MD Medical Schools in Missouri
4 allopathic MD programs in our catalogue for Missouri. Use the profiles below to compare MCAT medians, GPA ranges, in-state preference, and AMCAS strategy.
About Missouri: Pop. ~6.2M; Kansas City and St. Louis are the two major medical hubs. Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine is one of the top NIH-funded programs nationally.
In-state preference: WashU School of Medicine is a private school admitting nationally with no in-state preference. University of Missouri Columbia, Saint Louis University, and KCUMB (DO) have varying degrees of in-state consideration.
Major health systems: BJC HealthCare · SSM Health · Saint Luke's Health System · Mercy Health · Children's Mercy Hospital
4 MD Programs in Missouri
- Washington University School of Medicine (MD)
St. Louis, MO
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, founded in 1891, is consistently ranked as one of the top five medical schools nationally for research funding. Affiliated with Barnes-Jewish Hospital and St. Louis Children's Hospital — both nationally ranked — the school offers exceptional clinical training alongside a world-class research environment. WashU Med is particularly renowned for producing physician-scientists through its NIH-funded MD-PhD MSTP.
MCAT 520GPA 3.883.3% acceptance - Saint Louis University School of Medicine (MD)
St. Louis, MO
Saint Louis University School of Medicine, founded in 1836, is one of the oldest and most historically significant medical schools in the American Midwest and the nation's foremost Jesuit medical school. Located on SLU's south St. Louis campus adjacent to SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital, it offers a rigorous MD curriculum grounded in the Jesuit tradition of cura personalis — care for the whole person — and a strong emphasis on social justice and service. The school has particular strengths in primary care, internal medicine, and biomedical research, with a growing focus on global health and health equity.
MCAT 513GPA 3.803.5% acceptance - University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine (MD)
Columbia, MO
The University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine, founded in 1872 and based in Columbia, is one of the nation's oldest state-supported medical schools. Integrated with MU Health, the university's comprehensive academic medical centre, it offers broad clinical training spanning primary care to subspecialty medicine. Mizzou School of Medicine is recognised for its commitment to rural Missouri health — a significant focus given that Missouri has large rural and frontier regions with significant physician shortages. The school operates the first student-run free clinic in the United States and has a strong culture of service-oriented medical education.
MCAT 512GPA 3.784.5% acceptanceStrong in-state pref. - UMKC School of Medicine (MD)
Kansas City, MO
The University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, located on Kansas City's Hospital Hill, is distinctive for offering both a 6-year combined BA/MD programme (enrolling students directly from high school) and a standard 4-year graduate-entry MD. Founded in 1971, the school is tightly integrated with Truman Medical Centers (a major urban safety-net system) and Children's Mercy Kansas City. This clinical environment gives students broad exposure to urban medicine, health equity, and complex multi-morbidity. The school has particular strengths in primary care, paediatrics, and urban health.
MCAT 505GPA 3.745.0% acceptanceStrong in-state pref.
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