Class Demographics
Entering Class Composition
Pritzker School of Medicine students come from a wide variety of experiences, backgrounds and cultures. A typical class at the Pritzker School of Medicine will represent 35 different home states, and 3-5 foreign countries. Approximately 17% of the class will be made up of under represented minorities. The entering class will have completed over 40 different undergraduate majors and about half of the class will have taken one or more years off between undergraduate and medical school to work, travel, volunteer or pursue another graduate degree.
| 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | |||||
| Men | 53 | 52 | 48 | 51 | 47 |
| Women | 59 | 54 | 56 | 53 | 57 |
| Ethnicity | |||||
| Asian (incl. East Asian/Indian) |
30 | 37 | 30 | 20 | 16 |
| African-American | 15 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 11 |
| Hispanic | 8 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| Native American | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Caucasian | 57 | 54 | 54 | 68 | 72 |
| Total Class Size | 112 | 106 | 104 | 104 | 104 |
