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Florida Atlantic University

Boca Raton, Florida 🇺🇸MD · 4 years

Takes out-of-stateMCAT required
Admissions websiteVerified Oct 6, 2026

At a glance

Average GPA

3.85

Average MCAT

515

Class size

78

Applicants

4,165

Interviewed

—

Admitted

78

Program length

4 years

Deadline

Dec 31, 2026

2025-26 figures from official sources

Who can apply

Florida residents

72% of seats
2025-262,266 applied56 admitted

Out-of-state applicants

28% of seats
2025-261,899 applied22 admitted

Requirements

Degree

Bachelor's degree or higher from a regionally accredited institution

Prerequisites

  • Bachelor's degree or higher from a regionally accredited institution
  • English (literature or writing): 2 semesters / 3 quarters
  • Inorganic (General) Chemistry + labs: 2 semesters / 3 quarters
  • Organic Chemistry or Biochemistry + labs: 2 semesters / 3 quarters (biochemistry strongly recommended; may substitute for second semester of organic)
  • Physics + labs: 2 semesters / 3 quarters
  • Biology + labs: 2 semesters / 3 quarters
  • Mathematics (any college-level): 2 semesters / 3 quarters
  • Additional science (natural sciences, math or social sciences): 2 semesters / 3 quarters
  • All prerequisites graded credits from regionally accredited US or Canadian institutions; CLEP/AICE not accepted; online courses case by case

GPA

AMCAS cumulative GPA

MCAT

MCAT requiredRequired, no exceptions or substitutions. Must take the exam no later than September of the year preceding entry; scores no more than three years old at time of application (FAQ also says not older than 3 years from matriculation). Highest total score from a single test date used; no superscoring. No minimum stated.Multiple-score/superscore policy from https://www.fau.edu/medicine/md/admissions/faqs/

Casper

Not published by the school

How selection works

Accepts out-of-state applicants (US citizens/permanent residents); no explicit in-state preference statement found. Entering class profile: 28% out-of-state students.

Interview

Format

Not published

Delivery

Not published

When

Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, mid-September to February

Dates, deadlines & fees

  1. Dec 31, 2026

    Secondary application deadline · December 31 ('Secondary applications submitted after December 31 will not be considered') (year inferred from the 2026–27 cycle)

  2. September of the year preceding entry

    MCAT latest test date

  3. mid-September through February

    Interview season

Secondary application fee

USD 30 (non-refundable; automatically waived for AAMC FAP recipients)

Tuition (2026-27)

Domestic: USD 28,112 tuition + USD 3,718 university fees (M1)

Special programs & mission

MD/PhD (with FAU Integrative Biology PhD / Max Planck Florida Institute)

MD/MBA

MD/MHA

MD/MS Biomedical Science

BS/MD

FAU High School MD Direct

Our mission extends beyond training the next generation of physicians – we aim to transform healthcare delivery in South Florida and beyond.

Sources

Every figure links to the official page it came from. Look for the icon. Verified Oct 6, 2026.

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Where official sources disagree

  • stats: Entering-class profile lists mean MCAT 515 and GPA 3.85; the FAQ lists averages for accepted applicants of MCAT 513, overall GPA 3.7, BCPM 3.6.