<p>Can anyone find a list of attrition rates of medical schools somewhere by a reliable source? Specifically I am looking at the rate of admitted students graduating from the following 10 schools:</p>
<p>University of Florida
Stanford University
Vanderbilt University
Emory University
Johns Hopkins University
Washington University in St. Louis
Harvard University
University of California San Francisco
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
University of Washington</p>
<p>Attrition rate is nil.</p>
<p>Attrition rate across all med schools for academic reasons is below 1% for Asians and Whites. 4-6% for Hispanics and African Americans. </p>
<p>Or just any potential sources which I can find this information from? I have repeatedly plowed through the websites of medical schools but they generally list MCATs and GPAs rather than this kind of information.</p>
<p>norcalguy: But the 4-year graduation rate listed there is only about 80%. I would have to complete in 4 years due to my Army educational delay status.</p>
<p>Keep in mind, today's med school students have higher GPA's and MCAT scores than the students who matriculated in 1995. I expect the attrition rate to be even lower today than in the past.</p>
<p>The attrition rate of the schools you mentioned will be especially low. All med schools will be equally rigorous since they all teach the same things at the same pace. So the top med schools will expect to have a low attrition rate because they take strong students to begin with. You won't have to worry about flunking out.</p>
<p>Yeah, you're probably right. I was just getting concerned because I heard stories of the whole "look to your left, look to your right, one of you will not be here at year's end" and I didn't know if any of the schools still did that. Apparently not. Thanks for your input though!</p>
<p>^They say that for premed because the attrition rate for premed is very high. I attended Cornell too so I heard the whole "look to your left, look to your right, one of you will not be here at year's end" speech during orientation.</p>
<p>They definitely do not say that in med school because it's very rare to see students drop out. I heard that it costs $1mil to produce each doctor. Med schools will do whatever they can to make sure they don't lose their "investment."</p>
<p>An 80%-in-four-years rate probably reflects MSTP and other dual-degree students.</p>
<p>That's a good point. I forgot about that. That would explain why AAMC is following each matriculating class for 10 years. We usually don't think of med school as a 10 year endeavor but for some MD/PHD students, it will take nearly that long.</p>
<p>Good call bdm. To norcal, I heard that speech here to so I was not looking forward to hearing it again, hence the OP. Thanks.</p>
<p>Even in residency, the only program that has an attrition rate like that -- "One of you will not be here" -- is Seattle Grace's. A fictional hospital.</p>