A study from U.S. News & World Report found that in 2022, Howard University ranked as the most diverse medical school for students.
The study worked with the Robert Graham Center, a division of the American Academy of Family Physicians, to calculate the percentage of minority enrollment and to award U.S. medical schools a diversity score from 1 to 10.
Top 20 most diverse medical schools in 2022:
Note: Several universities tied for rankings
1. Howard University (District of Columbia): 76.8 percent minority enrollment
2. Florida International University (Miami): 43.2 percent minority enrollment
3. University of California Davis (Sacramento): 40 percent minority enrollment
3. University of Vermont (Burlington): 14.1 percent minority enrollment
5. University of New Mexico (Albuquerque): 38.9 percent minority enrollment
6. Kaiser Permanente (Pasadena, Calif.): 34 percent minority enrollment
6. Temple University (Philadelphia): 27.1 percent minority enrollment
6. University of Miami: 31 percent minority enrollment
9. East Carolina University (Greenville, N.C.): 30.6 percent minority enrollment
9. University of Chicago: 30.3 percent minority enrollment
11. University of California Riverside: 32.3 percent minority enrollment
11. University of California San Francisco: 32 percent minority enrollment
13. Wright State University (Dayton, Ohio): 23.4 percent minority enrollment
14. Ohio State University (Columbus): 22.9 percent minority enrollment
14. University of California Los Angeles: 30.1 percent minority enrollment
16. Duke University (Durham, N.C.): 25.6 percent minority enrollment
16. Florida State University (Tallahassee): 27.4 percent minority enrollment
16. University of Arizona Tucson: 27.5 percent minority enrollment
16. University of Illinois (Chicago): 25.5 percent minority enrollment
20. Brown University (Providence, R.I.): 24.7 percent minority enrollment
20. University of Cincinnati: 20.6 percent minority enrollment