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Profiles of Recent Entering Classes

  2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Size of Entering Class 160 176 176 176 175
    Residents of Alabama 144 162 157 157 150
    Non-residents 16 14 19 19 25
               
Applicants 1734 1914 2055 2073 2261
    Residents of Alabama 436 485 459 436 432
    Non-residents 1298 1429 1596 1637 1829
               
Applicants Interviewed 346 374 373 431 405
    Residents of Alabama 271 299 254 298 252
    Non-residents 75 75 119 133 153
               
Applicants Accepted 213 247 232 256 275
    Residents of Alabama 180 200 174 197 188
    Non-residents 33 47 58 59 87
               
 Minority Applicants (African-American) 227 268 240 228 223
    Residents of Alabama 59 66 57 52 48
    Non-residents 168 202 183 176 175
    Interviewed 19 26 23 28 23
    Matriculated 8 14 11 14 10
               
Female Applicants 823 886 948 967 990
    Residents of Alabama 211 214 198 201 184
    Non-residents 612 672 750 766 806
    Interviewed 149 151 153 167 161
    Matriculated 70 65 72 76 81
               
Undergraduate Colleges 54 52 60 59 57
               
Average Age (at application) 22.7 22.7 24.0 22.8 23.6
    Youngest 20 21 21 20 21
    Oldest 33 30 44 46 35
               
Undergraduate GPA
    Total GPA 3.72 3.73 3.71 3.72 3.74
               
MCAT Averages - Total 30.6 30.2 29.9 30.1 30.3
    Verbal Reasoning 9.8 9.9 9.8 9.9 9.9
    Physical Sciences 10.1 9.9 9.9 10.0 9.9
    Biological Sciences 10.4 10.3 10.3 10.2 10.5

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School of Medicine at UAB
(Official school name: University of Alabama School of Medicine.)

Tri-campus medical school with UAB serving as the main campus and two regional campuses: Tuscaloosa (University of Alabama), Huntsville (UAB-Huntsville campus), as well as residency programs is Montgomery and Selma, AL.


Established: 1945


Senior Vice President & Dean
Robert R. Rich, MD


Faculty
Full-time Faculty: 1163
Full-time Clinical Faculty: 929
Interns & Residents:  800


Students
Entering class size: 176 in 2007; Total enrollment: 720 students (2007-08)
Alabama residents: 157 (89%, 2007 entering class)
Medical Scientist Training Program (MD-PhD): 8 per year
Rural Medical Scholars Program: up to 20 students per year- Tuscaloosa and Huntsville campuses
Early Medical School Acceptance Program: approximately 10 graduating high school students per year
        to UAB with provisional acceptance to our medical school
Female: 41%
Average GPA: 3.71, Average MCAT: 29.9 (2007 entering class)
Tuition per year: $15,254.00 per year (AL resident) and $45,762.00 (non-AL resident). Fees: up to $5209 annually.


Physicians Trained: 7,056

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School of Medicine Huntsville Campus

Established:
1972 (joined UAB in 1995)

Associate Dean
Robert Centor, MD

Faculty
Total: 63
Full-time Faculty: 25
Interns & Residents: 38

Students: 65

Physicians Trained: 304 residents, 673 medical students

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School of Medicine Tuscaloosa Campus

Established:
1972

Associate Dean
E. Eugene Marsh, III, MD

Faculty
Total: 88
Full-time Faculty: 50
Interns & Residents: 38

Students: 65

Physicians Trained: 347 residents, 608 medical students

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School of Medicine Montgomery Internal Residency Program

Established:
1969 (joined SOM in 1978)

Program Director
Wickliffe J. Many, Jr., MD

Faculty
Full-time Faculty: 7
Voluntary Faculty: More than 60

Interns & Residents: 27

Physicians Trained: More than 290

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School of Medicine Selma Family Medicine Residency Program

Established: 1977

Program Director
Boyd L. Bailey, JR., MD

Faculty
Full-time Faculty: 4

Residents: 16

Physicians Trained: 105

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