Medical Schools in Alabama

University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine

1670 University Blvd
Birmingham, AL 35233

Campus location(s): Birmingham, Tuscaloosa, Huntsville, Montogomery

The University of Alabama School of Medicine is a 4-year MD-granting program that houses one of the largest academic hospitals in the country. The School of Medicine can be traced back to the Medical College of Alabama, which was founded in 1859 in Mobile, Alabama. The first two years of medical school are completed in Birmingham, with clinical years being completed at either the Birmingham campus or any of the three regional campuses: Huntsville, Tuscaloosa, and Montgomery.

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University of South Alabama College of Medicine

5795 USA Drive North, CSAB 170
Mobile, AL 36688

Campus location(s): Mobile

The University of South Alabama (USA) College of Medicine is a 4-year MD-granting program that enrolled the first class in 1973. Students complete their first two years on the main campus in the Medical Sciences Building. Their clinical training is completed within the USA Health System Hospitals (University Hospital, USA Children’s & Women’s Hospital), other USA Health clinics, and in the community. 33 percent of Mobile’s physicians have been educated at the USA College of Medicine.

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Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine

445 Health Sciences Blvd
Dothan, AL 36303

Campus location(s): Dothan

The Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine was created to address a need for primary care physicians in the state of Alabama and enrolled the inaugural class in 2013. ACOM is the sole DO medical school in the country that is a branch of a county healthcare system and was the first osteopathic medical school in Alabama.

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Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine

910 South Donahue Drive
Auburn, AL 36832

Campus location(s): Auburn

The Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine - Auburn Campus is a 4-year DO-granting program that is the third and newest campus added to the Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine System. The Auburn Campus was built to help address the major shortage of rural and primary care physicians in the state of Alabama. The Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine System boasts being in the Top 10 (according to U.S. News and World Report) for African American enrollment, Hispanic and Latino enrollment, and affordability for a private medical school.