University of California San Diego was also the hardest U.S. university on the list to get into in 2022, with a 1.72 percent acceptance rate, according to data from the university’s admissions office pages.
Acceptance rates for the top GI and hepatology medical schools:
1. University of California San Diego: 1.72 percent
2. Harvard University (Cambridge, Mass.): 3.3 percent
3. University of Barcelona (Spain): *Estimated 75 percent
4. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (New York City): 7.16 percent
5. Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium): *Estimated 34 percent
6. Universite de Paris (France): 60 percent
7. University of Amsterdam (Netherlands): 4 percent
8. Chinese University Hong Kong (China): 10 percent
9. University of Toronto (Canada): 8.3 percent
10. Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore): 7 percent
11. University College London (England): 63 percent
12. University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia): 4 percent
13. University of North Carolina Chapel Hill: 3.78 percent
14. Erasmus University Rotterdam (Netherlands): *Estimated 45 percent
15. University of California San Francisco: 3.32 percent
16. Sorbonne Universite (France): 100 percent for those who meet listed requirements
17. Northwestern University (Chicago): 7.09 percent
18. Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond.): 4.55 percent
19. Imperial College London (England): 15 percent
20. University of Pittsburgh: 6.02 percent
*School does not release official numbers
