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Since it opened in 1968, the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has been a groundbreaking leader in medical and graduate education, research, and health care delivery. With health equity as the bedrock of our programs, we nurture a diverse body of medical students, graduate students, postdocs, residents, and fellows. This is not an ordinary education; this is an extraordinary life experience.

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As the sole academic partner for the Mount Sinai Health System, the Icahn School of Medicine houses diverse medical and graduate education programs and research hubs that are led by award-winning faculty. The Icahn School of Medicine is located on the boarder of the Upper East Side and East Harlem, offering unparalleled access and experiences to the diverse New York City community.

44 research, educational, and clinical institutes
36 academic departments
300+ research labs
7,000+ faculty (full-time, part-time, and voluntary)
27 faculty members elected to the National Academy of Medicine and/or the National Academy of Sciences

Our medical education program blurs the traditional distinction between pre-clinical and clinical years by integrating the basic sciences across courses, introducing students into the clinical environment from their first day of school.

2022-23 academic year
- Total Traditional MD Pathway applicants: 7,218
- Total Traditional MD Pathway interviews: 764
- Total Traditional MD-PhD Pathway applicants: 451
- Total Traditional MD-PhD Pathway interviews: 95
- Total Early Assurance applicants: 780
- Total Early Assurance interviews: 130
- Total number of undergraduate schools interviewed from: 55

2022-23 academic year
- MD students: 108
- MD/PhD students: 12
- Class size: 120
- Women: 53%
- Men: 46%
- Other Gender Identity: 2%*
- Underrepresented in Medicine (URiM): 31%**
- First generation college students: 12%†
- Varsity athletes: 18%
- Total number of undergraduate schools represented: 55
- Students with 2+ gap years: 43%
- Students with advanced degrees: 21%
- Students admitted through early assurance programs (FlexMed and Military IP): 33%
- Students with undergraduate STEM majors: 70%
- Age range: 21 to 32
- Average age of entering students: 23

Medical School Student Outcomes
- Graduates entering primary care specialties: 30.5% (2019-2021 average)
- Graduates accepting in-state residencies: 53.5% (2020 and 2021 average)
- Students planning to practice in underserved populations: 35% (40% nationally)
- Students conducting research projects with faculty members: 94% (84% nationally)
- Students authoring a peer-reviewed paper submitted for publication: 84% (63% nationally)
- USMLE Step 1 and 2: Icahn Mount Sinai students exceed the national average pass rate for these exams on their first attempt

Medical School Expenses
- Full-time tuition: $58,685
- Required fees: $1,720
- Room and board: $20,695

Financial Aid
- Students receiving financial aid: 69%
- Students receiving loans: 47%
- Students receiving grants/scholarships: 40%
- Students receiving work study: 8%
- Average indebtedness of 2021 graduates: $101,835
- Mean debt of graduating class: $163,200 ($200,000 national mean)

Faculty
- 3.6:1 full-time Medical Education faculty to student ratio
- Ratio of research dollars per faculty member: $909,000:1 ($809,000 national mean)

A Med Student’s Guide to Icahn

*Self-reported on the AMCAS application

**URiM definition includes the following racial/ethnic groups: American Indian or Alaska Native; Black or African American; Hispanic, Latino, or of Spanish origin; Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander.

†First Generation is generated from our secondary application question: "Are you a member of the first generation of your family to graduate from college?”

At the Graduate School, we prepare you with the critical thinking and innovative technical skills you need to become leaders in the rapidly evolving world of biomedical sciences, public health policy and health care, as well as for a variety other fields.

Programs
Enrollment (Fall 2022 Cohort)
- Total Enrollment
  - PhD students:348
  - Master’s Students (Bio Sciences): 190
  - Master’s Students (Professional): 185
  - MD/PhD students: 95

- # of New Students
  - PhD Students: 72
  - MD-PhD Students: 12
  - Master’s Students (Bio Sciences): 83
  - Master’s Students (Professional): 66
Graduation
- PhD in Biomedical Sciences and Neurosciences Students
  - Median Time to Graduation: 5.8 years (2022)
- Master’s Students Graduation Rates (2019 Cohort)
  - MS Biomedical Data Science: 100%
  - MS Genetic Counseling: 91.7%
  - MS Biomedical Sciences: 87.7%
  - Master of Public Health: 87.5%
  - MS Biostatistics: 80%
  - MS Clinical Research: 71.4%
  - MS Health Care Delivery Leadership: 69.2%

Graduate School Student Diversity
- Women
  - PhD Students: 65%
  - MD-PhD Students: 44%
  - Master’s Students (Bio Sciences): 68%
  - Master’s Students (Professional): 72%
- % International Students
  - PhD Students: 27%
  - MD-PhD Students: 0%
  - Master’s Students (Bio Sciences): 19%
  - Master’s Students (Professional): 19%
- % URISM Students
  - PhD Students: 21%
  - MD-PhD Students: 26%
  - Master’s Students (Bio Sciences): 27%
  - Master’s Students (Professional): 28%
- % Identifying as 1^st Generation
  - PhD Students: 15%
  - MD-PhD Students: 6%
  - Master’s Students (Bio Sciences): 21%
  - Master’s Students (Professional): 17%
- Age range: 20 to 64
  - PhD Students: 22-64
  - MD-PhD Students: 21-34
  - Master’s Students (Bio Sciences): 19-55
  - Master’s Students (Professional): 20-64

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Our residents and clinical fellows train with expert faculty to become leaders who will thrive in their careers as physicians and scientists. Our programs combine a distinctive mix of scientific training and mentoring in a collaborative and supportive environment.

Rankings
- 13 residency programs on Doximity’s Top 25 Residency Navigator List (2022)

Trainee Enrollment (2022-23 academic year)
- 2,600+ total residents/fellows in 150+ programs sponsored by Icahn Mount Sinai
  - Practicing in primary care: 16.9%
  - Practicing in medically underserved areas: 25.8%
  - International students: 3.2%

Most Popular Residency and Specialty Programs
- Anesthesiology
- Emergency Medicine
- Internal Medicine
- Internal Medicine – Cardiovascular Disease
- Neurology
- Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Pediatrics
- Psychiatry
- Surgery – General

Resident Diversity
- Women: 50%
- Underrepresented minorities: 15%

Teaching Hospitals
- The Mount Sinai Hospital
- James J. Peters VA Medical Center
- NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst
- NYC Health + Hospitals/Queens
- Mount Sinai Queens
- Mount Sinai Beth Israel
- New York Eye and Ear Infirmary at Mount Sinai
- Mount Sinai West
- Mount Sinai Morningside
- Institute for Family Health
- New Jewish Home
- Brooklyn Hospital Center
- Mount Sinai Brooklyn
- Bronx Care Health System
- The Valley Health System

With 300+ research labs at Icahn Mount Sinai, our institution affords researchers unparalleled opportunities to promote bold thinking and innovated approaches to discovery.

Funding
- NIH funding awarded to our researchers in fiscal year 2023: $462.6 million
- 14th among U.S. medical schools for NIH funding (including grants, contracts, and other transactions; fiscal year 2022)
- 13 basic and clinical science departments in the top 20 NIH funded institutions nationwide
- 99th percentile among U.S. private medical schools in research dollars per investigator
- Research funding per faculty: $249,444 per full-time faculty
Rankings
- Ranked Basic Sciences Departments (2022 Blue Ridge NIH Rankings)
  - Neuroscience: No. 4
  - Genetics: No. 5
  - Cell Biology: No. 6
  - Microbiology: No. 11
  - Pharmacology: No. 14
- Ranked Clinical Sciences Departments (2022 Blue Ridge NIH Rankings)
  - Emergency Medicine: No. 3
  - Physical Medicine: No. 3
  - Public Health: No. 4
  - Psychiatry: No. 7
  - Internal Medicine: No. 13
  - Urology: No. 14
  - Neurosurgery: No. 15
  - Neurology: No. 16