MD Medical Schools in New Jersey
4 allopathic MD programs in our catalogue for New Jersey. Use the profiles below to compare MCAT medians, GPA ranges, in-state preference, and AMCAS strategy.
About New Jersey: Pop. ~9.3M; densely populated state anchored by Newark and the Philadelphia–New York corridor. Rutgers New Jersey Medical School and Robert Wood Johnson Medical School serve the state's sizable in-state applicant pool.
In-state preference: Rutgers NJMS and Rutgers RWJMS have a strong preference for New Jersey residents; typically 80–90% of seats filled by in-state applicants. PCOM Georgia and Rowan SOM also serve New Jersey residents in DO programs.
Major health systems: RWJBarnabas Health · Hackensack Meridian Health · Atlantic Health System · Virtua Health · Inspira Health
4 MD Programs in New Jersey
- Cooper Medical School of Rowan University (MD)
Camden, NJ
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University (CMSRU), established in 2012, is New Jersey's newest public medical school and was deliberately sited in Camden, NJ — consistently ranked among the US cities with highest poverty and health disparity rates. The school trains physicians with a strong urban health and community medicine emphasis, preparing graduates to work in underserved settings. Its primary clinical home, Cooper University Hospital, is a Level I trauma and safety-net hospital serving a predominantly low-income, minority patient population across South Jersey and South Philadelphia.
MCAT 512GPA 3.771.8% acceptanceStrong in-state pref. - Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine (MD)
Nutley, NJ
Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, established in 2018, is one of the youngest US allopathic medical schools and was built on a health system science model: deep integration with Hackensack Meridian Health, New Jersey's largest healthcare network, ensures students learn not just clinical medicine but how large health systems function, improve, and fail. The school's Nutley campus features extensive simulation facilities and a collaborative interprofessional education programme. Graduates are trained to be leaders in health system transformation as well as frontline clinicians.
MCAT 515GPA 3.831.8% acceptanceModerate in-state pref. - Rutgers New Jersey Medical School (MD)
Newark, NJ
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School (NJMS), founded in 1954 (originally Seton Hall College of Medicine and Dentistry), is the oldest of Rutgers University's two medical schools and one of the largest allopathic schools in the Northeast. Located in the heart of Newark, NJMS trains physicians in a high-acuity, highly diverse clinical environment anchored by University Hospital. The school has a strong tradition of producing physicians who serve urban and underserved communities, with particular strengths in infectious disease, trauma, and primary care.
MCAT 513GPA 3.772.5% acceptanceStrong in-state pref. - Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (MD)
Piscataway, NJ
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (RWJMS), formed in 1961 as Rutgers Medical School (its first class of 16 students entered in 1966 and the first MD degrees were conferred in 1974) and located in Piscataway at the heart of the Rutgers Health Sciences campus, is New Jersey's second public medical school under the Rutgers banner. RWJMS has a strong tradition in primary care, general internal medicine, and clinical research, and trains physicians primarily for the Central New Jersey region. Its primary teaching hospital, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, provides a high-volume academic clinical training environment. The school also offers combined MD/PhD, MD/MBA, and MD/MPH programmes.
MCAT 513GPA 3.792.6% acceptanceStrong in-state pref.
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