Welcome to the CMU Health Professions Program
The CMU Health Professions Program (HPP) is an advising resource for all current CMU students and alumni interested in pursuing a career in a health profession, including but not limited to medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine, pharmacy, optometry, physician assistant, physical therapy, occupational therapy, and genetic counseling. The mission of the HPP is to provide a supportive and enriching learning experience to pre-health students by:
- Advising: providing compassionate, personalized advising to students as they explore possible careers in health care and develop a roadmap to becoming a competitive applicant,
- Teaching: encouraging students to explore the intersectionality of science and society and apply their knowledge to their interests in a career in health care and research,
- Mentoring: engaging students intellectually and emotionally while providing a safe and supportive environment that fosters personal and professional growth,
- Networking: connecting students with faculty, alumni, researchers, and health care professionals to develop professional and interpersonal competencies,
- Applying: developing one's narrative to illustrate readiness for training in the health professions.
Current CMU Students & Alumni ➤
Incoming First Year Students ➤
Prospective Students ➤
Profiles of CMU Applicants
First-time applicants per cycle (2015 - current)
- Medical (MD and/or DO): 27-40
- MD/PhD: 2-6
- Dental Medicine: 1-6
- Veterinary Medicine: 1-2
- Physician Assistant: 1-5
- OT, PT, Pharmacy, Optometry: 0-1
Acceptance rates for first-time applicants
- Medical (MD and/or DO) with a CMU committee letter: 62 - 81%
- MD/PhD (with CMU committee letter): 100%
- Dental Medicine (with CMU committee letter): 100%
- Veterinary Medicine: 100%
- Physician Assistant: 33-66%
- OT, PT, Pharmacy, Optometry: 100%
Metrics for first-time pre-medical applicants
2015 - current:
- MCAT (2017 - current): 513
- GPA (accepted pre-med): 3.74
- science GPA (accepted pre-med): 3.68
- GPA (accepted pre-MD/PhD): 3.82
- science GPA (accepted pre-MD/PhD): 3.79
Percent pre-medical applicants by college
2015 - current:
- BXA: 2.7%
- CIT: 17.6%
- DC: 12.2%
- MCS: 60.4%
- SCS: 0.8%
- SHS: 5.7%
- Tepper: 0.6%
Schools Attended by CMU Alumni
Allopathic Medicine
Albany Medical College
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Boston University School of Medicine
California Northstate University College of Medicine
Carle Illinois College of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine & Science
Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons
Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons-Bassett program
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University
Drexel University College of Medicine
Duke University School of Medicine
Emory University School of Medicine
Florida Atlantic University Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine
Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine
Georgetown University School of Medicine
Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Harvard Medical School - HST program w/ MIT
Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine at Hofstra University
Howard University College of Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at Univ of Buffalo
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Keck School of Medicine University of Southern California
Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
Loma Linda University School of Medicine
Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine
Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University
Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine
New York Medical College
New York University Grossman School of Medicine
Northeast Ohio Medical University
Northwestern University The Feinberg School of Medicine
Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine
Ohio State University College of Medicine
Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine
Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Saint Louis University School of Medicine
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine at the University of Utah
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stony Brook University School of Medicine
SUNY Downstate Medical School (Brooklyn)
SUNY Upstate Medical School (Syracuse)
Tufts University School of Medicine
Tulane University School of Medicine
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine
University of Alabama at Birmingham Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine
University of California, Irvine- College/Medicine
University of California Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine
University of California San Diego School of Medicine
University of California San Francisco School of Medicine
University of Central Florida College of Medicine
University of Chicago - Pritzker School of Medicine
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
University of Colorado School of Medicine
University of Connecticut School of Medicine
University of Florida College of Medicine
University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine
University of Illinois School of Medicine
University of Maryland School of Medicine
University of Massachusetts Medical School
University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
University of Michigan School of Medicine
University of Nevada, Las Vegas School of Medicine
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
University of Texas Medical Branch
University of Texas Medical School at Houston
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences
University of Vermont, Larner College of Medicine
University of Virginia School of Medicine
University of Washington School of Medicine
USF Health Morsani College of Medicine
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
Wake Forest School of Medicine of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Washington University School of Medicine
Wayne State University School of Medicine
Weill Cornell Medicine
West Virginia University School of Medicine
Yale School of Medicine
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Boston University School of Medicine
California Northstate University College of Medicine
Carle Illinois College of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine & Science
Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons
Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons-Bassett program
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University
Drexel University College of Medicine
Duke University School of Medicine
Emory University School of Medicine
Florida Atlantic University Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine
Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine
Georgetown University School of Medicine
Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Harvard Medical School - HST program w/ MIT
Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine at Hofstra University
Howard University College of Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at Univ of Buffalo
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Keck School of Medicine University of Southern California
Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
Loma Linda University School of Medicine
Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine
Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University
Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine
New York Medical College
New York University Grossman School of Medicine
Northeast Ohio Medical University
Northwestern University The Feinberg School of Medicine
Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine
Ohio State University College of Medicine
Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine
Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Saint Louis University School of Medicine
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine at the University of Utah
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stony Brook University School of Medicine
SUNY Downstate Medical School (Brooklyn)
SUNY Upstate Medical School (Syracuse)
Tufts University School of Medicine
Tulane University School of Medicine
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine
University of Alabama at Birmingham Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine
University of California, Irvine- College/Medicine
University of California Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine
University of California San Diego School of Medicine
University of California San Francisco School of Medicine
University of Central Florida College of Medicine
University of Chicago - Pritzker School of Medicine
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
University of Colorado School of Medicine
University of Connecticut School of Medicine
University of Florida College of Medicine
University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine
University of Illinois School of Medicine
University of Maryland School of Medicine
University of Massachusetts Medical School
University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
University of Michigan School of Medicine
University of Nevada, Las Vegas School of Medicine
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
University of Texas Medical Branch
University of Texas Medical School at Houston
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences
University of Vermont, Larner College of Medicine
University of Virginia School of Medicine
University of Washington School of Medicine
USF Health Morsani College of Medicine
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
Wake Forest School of Medicine of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Washington University School of Medicine
Wayne State University School of Medicine
Weill Cornell Medicine
West Virginia University School of Medicine
Yale School of Medicine
Osteopathic Medicine
Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine
A.T. Still University - School of Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona
Campbell University School of Osteopathic Medicine
Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine - Virginia Campus
Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences
Kansas College of Osteopathic Medicine
Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine
Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Midwestern University Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine
New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine
Ohio U. Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine
Pacific Northwest University Of Health Sciences
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine
Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine–California
Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine–Nevada
Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine–New York
University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine
West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine
Western University College of Osteopathic Medicine
A.T. Still University - School of Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona
Campbell University School of Osteopathic Medicine
Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine - Virginia Campus
Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences
Kansas College of Osteopathic Medicine
Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine
Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Midwestern University Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine
New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine
Ohio U. Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine
Pacific Northwest University Of Health Sciences
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine
Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine–California
Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine–Nevada
Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine–New York
University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine
West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine
Western University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Dental Medicine
BU Henry M Goldman School of Dental Medicine
Columbia University College of Dental Medicine
Creighton University School of Dentistry
Harvard School of Dental Medicine
New York University College of Dentistry
Rutgers School of Dental Medicine
Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine
Temple University - Maurice H. Kornberg School of Dentistry
University of Buffalo School of Dental Medicine
University of California, Los Angeles School of Dentistry
University of Maryland School of Dentistry
University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Dentistry
University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine
University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine
University of Southern California Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry
Columbia University College of Dental Medicine
Creighton University School of Dentistry
Harvard School of Dental Medicine
New York University College of Dentistry
Rutgers School of Dental Medicine
Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine
Temple University - Maurice H. Kornberg School of Dentistry
University of Buffalo School of Dental Medicine
University of California, Los Angeles School of Dentistry
University of Maryland School of Dentistry
University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Dentistry
University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine
University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine
University of Southern California Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry
Veterinary Medicine
College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences at Colorado State University
University of California Davis School of Veterinary Medicine
University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine
Pharmacy
University of California, San Francisco
Physician Assistant
Charleston Southern University PA School
Occupational Therapy
MGH Institute of Health Professions
Optometry
SUNY School of Optometry