Virginia Commonwealth University

Medical School Overview

U.S. News Rankings

Ranking score and category

Research rank Category Name #68 Best Research

Ranking score and category

Primary care rank Category Name #71 Best Primary Care

Medical School Overview

The School of Medicine at Virginia Commonwealth University has an application deadline of October 15. The application fee at Virginia Commonwealth University is $80. Its tuition is full-time: $28,165 (in-state) and full-time: $42,511 (out-of-state). The faculty-student ratio at Virginia Commonwealth University is 1.7:1. The School of Medicine has 1,449 full- and part-time faculty on staff. For the class of 2012, 61.0 percent of graduates from the School of Medicine at Virginia Commonwealth University who applied to residency programs were admitted to their first choice.

Admissions

Applications accepted	June 1 (Begins) October 15 (Ends)
Application fee	$80
AMCAS application accepted	Yes
AACOMAS application accepted	No

Academics

Full-time faculty	1,336
Full-time faculty-student ratio	1.7:1

Student Body

Total medical school enrollment	801
Gender distribution

Cost

Tuition
Full-time: $28,165 (in-state) Full-time: $42,511 (out-of-state)
Required fees	$2,981

Residency

Graduates admitted to their first-choice residency program	61.0%
Most popular residency and specialty programs (2011 and 2012 classes)
anesthesiology orthopaedic surgery emergency medicine pediatrics family practice radiology - diagnostic internal medicine surgery - general obstetrics and gynecology transitional year

* Medical School Overview details based on 2012 data