Table 9.1 PERCENTAGE OF MINORITY STUDENTS IN THE
2002–2003 FIRST-YEAR CLASS (Continued)
discrepancy when compared with the acceptance
rate for majority applicants, which
currently stands at 55%. Also, the attrition
rate among minority medical students has
doubled over the past decade to
12%.
The cutback in educational funding has made
acceptance into medical school a
formidable challenge for underprivileged
students; the dropout rate along the way is
high from completion of elementary school
through college. In addition, these stu-
dents are being discouraged by the same factors
that have generated a negative cli-
mate relative to choosing medicine as a career.
These include talk of an oversupply of
physicians, malpractice litigation publicity,
rising tuition costs, and (for some) the
need to treat AIDS patients.
School
%
University of Chicago,
Pritzker School of Medicine. . . . . . . . . .
. . . 12
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine .
13
University of Colorado School of Medicine. . .
17
University of Connecticut School of Medicine
37
University of Florida College of Medicine . . .
. 15
University of Hawaii at Maanoa,
John A. Burns School of Medicine . . . . . . .
. 0
University of Illinois at Chicago
College of Medicine. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . 18
University of Iowa College of Medicine. . . . .
. 21
University of Kansas School of Medicine . . . .
. 5
University of Kentucky College of Medicine . .
. 4
University of Louisville School of Medicine. .
. . 7
University of Maryland School of Medicine. . .
17
University of Massachusetts Medical School . .
7
University of Miami School of Medicine . . . .
. . 8
University of Michigan Medical School . . . . .
. 10
University of Minnesota -- Duluth,
School of Medicine . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . 9
University of Minnesota Medical
School--
Minneapolis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . 25
University of Mississippi School of Medicine .
11
University of Missouri --
Columbia,
School of Medicine . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . 15
University of Missouri -- Kansas
City,
School of Medicine . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . 0
University of Nebraska College of Medicine. . .
4
University of Nevada School of Medicine . . . .
. 6
University of New Mexico School of Medicine .
31
University of North Carolina
School of Medicine . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . 13
University of North Dakota
School of Medicine . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . 11
University of Oklahoma
College of Medicine. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . 29
University of Pennsylvania
School of Medicine . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . 9
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine . .
10
School
%
University of Rochester School of Medicine . .
14
University of South Alabama
College of Medicine . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . 10
University of South Carolina
School of Medicine . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . 10
University of South Dakota
School of Medicine . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . 4
University of South Florida
College of Medicine. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . 13
University of Tennessee
College of Medicine . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . 12
University of Texas Medical Branch
at Galveston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . 8
University of Texas
Medical School at Houston . . . . . . . . . . .
. . 12
University of Texas
Medical School at San Antonio . . . . . . . . .
. . 5
University of Texas,
Southwestern Medical School at Dallas . . .
42
University of Utah School of Medicine . . . . .
. 14
University of Vermont College of Medicine . .
17
University of Virginia School of Medicine . . .
. 12
University of Washington
School of Medicine . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . 11
University of Wisconsin Medical School . . . .
. 4
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine . . .
. 12
Virginia Commonwealth University
School of Medicine . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . 10
Wake Forest University
School of Medicine . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . 18
Washington University School of Medicine . . .
9
Wayne State University
School of Medicine . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . 10
Weill Medical College of Cornell University . .
19
West Virginia University
School of Medicine . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . 0
Wright State University
School of Medicine . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . 10
Yale University School of Medicine . . . . . .
. . . 8
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