Health Professions Outcomes

In the rapidly expanding world of medicine and allied health, Gordon College graduates have a consistent, successful track record of gaining acceptance into medical school and other health professions graduate programs after completing one of our pre-health professions concentrations.

79% acceptance rate for Gordon student applying to medical school vs. 41% national acceptance rate
Acceptance rate calculated based on all Gordon students applying to medical school since the 2014 application cycle. Among highly qualified applicants (MCAT score over 80th percentile and GPA over 3.5), more than 90% were accepted. National acceptance rate is according to the Princeton Review, 2018–19.

90%+ acceptance rate for pre-health professions students applying to graduate programs in nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, physician assistant, prosthetics and orthotics, and exercise science.

Gordon alumni have gained acceptance to dozens of respected medical schools around the country, and have gone on to launch successful careers in medicine, optometry, nursing, dentistry, physical therapy, occupational therapy, physician assistants, prosthetics, orthotics and more.

“Although I was met with many challenges in medical school, I was well prepared—as a scientist, learner and critical evaluator—for learning this profession. In those four years I saw the culmination of the seeds that had been planted earlier in my education. I became an explorer and a conscientious physician in a time when most people were just focusing on trying to pass.”
Jonathan Lopez ’03 
Pediatric neurologist, Seattle Children’s Hospital and University of Washington
Medical school: SUNY Downstate Medical Center 
General pediatric residency: Loma Linda University Children's Hospital
Neurology Fellowship: Stanford University

“Honestly, the most important preparation I received at Gordon for my current work was in forming relationships during my training there. This began with my biology professors in my freshman year, who poured so much of themselves into me at that formative time . . . dinners in their homes, one-on-one meetings and deep discussions about science and faith. Of course the material that they taught me was important to score well on my medical school entrance exams and create a foundation for further research training, but learning there was so much more than that. It was there that I fell in love with medicine and science through classes and my classmates with whom I still keep in contact.”
John Harris ’98, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate professor of dermatology; vice chair, Department of Dermatology; director, Vitiligo Clinic and Research Center; associate director, M.D./Ph.D. program
University of Massachusetts Medical Center​
2019 recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) ➔