Education By the Numbers
COM Total Enrollment - 785
(includes M.D., M.D./Ph.D., and MPH candidates)
Fall 2025 Incoming Medical Degree Class Statistics
Number of Applicants - 3417
First-year Students Enrolled in M.D. Program - 176
M.D. / Ph.D. Students - 3
Mean GPA - 3.85
Average MCAT - 511.2
Undergraduate Colleges Represented - 48
In-State (MD only) - 94%
Out-of-State (MD only) - 6%
S.C. Counties Represented - 25
Other States Represented - 11
Male - 39.7%
Female - 59.6%
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Class of 2026 Residency Match Results
The MUSC College of Medicine had a successful residency match on March 20, 2026. As of Match Day, the placement rate was 96% of the 155 graduating students of the class of 2026.
Of the specialties in which students will be pursuing their training, Categorical Internal Medicine led the way with the highest number of students at 23 (15% of the graduating class). Other popular specialties included Emergency Medicine (12%), Family Medicine (9%), Obstetrics and Gynecology (9%), Anesthesia (7%), Pediatrics (6%), Surgery (5%), Ophthalmology (5%), and Psychiatry (4%).
A total of 46 (30%) students will remain in South Carolina to complete their residency training, with 34 (22%) of these students staying here at MUSC. Forty-one percent of the class will be entering primary care (including Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, Pediatrics, Medicine-Pediatrics, and Obstetrics and Gynecology).
Students also matched to programs in other competitive subspecialties: Otolaryngology (7), Orthopedic Surgery (5), Dermatology (3), Diagnostic Radiology (3), Thoracic Surgery (2), Neurosurgery (2), and Urology (1). The Class of 2026 also includes six students who will enter military service beginning their residencies across the country.
In addition to the significant number of students choosing to stay in South Carolina, we’re proud to see many students match at highly competitive programs across the country. These include the Boston Children’s, Beth Israel, Vanderbilt, Duke, Johns Hopkins, the Mayo Clinic, Northwestern, UPenn, UPMC, Cincinnati, Case Western, Barrow Neurological Institute, UAB, UVA, and UNC, among others.
