2025 ANNUAL REPORT / QUICK FACTS 7
When you combine the power of a research-intensive university with a community-based college of medicine that ranks first in the state of Florida among public universities for its primary care program, great things happen. Health care improves – even in rural and underserved areas – patients get better and communities benefit from innovative research.
The Florida State University College of Medicine holds true to its mission of educating health care professionals who value the importance of providing care to the underserved. A good portion of its alumni stay in the state to meet the needs of Floridians. Couple this with the fact that the college is community-based, meaning its students are out in the field learning from practicing physicians and serving thousands of patients each day, you quickly see the positive impact this College of Medicine has.
A large part of the college’ s mission( see inside front cover) is to serve the underserved. That starts with choosing the right students. Test scores matter, but so do other factors, such as where they grew up, what motivates them and how they’ ve already served in their community. Students are immersed in a culture that values mutual respect, teamwork and open communication – and prepares them to become lifelong learners.
The FSU College of Medicine directly addresses the shortage of health care professionals in the state of Florida by educating the next generation of physicians, physician assistants, researchers and other providers.
Our Academic Degrees
• M. D.
• Ph. D. in Biomedical Sciences
• M. S. in Biomedical Sciences – Bridge to Clinical Medicine
• M. S. in Physician Assistant Practice
• B. S. in Interdisciplinary Medical Sciences
The following data cover Fiscal Year 2025( July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025)
Our Students
Medical Students: 497
• 490 Florida residents
• 28 from rural background
• 85 first-generation college students
• 155 socioeconomic disadvantaged
• 302 female
• 195 male
PA students: 174
• 55 from underserved backgrounds
• 44 first-generation college students
• 39 socioeconomic disadvantaged
• 141 female
• 33 male
Bridge students: 12
• 12 Florida residents
• 2 from rural background
• 6 first-generation college students
• 5 socioeconomic disadvantaged
• 10 female
• 2 male
Ph. D. students: 36
• 24 U. S. citizens( 22 from the Southeast, including 14 from Florida)
• 12 international students( representing eight foreign countries)
• 23 female
• 13 male
Our Alumni
• M. D. Total: 2,069.
• PA Total: 314. Of those, 78 % are in Florida and 38 % practice primary care or psychiatry.
• Ph. D. Total: 94 awarded in Biomedical Sciences. The College of Medicine also participates in the multi-college Neuroscience doctoral program, contributing an additional 18 graduates since program inception.
• Bridge Total: 222, all of whom were matriculants to the FSU College of Medicine. Excluding the 35 currently enrolled, 97 % have graduated from medical school.