Achieving Balance
Each year, we work with deliberate intention to create a balanced class, with every cohort making unique contributions to our collective mission and leadership legacy.
Our Students
The University of Michigan Medical School is part of a vast, collaborative community that supports leaners at all levels with experts who love to share and help grow the next generation of leaders. That explains why some of the most common words to describe the Michigan experience are warm, friendly and collegial. For us that goes both ways.
Welcoming new students into our large and diverse med school community each summer is a tradition we cherish. Achieving a balanced class as a whole arises out of deliberate focus and intention, with every cohort developing its own characteristics and experiences while making unique contributions to our collective mission and leadership legacy.
Below is a snapshot of key demographics on our entire medical student body, along with the most recent incoming class profile data.
Students identifying as:
8.8% Black / African American
7.8% Latinx
6.5% Arab American / Middle Eastern
1.3% American Indian or Alaska Native
.4% Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
* URiM: Includes all AMCAS Underrepresented in Medicine Categories + Arab American / Middle Eastern. The UMMS definition of URiM during holistic review extends beyond race and ethnicity to include LGBTQ+ applicants and applicants with disabilities. We are currently developing methodologies to appropriately gather this data from our future class members.
**First Generation is generated from UMMS Secondary application question: “Is your generation the first in your family to earn a bachelor's degree?”
Data available as of 11/8/2022
