ULSOM Quick Facts

Check out more details about recent incoming classes, residency match results and more available at the Student Resources tab.


Student Profile -- Entering Class - 2023

  • Target 120 KY residents in class of ~165
  • 58% Female / 41% Male
  • 24% Underrepresented in medicine (by race/ethnicity)
  • 16% Nontraditional (Age range 27-46)
  • 9% 1st generation college students
  • Avg. cumulative GPA - 3.71
  • Avg. cumulative BCPM GPA - 3.61
  • Avg. MCAT - 507

 

Student Success -- 2022 Residency Match

  • 97% match rate overall
  • 43% primary care placements
  • 45% KY placements including 30+ Louisville placements
  • Top matches include Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Emergency Medicine, General Surgery and Anesthesiology


Student Support

  • Advisory Deans – each medical student is assigned an advisory dean to be advised on:

  1. Transition into and through medical school
  2. Step-1 and Step-2 preparation & study techniques

  3. Interview skills, specialty choices and other areas of concern


  • Tutoring

  • Individual & group consultations for students & faculty

  • Board exam preparation

Student Life & Living Options

  • On-campus and affiliated apartment properties steps from UofL Health Sciences Center

  • Safety – On-site University Police offer escorts dusk to dawn 365 days a year from campus up to four blocks

  • Being Well initiative to combat burnout in medical students and physicians

  • HSC Fitness Center

  • More than 40 clubs and student organizations

  • Easy access to Downtown YMCA, Nulu business district, Fourth Street Live entertainment district, Waterfront Park and Slugger Field