Who's new in '22?
Of the med students matriculating this fall:
• 22 (or 14%) are underrepresented in medicine, including 11 who identify as Black.
• 7 (or 4.5%) are first-generation college students.
• Their average age is 24 (that’s typical).
• 65% are women and 34% are men.
• 27% of the class comes from Pennsylvania; the next most represented states are
New Jersey and California (each at 9%). Overall, they represent 80 undergraduate schools from 25 different states.
• 13 are Medical Scientist Training Program students, who will pursue both a PhD and an MD.
• 9 are Physician Scientist Training Program students.
Of the graduate students entering the School of Medicine this fall:
• 51% identify as women, 45% as men and 4% as unreported/nonbinary gender.
• 9% are underrepresented minority students.
• The average age is 26.
• They come from 43 U.S. schools, including 11 in Pennsylvania; as well as 14 schools in 9 other countries.
• 67% are U.S. citizens.
• 16 are in programs jointly operated between Pitt’s School of Medicine and Dietrich School of Arts & Sciences and with CMU.