Medical & Dental Schools in Pennsylvania
14 programs in our catalogue — 7 MD, 4 DO, 3 dental.
About Pennsylvania: Pop. ~13.0M; Philadelphia (~6.2M metro) and Pittsburgh (~2.4M metro) are the primary medical training centres. Pennsylvania hosts the oldest US medical school (University of Pennsylvania, est. 1765) and a large DO school ecosystem.
In-state preference overview: Private schools (Penn, Jefferson, Drexel) admit nationally. Temple and Penn State Hershey favour in-state applicants. PCOM (DO) and LECOM (DO) are among the largest osteopathic schools in the country and admit broadly but have a geographic reach across the Northeast.
Major health systems / top employers: UPMC · Penn Medicine · Jefferson Health · Temple Health · Geisinger Health · Highmark Health
Explore by program type in Pennsylvania
MD Allopathic Medical Schools
7 listedAMCAS applications, MCAT/GPA medians, in-state preference, and MMI interview formats for allopathic MD programmes.
DO Osteopathic Medical Schools
4 listedAACOMAS applications, MCAT/GPA profiles, osteopathic manipulative medicine (OMM) training emphasis and DO philosophy.
Dental Schools (DDS / DMD)
3 listedAADSAS applications, DAT requirements, GPA medians, in-state preference and clinical training emphasis for dental programmes.
Pennsylvania at a glance
- MD programs
- 7
- DO programs
- 4
- Dental programs
- 3
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