Survey of Medical Student Training

Updated: March 20, 2024

Programs Using Live Animals (0)

• No medical school in the United States or Canada is known to use live animals for student training.

Programs Using Only Nonanimal Methods

(173 Allopathic; 43 Osteopathic†)

UNITED STATES (195)

Alabama (4)

• †Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine – Dothan
• †Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine-Auburn – Auburn
• University of Alabama School of Medicine – Birmingham
• University of South Alabama College of Medicine – Mobile

Alaska (0)

Arizona (4)

• †Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine of Midwestern University – Glendale 
• †A.T. Still University of Health Sciences School of Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona – Mesa
• University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix – Phoenix
• University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson

Arkansas (2)

• †Arkansas College of Medicine – Fort Smith 
• University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine – Little Rock

California (15)

• †California Health Sciences University College of Osteopathic Medicine – Clovis
• California Northstate University College of Medicine – Elk Grove
• California University of Science and Medicine School of Medicine – San Bernardino
• David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA – Los Angeles
• Kaiser Permanente School of Medicine – Pasadena
• Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California – Los Angeles
• Loma Linda University School of Medicine – Loma Linda
• Stanford University School of Medicine – Stanford
• †Touro University College of Osteopathic Medicine-CA – Vallejo
• University of California-Davis School of Medicine – Sacramento
• University of California-Irvine School of Medicine – Irvine
• University of California-Riverside School of Medicine – Riverside
• University of California-San Diego School of Medicine – La Jolla
• University of California-San Francisco School of Medicine – San Francisco
• †Western University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific – Pomona

Colorado (2)

• †Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine – Parker
• University of Colorado School of Medicine – Denver

Connecticut (3)

• Frank H. Netter, MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University – North Haven
• University of Connecticut School of Medicine – Farmington
• Yale School of Medicine – New Haven

Delaware (0)

District of Columbia (3)

• Georgetown University School of Medicine– Washington 
• George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences– Washington 
• Howard University College of Medicine– Washington 

Florida (10)

• Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine at Florida Atlantic University – Boca Raton
• Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine – Miami
• Florida State University College of Medicine – Tallahassee
• †Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine-Bradenton – Bradenton
• Nova Southeastern University College of Allopathic Medicine – Fort Lauderdale
• †Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine – Fort Lauderdale
• University of Central Florida College of Medicine – Orlando
• University of Florida College of Medicine – Gainesville
• University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine – Miami
• University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine – Tampa

Georgia (5)

• Emory University School of Medicine – Atlanta
• †Georgia Campus-Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine – Suwanee
• Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University – Augusta
• Mercer University School of Medicine – Macon
• Morehouse School of Medicine – Atlanta

Hawaii (1)

• John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawai′i at Manoa – Honolulu

Idaho (1)

• †Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine – Meridian

Illinois (9)

• Carle Illinois College of Medicine – Champaign
• †Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine of Midwestern University – Downers Grove 
• Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science – Chicago
• Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University – Chicago
• Rush Medical College of Rush University Medical Center – Chicago
• Southern Illinois University School of Medicine – Springfield
• Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago – Maywood
• University of Chicago Division of the Biological Sciences, Pritzker School of Medicine – Chicago
• University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine – Chicago

Indiana (2)

• Indiana University School of Medicine – Indianapolis
• †Marian University College of Osteopathic Medicine – Indianapolis

Iowa (2)

• †Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine – Des Moines
• University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine – Iowa City

Kansas (1)

• University of Kansas School of Medicine – Kansas City

Kentucky (3)

• †University of Pikeville Kentucky College of Osteopathic Medicine – Pikeville
• University of Kentucky College of Medicine – Lexington
• University of Louisville School of Medicine – Louisville

Louisiana (4)

• †Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine (Louisiana) – Monroe
• Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine in New Orleans – New Orleans
• Louisiana State University School of Medicine in Shreveport – Shreveport
• Tulane University School of Medicine – New Orleans

Maine (1)

• †University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine –Biddeford

Maryland (3)

• Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine – Baltimore
• Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine – Bethesda
• University of Maryland School of Medicine – Baltimore

Massachusetts (4)

• Boston University School of Medicine – Boston
• Harvard Medical School – Boston
• Tufts University School of Medicine – Boston
• University of Massachusetts Medical School – Worcester

Michigan (7)

• Central Michigan University College of Medicine – Mount Pleasant
• Michigan State University College of Human Medicine  – East Lansing
• †Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine – East Lansing
• Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine – Rochester
• University of Michigan Medical School – Ann Arbor
• Wayne State University School of Medicine – Detroit
• Western Michigan University Homer Stryker, M.D. School of Medicine – Kalamazoo

Minnesota (2)

• Mayo Medical School – Rochester
• University of Minnesota Medical School – Minneapolis

Mississippi (2)

• †William Carey University College of Osteopathic Medicine – Hattiesburg
• University of Mississippi School of Medicine – Jackson

Missouri (6)

• †A.T. Still University-Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine – Kirksville
• †Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences College of Osteopathic Medicine – Kansas City
• Saint Louis University School of Medicine – St. Louis
• University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine – Columbia
• University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine – Kansas City
• Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine – St. Louis

Montana (1)

• †Montana College of Osteopathic Medicine/Rocky Vista University – Billings

Nebraska (2)

• Creighton University School of Medicine – Omaha
• University of Nebraska College of Medicine – Omaha

Nevada (3)

• †Touro University Nevada College of Osteopathic Medicine – Henderson
• University of Nevada Las Vegas School of Medicine - Las Vegas
• University of Nevada Reno School of Medicine – Reno

New Hampshire (1)

• Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth – Hanover

New Jersey (5)

• Cooper Medical School of Rowan University – Camden
• Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine at Seton Hall University – Nutley
• †Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine – Stratford
• Rutgers New Jersey Medical School – Newark
• Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School – Piscataway

New Mexico (2)

• †Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine at New Mexico State University – Las Cruces
• University of New Mexico School of Medicine – Albuquerque

New York (17)

• Albany Medical College – Albany
• Albert Einstein College of Medicine – New York
• Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons – New York
• CUNY School of Medicine – New York
• Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine at Hofstra University – Hempstead
• Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai – New York
• Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo – Buffalo 
• †New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine – Old Westbury
• New York Medical College – Valhalla
• New York University Long Island School of Medicine – Mineola
• New York University School of Medicine – New York
• State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine – Brooklyn
• State University of New York Upstate Medical University College of Medicine – Syracuse
• Stony Brook University School of Medicine – Stony Brook
• †Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine – New York
• University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry – Rochester
• Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University – New York

North Carolina (5)

• Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University – Greenville
• †Campbell University-Jerry M. Wallace School of Osteopathic Medicine – Buies Creek
• Duke University School of Medicine – Durham
• University of North Carolina School of Medicine – Chapel Hill
• Wake Forest School of Medicine – Winston-Salem

North Dakota (1)

• University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences – Grand Forks

Ohio (7)

• Boonshoft School of Medicine, Wright State University – Dayton
• Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine – Cleveland
• Northeast Ohio Medical University College of Medicine – Rootstown
• Ohio State University College of Medicine – Columbus
• †Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine – Athens
• University of Cincinnati College of Medicine – Cincinnati
• University of Toledo College of Medicine – Toledo

Oklahoma (2)

• †Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine – Tulsa
• University of Oklahoma College of Medicine – Oklahoma City

Oregon (1)

• Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine – Portland

Pennsylvania (9)

• Geisinger Commonwealth Medical College – Scranton
• Drexel University College of Medicine – Philadelphia
• †Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine – Erie
• Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University – Philadelphia 
• Penn State College of Medicine – Hershey
• Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania – Philadelphia
• †Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine – Philadelphia
• Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University – Philadelphia
• University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine – Pittsburgh

Puerto Rico (4)

• Ponce Health Sciences University School of Medicine – Ponce
• San Juan Bautista School of Medicine – Caguas
• Universidad Central del Caribe School of Medicine – Bayamon
• University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine – San Juan

Rhode Island (1)

• Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University – Providence

South Carolina (4)

• †Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine-Carolinas – Spartanburg
• Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine – Charleston
• University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia – Columbia
• University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Greenville – Greenville

South Dakota (1)

• University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine – Vermillion

Tennessee (5)

• East Tennessee State University James H. Quillen College of Medicine – Johnson City
• †Lincoln Memorial University DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine – Harrogate
• Meharry Medical College School of Medicine – Nashville
• University of Tennessee Health Science Center – Memphis 
• Vanderbilt University School of Medicine – Nashville

Texas (15)

• Baylor College of Medicine – Houston
• McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston – Houston
• Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center – El Paso
• Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine – College Station
• Texas Christian University and the University of North Texas Health Science Center School of Medicine – Fort Worth
• Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine – Lubbock
• University of Houston College of Medicine – Houston
• †University of North Texas Health Science Center Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine – Fort Worth
• University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School – Austin
• University of Texas at Tyler School of Medicine – Tyler
• University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston – Galveston
• University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine – Edinburg
• University of Texas School of Medicine at San Antonio – San Antonio
• University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Southwestern Medical School – Dallas
• †University of the Incarnate Word School of Osteopathic Medicine – San Antonio

Utah (2)

• University of Utah School of Medicine – Salt Lake City

Vermont (1)

• †Noorda College of Osteopathic Medicine – Provo
• University of Vermont College of Medicine – Burlington

Virginia (6)

• Eastern Virginia Medical School – Norfolk
• †Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine (Virginia) – Blacksburg
• †Liberty University College of Osteopathic Medicine – Lynchburg
• University of Virginia School of Medicine – Charlottesville
• Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine – Richmond
• Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine – Roanoke

Washington (3)

• †Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine – Yakima
• University of Washington School of Medicine – Seattle
• Washington State University Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine – Spokane

West Virginia (3)

• Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine – Huntington
• †West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine – Lewisburg
• West Virginia University School of Medicine – Morgantown

Wisconsin (2)

• Medical College of Wisconsin – Milwaukee
• University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health – Madison

Wyoming (0)

CANADA (17)

• Alberta (2)
• Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary – Calgary 
• University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry – Edmonton

British Columbia (1)

• University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine – Vancouver

Manitoba (1)

• University of Manitoba Faculty of Medicine – Winnipeg

New Brunswick (0)

Newfoundland and Labrador (1)

• Memorial University of Newfoundland Faculty of Medicine – St. John's

Nova Scotia (1)

• Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine – Halifax

Ontario (6)

• McMaster University Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine – Hamilton
• Northern Ontario School of Medicine – Thunder Bay and Sudbury
• Queen's University Faculty of Health Sciences – Kingston
• University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine – Ottawa
• University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine – Toronto
• University of Western Ontario Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry – London

Prince Edward Island (0)

Québec (4)

• Laval University Faculty of Medicine – Québec City
• McGill University Faculty of Medicine – Montréal
• University of Montréal Faculty of Medicine – Montréal
• University of Sherbrooke Faculty of Medicine – Sherbrooke

Saskatchewan (1)

• University of Saskatchewan College of Medicine – Saskatoon

Summary of Findings: 1) 156 U.S. allopathic schools; 2) 43 U.S. osteopathic schools; 3) 17 Canadian schools; 4) Total = 216 accredited U.S. and Canadian medical schools.

Note: Programs accredited by LCME or COCA. Branch campuses included only if separately accredited.