What is the ratio of black men to black women who apply to med school?

February 27, 2021 4:59 PM

I googled but couldn't find it, is there anywhere to find the percentages of medical school applicants that are black men versus black women?
posted by maxexam to Law & Government (6 answers total)

Assuming you mean in the US, this looks like what you're looking for. It's from the American Association of Medical Colleges. It's only allopathic medical schools: I'll try to find similar info for osteopathic.
posted by ArbitraryAndCapricious at 5:08 PM on February 27, 2021

You can find DO school numbers here. The latest cycle they have is 2019.
posted by ArbitraryAndCapricious at 5:17 PM on February 27, 2021

Response by poster: So in 2021 there are almost exactly twice as many female applicants as male. What about matriculants though? 1457:2906

yes US Allopathic would be best.
posted by maxexam at 5:25 PM on February 27, 2021

Response by poster: I think I found it near your link: https://www.aamc.org/media/6031/download 6651:1102, Thanks!
posted by maxexam at 5:29 PM on February 27, 2021

I'm using this link, which has a lot of reports.

The 2020-2021 data is for the entering class of 2020, I think. I don't think they have data on this application cycle yet. I don't think most schools have even notified all of their applicants yet.
posted by ArbitraryAndCapricious at 5:35 PM on February 27, 2021

So in 2021 there are almost exactly twice as many female applicants as male.

Note that this roughly matches the distribution bachelor's degrees awarded to (non-Hispanic) Black students. That site has links to numbers/distributions of degrees awarded split various ways if you also need to chase down numbers for broader context.
posted by hoyland at 5:19 AM on February 28, 2021