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Allopathic (MD) Public Founded 1819 Cincinnati, OH

University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

Cincinnati, OH · UC Health University of Cincinnati Medical Center · 174 students per class

Program Statistics

Official school figures and U.S. government data · sources below

Official class profile
Selectivity · Entering class of 2026
515MCAT
+13 above national average
nat. avg 502 515
3.87
Science
3.89
Overall
Undergraduate GPA
Cost of Attendance · 2026–27
In-state tuition & fees $37.3K/yr
Out-of-state tuition & fees $57.7K/yr
$20.4K more per year for non-residents
Median rent · Hamilton County, OH$1,075/mo
0.8× the U.S. median ($1,413) · Census ACS 2020–2024
Class Profile
33%

33%

Out-of-State

174

Class Size

Scale & Reach
Applied6,782
Interviewed576
Admitted380
Enrolled174
5.6% of applicants admitted

$77M

NIH funding · FY2025

Clinical training & research
Clinical Training Sites · 4
  • University of Cincinnati Medical Center
    UC Health flagship · ER
    ★★★★★
  • Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
    Children's · Non-profit · ER
  • Cincinnati VA Medical Center
    VA · ER
    ★★★★★
  • West Chester Hospital
    UC Health · ER
    ★★★★★

★ CMS overall hospital rating (1–5). Children's, cancer and psychiatric hospitals aren't rated.

Research Depth
'21'22'23'24'25

$77M

NIH · FY2025

-6% since FY2021

Top NIH-funded departments

  • Internal Medicine / Medicine$14M
  • Neurology$12M
  • Psychiatry$12M
  • NIH-funded MD-PhD (MSTP)
  • NIH clinical & translational science hub
  • 52 recruiting clinical trials
Programs & admissions
Programs & Tracks

Tracks & programs

  • Medical Scientist Training ProgramMD-PhD · 12 in the 2026 class
Applying
Interviews
576 interviewed of 6,782 applicants (2026 class)
Early Decision
GPA 3.60+, BCPM 3.5+, MCAT 512+
Kentucky residents
Metropolitan rate: Ohio tuition + $324 per semester

Sources: UC College of Medicine Class Profile (2026) · UC College of Medicine Tuition · About the UC College of Medicine · UC Early Decision Program · Census QuickFacts (Hamilton County, OH) · NIH RePORTER · ClinicalTrials.gov · CMS Care Compare

Program Highlights

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Curriculum

Mornings are class and lab, and most first- and second-year classes are optional. Priya Sorab goes anyway, to get to know classmates and professors.

Afternoons vary: weekly Learning Communities of 12–13 students and a physician discuss cases and medical ethics, there's a weekly Clinical Skills session, and students shadow in fields like speech therapy.

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Early Patient Care

Every other week, each student spends time in a physician's office seeing patients, starting in first year. Priya calls it the favorite part of the week.

Weekly Clinical Skills sessions run alongside, building history and exam skills before the clinical years.

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Clinical Training

UC's academic medical center brings together UC Medical Center, which traces its roots to a teaching hospital founded in 1821, Cincinnati Children's, and the Cincinnati VA Medical Center. UC Health's West Chester Hospital adds a suburban site.

The class of about 170 MD students, plus 12 in the Medical Scientist Training Program, is small enough that Priya says classmates get to know each other really well.

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Life in Cincinnati

Campus has a college-town feel, and downtown offers restaurants, coffee shops, and stores. After exams, Priya says, classmates host cookouts or head downtown.

Kentucky residents qualify for a metropolitan tuition rate close to Ohio in-state.

Sources: DocStory interview with Priya Sorab · About the UC College of Medicine · UC College of Medicine Tuition

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Priya Sorab
MS2 · University of Michigan undergrad · West Bloomfield, MI

"Once every other week, each student goes to a doctor’s office to see patients-yes, we get to do this in our first and second years. This was my favorite part of the week!"

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