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Alpert Medical School at a glance 2007-2008
(enrollment as of 9/07)

MD Student Body

  • 370 students
    • Females: 56%
    • Males: 44%
    • Students of color: 48%
    • International students: 4%
    • Colleges/universities represented in student body: 92

Undergraduate Concentrations and Institutions

  • Humanities: 42%
  • Physical and Life Sciences: 52%
  • Engineering, Mathematics, and Computer Science: 6%

Geographical Distribution

  • New England: 25%
  • New York and New Jersey: 19%
  • Western states : 18%
  • Midwestern states: 14%
  • Southern and Southwestern states: 13%
  • Mid-Atlantic states (11% )
  • 31 states and the District of Columbia are represented
  • 4% are international students representing Canada, China, Hong Kong, Japan, and Taiwan

MD Class of 2011 Enrollment by Admission Route

  • PLME: 57%
  • Standard: 34%
  • Postbaccalaureate: 6%
  • EIP: 2%
  • MD/PhD: 1%

    • Total: 96 students

Residents

  • Number of residency programs   22
  • Number of residents and fellows   723

Residency Placements

Graduates of Alpert Medical School are accepted into the nation's most competitive residency programs and leading medical centers. Some 13.9 percent match at Brown-affiliated hospitals. See complete list of residency placements for the most recent graduating class.

Cost of Attendance and Financial Aid 2007-2008

  • Tuition: $38,000
  • First-year resident budget: $57,980
  • 75% of students receive financial aid
  • Average financial aid award: $46,117
  • Average need-based scholarship award: $19,924

Faculty

  • Total: 2,398
  • Campus-based: 166
  • Hospital-based: 608
  • Voluntary clinical: 1,266
  • Research and teaching associates: 139
  • Other (visiting, adjunct, emeritus): 219

Affiliated Hospitals

The Medical School is affiliated with seven teaching hospitals in the Providence area:
  • Bradley Hospital
  • Butler Hospital
  • The Miriam Hospital
  • Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island
  • Rhode Island Hospital (including Hasbro Children's Hospital)
  • VA Medical Center
  • Women and Infants Hospital

Clinical Departments

    * hybrid departments (both clinical and campus-based faculty)