Medical school enrollment broke 100,000 students for the first time in 2025, new AAMC data shows. After a dip in applications the past few years, 54,699 people applied to medical schools in the United States in 2025, a 5.3% increase from 2024. This was driven by first-time applicants, who accounted for 76.5% of all applicants. First-time applicants increased by 8.4% from 2024 to 2025, while re-applicants declined by 3.6%. Medical schools also continued a trend of growing the class of matriculants, with an incoming class of 23,440, the largest to date. The total number of enrolled students reached an all-time high of 100,723.
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