Overview
The M.D. program at Baylor College of Medicine, located in the Texas Medical Center, offers a comprehensive medical education. Students benefit from diverse clinical settings and a large patient population in the world’s largest medical complex, ensuring a broad range of clinical experiences.
The program emphasizes a collaborative community with supportive faculty and peers. Baylor College of Medicine is known for its high USMLE pass rates and success in matching graduates to top residency programs. You can find more details about the program here.
Baylor College of Medicine
Medical degree: MD
- Houston, Texas
- Average MCAT: 518
- Average GPA: 3.91
- Class size: 186
- Total applicants: 6,688
Private
More About the Medical School
Baylor College of Medicine is dedicated to annually selecting a highly qualified new class through a comprehensive review process. This selection is key to advancing the college’s mission of achieving excellence in various domains such as patient care, research, education, and community service, reflecting the needs of a diverse society. The college emphasizes the importance of diversity among its students, trainees, faculty, and staff as essential to fulfilling its mission and establishing benchmarks for outstanding healthcare training, scientific breakthroughs, and patient-focused care. Baylor is devoted to attracting and retaining exceptional individuals from various backgrounds by ensuring a welcoming and supportive environment for everyone in the Baylor community.
The college’s admissions approach carefully balances and considers the experiences, attributes, and academic records of applicants in a flexible, personalized manner. This process assesses how each candidate could uniquely contribute to the medical field, supporting the broader goals of the college.