San Francisco, CA
🩺 School Overview
Tuition (In State): $37,488
Tuition (Out of State): $49,733
Accreditation Status: Full
Acceptance Rate: N/A
Total Enrollment: 161
Degrees: MD
Founding Year: 1864
Accreditation Year: 1942
Website: https://medschool.ucsf.edu
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📄 Application Information
Applications Received: N/A
Interviews Granted: N/A
Admitted: N/A
Average MCAT: 517
Average GPA: 3.77
Male: N/A
Female: N/A
Underrepresented:N/A
Interview Feedback Summary
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About the School
One of the top medical schools in the nation, the UCSF School of Medicine is dedicated to excellence in education, research, and patient care. Woven throughout all these pursuits is a strong commitment to public service, a collaborative work ethic, and providing care for our diverse communities.
Curriculum
The curriculum challenges old assumptions about the way students learn and encourages their active participation in the process of study and investigation. Medical education must inspire. Accordingly, the list of UCSF innovations garners continual commendation not just from our own students and faculty, but from schools and education leaders across the country. These innovations include: Case-based and integrated block courses in the first two years; the third year Intersessions and the fourth year Areas of Concentration; a highly flexible digital curriculum called, iROCKET; and the Academy of Medical Educators, which offers unique institutional support for teaching excellence.
Facilities
Built in 1897, the University of California, San Francisco includes the 107-acre Parnassus campus that is home to graduate professionals in dentistry, medicine, nursing and pharmacy; a graduate division for predoctoral and postdoctoral scientists; UCSF Medical Center; UCSF Children`s Hospital; and Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute. In 2003, UCSF opened its 43-acre Mission Bay campus, just south of downtown San Francisco. UCSF, which became part of the University of California in 1873, is the only UC campus dedicated exclusively to the health sciences. UCSF now encompasses several major sites in San Francisco, in addition to its Parnassus Heights location above Golden Gate Park. It also includes UCSF Mount Zion and maintains partnerships with two affiliated institutions, San Francisco General Hospital Medical Center and the Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
SDN Insights
Our analysis of UCSF-SOM:
Student Loan Burden: $537,457
A student taking student loans for all 4 years of medical school at UCSF-SOM, including tuition, fees, locally adjusted cost of living expenses, incidentals, and interest, can expect to have total student loans of $537,457. Estimate repayment with the SDN School Loan Repayment Calculator.
Cost of Living: Highest 135% Nationally
The cost of living at UCSF-SOM is among the top 135% of all medical schools. Take this into consideration when considering loan burden.
Environment: Urban
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