data supplied to AACOMAS during the application process and of the 4,872 matriculants almost all ... The mean number of
AACOMAS Matriculant Profile 2009 Entering Class Following are summary tables of the 2009 matriculants based on the data entered into the AACOMAS portal and additional data, provided by the colleges. Matriculant data were matched to the applicant data supplied to AACOMAS during the application process and of the 4,872 matriculants almost all (4,846) submitted an application to AACOMAS. Only 26 matriculants have never submitted an AACOMAS application and these were generally applicants who applied directly from other programs at the COM. Of the 4,846 matriculants who submitted an application through AACOMAS, 244 applied in earlier years; one matriculant applied in 2005, five matriculants applied in 2006, 15 matriculants applied in 2007 and 223 matriculants applied in 2008. One matriculant applied early in the 2010 application cycle and matriculated into the entering class of 2009 and the remaining 4,601 applied in 2009.
The University of North Texas Health Sciences Center College of Osteopathic Medicine matriculants are not included in this analysis because the data are not part of the AACOMAS database. The mean number of applications per matriculant is 8.14.
Number of Matriculants r of Matriculants
Matriculants and College Designations 2009 500 450 400 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 *Based on total completed applications
Number of COMs applied to
Fifty three percent of matriculants in 2009 were male and 47 percent female. Gender
Number
Female Male
2,289 2,583
Total
4,872
Percent 47% 53%
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The race and ethnicity questions on the AACOMAS application follow the current U.S. Census lead and ask applicants to mark all that apply. Any applicant who marks Hispanic is counted as being of Hispanic/Latino ethnicity regardless of any other selections he/she may make. "Multiple Races" and "Unknown" do not describe selectable categories but are respondent behavior. Temporary residents and non-U.S. citizens are excluded from race and ethnicity calculations and are counted in the Foreign category. Although applicants are allowed to select multiple race/ethnicities, the following tables, titled One Race Response, have, by creating the category Multiple Races, allowed for each matriculant to be allocated to only one category. The table titled Multiple Category Response is a count of the number of race/ethnicity selections made by the matriculants, and for this reason there is no significance to the sum of the race categories in this table.
Race and Ethnicity (One Race Response) Race/Ethnicity
Number
White, non-Hispanic Hispanic/Latino African American, non-Hispanic Native American, non-Hispanic Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic Asian, non-Hispanic Multiple Races, non-Hispanic Foreign Unknown
3,122 200 124 8 5 839 109 37 402
Total
4,846
Percent 70.3% 4.5% 2.8% 0.2% 0.1% 18.9% 2.5% 0.8%
Race / Ethnicity Matriculant Profile Race / Ethnicity Matriculant Profile 80.0% 70.0% 60.0% 50.0% 40.0% 30.0% 20.0% 10.0% 0.0%
70.3%
18.9% 4.5%
2.8%
0.2%
0.1%
2.5%
0.8%
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Race and Ethnicity (One Race Response) by Gender Number of Matriculants
Female
White, non-Hispanic Hispanic/Latino African American, non-Hispanic Native American, non-Hispanic Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic Asian, non-Hispanic Multiple Races, non-Hispanic Foreign
Male
Total
Unknown
1,407 97 83 3 2 397 65 18 197
1,715 103 41 5 3 442 44 19 205
3,122 200 124 8 5 839 109 37 402
Total
2,269
2,577
4,846
Race and Ethnicity (One Race Response) by Gender Percent of Total Matriculants
Female
Male
Total
White, non-Hispanic Hispanic/Latino African American, non-Hispanic Native American, non-Hispanic Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic Asian, non-Hispanic Multiple Races, non-Hispanic Foreign
31.7% 2.2% 1.9% 0.1% 0.0% 8.9% 1.5% 0.4%
38.6% 2.3% 0.9% 0.1% 0.1% 9.9% 1.0% 0.4%
Total
46 6% 46.6%
53 4% 53.4%
70.3% 4.5% 2.8% 0.2% 0.1% 18.9% 2.5% 0.8%
Note: Percentage calculations do not include matriculants with unidentified gender or unknown race/ethnicity. 80%
Race / Ethnicity Matriculant Profile by Gender
70% 60% 50%
38.6%
Male
Female
9.9%
1.0%
0.4%
8.9%
1.5%
0.4%
Asian
Multiple Races
Foreign
40% 30% 20%
31.7%
10% 0% White
2.3% 2.2%
0.9% 1.9%
0.1% 0.1%
Hispanic Latino
African American
Native American
0.1% 0.0% Pacific Islander
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Race /Ethnicity (Multiple Category Response) Race/Ethnicity
Number
White, non-Hispanic Hispanic/Latino African American, non-Hispanic Native American, non-Hispanic Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic Asian, non-Hispanic Foreign
3,325 200 140 36 11 928 37
Unduplicated Total
4,846
Unduplicated Underrepresented Minorites --- 369 matriculants --- 8 percent. Underrepresented minorities includes matriculants of Hispanic/Latino ethnicity, African American, Native American and Pacific Islander race.
Age
Number
20 and younger 21 - 25 26 - 30 31 - 40 41 - 50 51 and older Unidentified Total
35 3,702 875 221 33 2 4 4,872
Percent 0.7% 76.0% 18.0% 4.5% 0.7% 0.04%
Note: Age as of July 1 1, 2009 2009. Minimum age Maximum age
18 years 56 years
Mean matriculant age --- 24.4 years. Median matriculant age --- 23 years. AACOMAS may calculate up to three sets of GPAs for each applicant - undergraduate only, undergraduate and post-baccalaureate, and all course work - although in many cases there is no difference among them. We have provided means and standard deviations for both the science and non-science GPAs as well as the overall GPA. The data has been broken-down by gender and by race and ethnicty. GPA were calculated on data from 4,846 sets of data. GPA Mean 4 year FR - SR SD Mean Undergrad FR-SR, PB SD Mean All including graduate SD
Science 3.35 0.43 3.39 0.33 3.41 0.31
Non-science 3.58 0.30 3.58 0.29 3.59 0.28
Overall 3.48 0.29 3.49 0.27 3.49 0.26
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Undergraduate GPA by Gender Mean - Female SD - Female Mean - Male SD - Male
Science
Non-science
3.37 0.42 3.33 0.43
Overall
3.65 0.26 3.52 0.31
3.80
Undergraduate GPA by Gender
3.70
3.65
3.52 0.27 3.44 0.30
Female
3.60
3.52
Male
3.52
3.50 3.40
3.44 3.37
3.33
3.30 3.20 3.10
All 3.58
All 3.48
Non‐science
Overall
All 3.35
3.00 Science
Undergraduate GPA by Race Mean - White,, non-Hispanic p SD - White, non-Hispanic Mean - Hispanic/Latino SD - Hispanic/Latino Mean - African American SD - African American Mean - Native American SD - Native American Mean - Pacific Islander SD - Pacific Islander Mean - Asian SD - Asian Mean - Multiple Races SD - Multiple Races Mean - Foreign SD - Foreign
Science 3.37 0.43 3.28 0.33 3.18 0.39 3.45 0.39 3.24 0.09 3.31 0.38 3.32 0.39 3.39 0.68
Non-science 3.59 0.30 3.51 0.30 3.48 0.30 3.66 0.15 3.63 0.11 3.58 0.28 3.51 0.34 3.59 0.32
Overall 3.50 0.29 3.40 0.28 3.33 0.32 3.61 0.17 3.45 0.10 3.45 0.27 3.42 0.31 3.54 0.32
AACOMAS received MCAT score data from 4,771 matriculants In cases where we received more than one set of scores for a particular matriculant, we have included the set with the highest total score. We have provided the mean, standard deviation and median for each section of the MCAT as well as the total MCAT score. The median MCAT scores are calculated over all the individual scores and therefore the median of the total is the median of all the individual total MCAT scores. We have provided a breakdown of the mean scores with standard deviations by gender and race/ethnicity for each of the MCAT sections.
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MCAT scores were calculated on data from 4,771 sets of scores. MCAT Scores Mean SD Median
8.59 1.74 9
Distribution of Writing Scores
MCAT Scores by Gender Mean - Female SD - Female Mean - Male SD - Male
Score
Number
Physical Science 8.38 1.62 8
26.19 3.27 26
Percent
J K L M N O P Q R S T X
9 85 296 1,142 506 717 526 943 390 141 16 0
0.2% 1.8% 6.2% 23.9% 10.6% 15.0% 11.0% 19.8% 8.2% 3.0% 0.3% 0.0%
8.61 1.72 8.58 1.76
Biological Science 9.01 1.40 9.41 1.42
Physical Science 8.01 1.47 8.70 1.67
Verbal
Total
Total 25.63 3.04 26.68 3.39
MCAT Scores by Gender
10.00
9.41
9.50 9.00
Biological Science 9.22 1.43 9
Verbal
Female
Male
9.01 8.61
8.70
8.58
8.50
8.01
8.00 7.50 7.00
All 8.59
All 9.22
All 8.38
6.50 6.00 Verbal
Biological Science
Physical Science
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MCAT Scores by Race/Ethnicity Mean - White, non-Hispanic SD - White, non-Hispanic Mean - Hispanic/Latino SD - Hispanic/Latino Mean - African American SD - African American Mean - Native American SD - Native American Mean - Pacific Islander SD - Pacific Islander Mean - Asian SD - Asian Mean - Multiple Races SD - Multiple Races Mean - Foreign SD - Foreign
Verbal 8.75 1.65 8.11 1.92 7.10 2.11 8.50 2.07 7.20 0.84 8.26 1.79 8.67 1.83 8.17 2.04
Biological Science 9.23 1.40 8.75 1.42 7.61 1.77 9.00 1.60 9.20 1.30 9.46 1.35 9.35 1.53 9.64 1.20
Physical Science 8.26 1.58 7.95 1.39 7.06 1.53 8.25 1.67 8.60 2.19 9.01 1.58 8.32 1.68 9.50 2.26
Total 26.24 3.17 24.81 3.37 21.77 3.72 25.75 3.77 25.00 3.08 26.74 3.01 26.34 3.43 27.31 3.50
More than one in three matriculants have a family member who is a DO or MD. Family Member is a DO or MD
Number
Yes No
1,764 3,082
Total
4,846
Percent 36.4% 63.6%
Baccalaureate major – We have grouped all majors that were reported as part of a baccalaureate degree into five groups: Life Sciences, Social Sciences (incl. Psyschology & Education), Physical Sciences (incl. Mathematics & Engineering), Arts & Humanities and Other. The number of majors may be greater than the number of matriculants, as students can complete more than one baccalaureate degree and may earn a double major. Baccalaureate Degree Major Life Sciences Social Sciences Physical Sciences Arts & Humanties Other
Number 3,947 580 457 435 528
Percent 66% 10% 8% 7% 9%
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Listed are the top 20 undergraduate degree-granting feeder colleges providing the largest number of matriculants. Institution Name
City
Michigan State University University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Brigham Young University University of Florida University of California-Los Angeles Penn State University Park University of California-Berkeley Rutgers the State University of New Jersey University of California-Irvine State University of New York at Stony Brook University of California-Davis Ohio State University - Columbus University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University University of California-San Diego University of Washington University of Central Florida University of Oklahoma Norman Campus University of Miami Wayne State University
East Lansing, MI Ann Arbor, MI Provo, UT Gainesville, FL Los Angeles, CA University Park, PA Berkeley, CA New Brunswick, NJ Irvine, CA Stony Brook, NY Davis, CA Columbus, OH Champaign, IL Blacksburg, VA La Jolla, CA Seattle, WA Orlando, FL Norman, OK Coral Gables, FL Detroit, MI
Matriculants 125 105 90 67 63 53 51 51 45 43 42 42 40 40 39 39 39 38 37 37
Only 0.8 percent of matriculants are not U.S. citizens or permanent residents of the U.S. and of those 76 percent are Canadian citizens. Citizenship
Number
U.S. Citizen Temporary Resident Permanent Resident Non Citizen
4,653 10 156 27
Total
4,846
Percent 96% 0.2% 3% 0.6%
The permanent country data piece is collected separately from citizenship data. Permanent Country
Number
Canada Taiwan Japan South Korea United States
13 2 1 1 4,829
Total
4,846
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US States and Territories Alabama Alaska Arkansas Arizona California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii Iowa Idaho Illinois Indiana Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Massachusetts Maryland Maine Michigan Minnesota Missouri Mississippi Montana North Carolina North Dakota Nebraska New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico Nevada New York Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Puerto Rico Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas
Number 34 8 15 86 466 121 38 15 2 292 81 11 80 46 210 69 44 65 10 83 56 27 421 71 130 11 21 73 9 37 14 221 12 22 415 229 108 56 393 1 17 30 13 81 98
Percent of US Matriculants 0.7% 0.2% 0.3% 1.8% 9.7% 2.5% 0.8% 0.3% 0.0% 6.0% 1.7% 0.2% 1.7% 1.0% 4.3% 1.4% 0.9% 1.3% 0.2% 1.7% 1.2% 0.6% 8.7% 1.5% 2.7% 0.2% 0.4% 1.5% 0.2% 0.8% 0.3% 4.6% 0.2% 0.5% 8.6% 4.7% 2.2% 1.2% 8.1% 0.0% 0.4% 0.6% 0.3% 1.7% 2.0%
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Utah Virginia Virgin Islands Vermont Washington Wisconsin West Virginia WyomIng Military 090-098 Total US matriculants
124 130 0 5 93 75 53 7 0
2.6% 2.7% 0.0% 0.1% 1.9% 1.6% 1.1% 0.1% 0.0%
4,829
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USA Matriculant Profile 2009-10 14 NH
93 WA 21 MT
9 ND
56 OR 46 ID
421 MI
22 NV
124 UT
86 AZ
210 IL
121 CO
44 KS
108 OK
12 NM
8 AK
229 OH
69 IN
15 DE
130 VA
65 KY
2 56 DC MD
73 NC
81 TN 15 AR
30 SC 34 AL
81 GA
10 LA 292 FL
11 HI
38 CT
221 NJ 53 WV
130 MO
11 MS 98 TX
17 RI
393 PA
80 IA
37 NE 466 CA
83 MA
415 NY
75 WI
13 SD
7 WY
27 ME
5 VT
71 MN
1 PR