia residents who want to serve the state's communities.

  MCAT 512GPA 3.705.0% acceptanceStrong in-state pref.
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