A 2022 report from content platform Kiiky ranked the top 15 medical schools for orthopedic surgeons for the year, with the University of California San Francisco topping the list.
University of Pittsburgh, ranked number eight, was the hardest U.S. university on the list to get into in 2022, with a 1.84 percent acceptance rate, according to data from the university's admissions office pages.
Acceptance rates for the top orthopedic medical schools:
1. The University of California (San Francisco): 3.32 percent
2. Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore): 3.6 percent
3. University of Pennsylvania Perelman (Philadelphia): 4 percent
4. University of Washington (Seattle): 4.1 percent
5. University of California Los Angeles: 2.3 percent
6. University of Michigan Ann Arbor: 5.63 percent
7. Stanford University (Redwood, Calif.): 2.3 percent
8. University of Pittsburgh: 1.84 percent
9. University of Chicago: 4.65 percent
10. Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Rochester, Minn.): 31 percent
11. All India Institute of Medical Sciences (Delhi, India): 1 percent
12. Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University (Philadelphia): 4.57 percent
13. Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (Dublin): Estimated 55 percent*
*The university does not publicly report official data
14. University College London Medical School (England): 63 percent
15. Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine (Chicago): 7.09 percent