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VMCAS Statistics >2008

VMCAS Web Applications Data

(VMCAS Applicant Pool for Class of 2011)

Please note that the following statistics refer only to applicants of VMCAS participating schools and does not represent the entire applicant pool.

 

 
Total Applicants:   5920  
Total Applications:   22852  
Average Number of Applications:   3.9  
Percent of Electronic Applications:  100%  
     
     
Age Distribution:
 
20
457
7.72%
21
1619
27.35%
22
1105
18.67%
23
746
12.60%
24
490
8.28%
25-30
1092
18.45%
31-35
210
3.55%
Other
201
3.40%
Gender Distribution:
 
Male
1210
20.44%
Female
4703
79.44%
Other
7
0.12%
Ethnicity:
 
Spanish / Hispanic / Latino Ethnicity
326
9.22%
No Spanish / Hispanic / Latino Ethnicity
3209
90.78%
Race:
Mexican / Mexican American / Chicano
102
1.89%
Puerto Rican
68
1.26%
Cuban
37
0.69%
Other Spanish / Hispanic / Latino American
103
1.91%
African American / Black
121
2.24%
American Indian / Alaskan Native
114
2.11%
Filipino / Filipino American
25
0.46%
Chinese / Chinese American
101
1.87%
East Indian
22
0.41%
Japanese / Japanese American
57
1.06%
Korean / Korean American
56
1.04%
Pacific Islander
16
0.30%
Other Asian
57
1.06%
Caucasian / Middle Eastern
4437
82.27%
Other
77
1.43%
Did Not Answer
527
9.77%
Citizenship*:
 
US Only
5749
97.11%
Canadian Only
48
0.81%
Neither US or Canadian
93
1.57%
Both US and Canadian
30
0.51%
*Multiple Answers Allowed

Official Tests:

 
GRE
5849
97.65%
MCAT
106
1.77%
VCAT
5
0.08%
TOEFL
30
0.50%
*Multiple Answers Allowed
Applicant Distribution by Region:
 
Northeast 
920
CT, ME, NH, VT, MA, RI, NY, NJ, PA
15.54%
Mid Atlantic 
608
DC, DE, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV
10.27%
South 
992
TN, LA, MS, AL, GA, FL
16.76%
Great Lakes
1,102
MI, WI, IL, IN, OH, KY
18.61%
Midwest 
877
MN, ND, SD, IA, NE, KS, MO, OK, AR, TX
14.81%
Mountain
458
MT, WY, ID, UT, CO, AZ, NM
7.74%
Pacific
884
AK, HI, CA, WA, OR, NV
14.93%
Canada
39
0.66%
US Territories
27
0.46%
Foreign
13
0.22%
Average VMCAS Application Fee:           $341