Albany Medical College: Statistics

Updated: June 13, 2026 EliteDegrees

Position	Category
# 1367 of 13,775	In the World
# 373 of 2,137	In North America
# 336 of 2,128	In the United States
# 30 of 112	In New York State
# 2 of 7	In Albany
# 137 of 1,070	For Plastic Surgery
Top 1-3	For 7 other topics

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Quick Review

Acceptance rate

11%

Enrollment

1,471

Average SAT

1,245

Average ACT

Graduates

814

Male:Female Ratio

37:63

Type

Privatenot-for-profit

Highest Degree

Doctor's degree

Website

amc.edu

Acceptance rate & Admissions

Acceptance Rate	11%
Academic Calendar	August to June
Enrollment	1,471

We've calculated the 11% acceptance rate for Albany Medical College based on the ratio of admissions to applications and other circumstantial enrollment data. Treat this information as a rough guide and not as a definitive measure of your chances of admission. Different programs may have significantly varying admissions rates.

Enrollment demographics by race or ethnicity

■ White	46%
■ Nonresident Alien	2%
■ Asian	30%
■ Hispanic	9%
■ Black or African American	8%
■ Unknown	5%

Albany Medical College majors

Albany Medical College has granted 72 master's across 4 programs, and 151 doctorate degrees across 3 programs. Below is a table with majors that lead to degrees at Albany Medical College.

Major	Master	Doctoral
Medicine	-	135
Physician Assistant	38	-
Nurse Anesthetist	25	-
Bioethics & Medical Ethics	5	8
Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other	4	8
Grand Total	72	151

Publications & Citations

Albany Medical College is a world-class research university with 22,452 scientific papers published and 709,383 citations received. The research profile covers a range of fields, including Medicine, Biology, Genetics, Chemistry, Pathology, Surgery, Biochemistry, Psychology, Psychiatry, and Computer Science.

Publications

22,452

Citations

709,383

Publication / Citation count by topic

Medicine	19,652 / 627,703
Biology	16,742 / 609,156
Genetics	11,351 / 446,400
Chemistry	10,482 / 431,094
Pathology	9,366 / 341,482
Surgery	9,227 / 271,593
Biochemistry	9,222 / 384,399
Psychology	8,358 / 290,245
Psychiatry	6,306 / 207,766
Computer Science	6,168 / 247,727
Liberal Arts & Social Sciences	5,849 / 157,648
Radiology	5,312 / 142,894
Immunology	4,950 / 189,191
Engineering	4,707 / 153,645
Physics	4,394 / 152,736
Environmental Science	3,894 / 119,641
Anatomy and Physiology	3,514 / 106,178
Neuroscience	3,499 / 152,683
Organic chemistry	3,363 / 157,700
Oncology	3,319 / 132,840
Anesthesiology	2,859 / 76,038
Cardiology	2,795 / 70,271
Political Science	2,453 / 60,174
Law	2,389 / 59,242
Geology	2,313 / 72,734
Pharmacology	2,168 / 93,722
Sociology	2,125 / 62,456
Philosophy	2,115 / 48,015
Paleontology	2,077 / 67,715
Mathematics	2,056 / 71,660
Statistics	1,928 / 67,949
Critical Care Nursing	1,720 / 55,527
Materials Science	1,635 / 58,713
Nursing	1,566 / 33,503
Family medicine	1,501 / 31,503
Quantum and Particle physics	1,472 / 43,654
Public Health	1,470 / 50,994
Gastroenterology and Hepatology	1,443 / 44,532
Demography	1,368 / 49,011
Linguistics	1,355 / 33,076

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23 Notable alumni

1. Frank M. Boyce

1851-1931 (aged 80)

politician

Frank Marcellus Boyce was an American physician and Senator from New York.

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2. Albert Vander Veer

1841-1929 (aged 88)

military physician surgeon

Albert Vander Veer was a pioneering American surgeon, credited with performing the first thyroidectomy.

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3. John Swinburne

1820-1889 (aged 69)

politician

John Swinburne was an American physician and Republican congressman from New York who served as a medical officer from 1861 to 1864, during the Civil War and as a member of American Ambulance Corps at the Siege of Paris in 1870–71. In his last decade, 1880s, he was briefly mayor of Albany and represented New York's 19th congressional district for...

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