SouthVA

Medical & Dental Schools in Virginia

7 programs in our catalogue — 4 MD, 2 DO, 1 dental.

About Virginia: Pop. ~8.7M; Northern Virginia (DC suburbs), Richmond, and the Hampton Roads corridor are the primary medical training areas. UVA Health and Virginia Commonwealth University are the flagship academic health systems.

In-state preference overview: UVA School of Medicine and VCU School of Medicine strongly favour Virginia residents; typically 70–85% in-state. Eastern Virginia Medical School (EVMS) and Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine also emphasise Virginia and regional applicants.

Major health systems / top employers: VCU Health · UVA Health · Inova Health System · Sentara Healthcare · Carilion Clinic

Explore by program type in Virginia

MD Allopathic Medical Schools

4 listed

AMCAS applications, MCAT/GPA medians, in-state preference, and MMI interview formats for allopathic MD programmes.

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DO Osteopathic Medical Schools

2 listed

AACOMAS applications, MCAT/GPA profiles, osteopathic manipulative medicine (OMM) training emphasis and DO philosophy.

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Dental Schools (DDS / DMD)

1 listed

AADSAS applications, DAT requirements, GPA medians, in-state preference and clinical training emphasis for dental programmes.

View 1 Dental School →Full dental catalogue

Virginia at a glance

MD programs: 4
DO programs: 2
Dental programs: 1

Application resources

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