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Medical College of Wisconsin Milwaukee www.mcw.edu Admission contact: Medical School: 414.955.8246 Graduate School: 414.955.8218 Medical School: medschool@mcw.edu Graduate School: gradschool@mcw.edu President: John R. Raymond, Sr., MD General contact: 8701 Watertown Plank Road Milwaukee, WI 53226-0509 The Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) is the state's only private medical and health sciences graduate school providing education and training to more than 1,260 medical students and graduate students (but no undergraduate students) in Milwaukee. MCW is developing a community medical education program to meet Wisconsin's critical need for more primary care physicians in rural and urban underserved areas. The first two new campuses will be based in the Green Bay and Central Wisconsin regions. The development phase of the program is underway, with the goal of admitting the first group of up to 15 medical students at each campus as early as July 2015. MCW has more than 15,000 alumni. Enrollment: 810 medical students, more than 450 graduate students; no undergraduates Student/faculty ratio: Medical School: approximately 2:1; Graduate school: 1:1 Admissions requirements: Medical School: Candidates for admission to the Medical College of Wisconsin must apply to the American Medical College Application Service (AMCAS) through the AAMC website. All applicants must take the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT). The MCAT must be taken within three years prior to matriculation. Applicants are required to have earned a minimum of 90 undergraduate graded credits, including the prerequisites, at an accredited college or university in the United States or Canada. However, applicants are strongly encouraged to have a bachelor's degree. Graduate School: Baccalaureate degree required. Holistic application review is conducted, including application, reference letters, transcripts, and GRE scores. Degrees offered: MD, PhD, MS, MPH and MA. Certificates in Bioethics, Public Health, and Clinical & Translational Sciences 17 WisconsinsPrivateColleges.org Tuition and Fees: Medical School: Tuition for the 201314 academic year is $49,100 for first-year students, $46,457 for secondand third-year students, and $45,580 for fourth-year students. Wisconsin residents receive a State Capitation Credit to their tuition; the amount of the credit varies by year based on Wisconsin resident enrollment. Graduate School: Tuition for full-time Ph.D. students is $30,000. Tuition for master's degree students is $730 per credit. Student activity fee is $75 per semester for full-time students. Financial aid: Percentage of first-year students receiving financial aid: Medical School, 90.2% Percentage of all full-time students receiving financial aid: Medical School: 89.5%; Graduate school: 1% FAFSA required. Code: 015611