Applicants & Matriculants Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) Categories & Regions 2016-2024

This report on applicants and matriculants uses data from the AACOMAS application to summarize categories and geographic regions. Key findings from 2024 include:

HRSA Category

• English is not my primary language:
• 2,245 applicants (10.2%), 892 matriculants (9.3%)
• I participated in an academic enrichment program funded in whole or in part by the Health Careers Opportunity Program.
• 269 applicants (1.2%), 85 matriculants (0.9%)
• Your parent's family income falls within the table's guidelines and you are considered to have met the criteria for economically disadvantaged.
• 4,034 applicants (18.2%), 1,462 matriculants (15.2%)
• I am from a family that receives public assistance (e.g., Aid to Families with Dependent Children, food stamps, Medicaid, public housing) or I receive public assistance.
• 3,620 applicants (16.4%), 1,282 matriculants (13.3%)
• I am from a school district where 50% or fewer graduates go to college or where college education is not encouraged:
• 2,044 applicants (9.2%), 810 matriculants (8.4%)
• I am the first generation in my family to attend college (neither my mother nor my father attended college).
• 3,948 applicants (17.9%), 1,430 matriculants (14.8%)
  
• I am from a family that lives in an area that is designated as a Health Professional Shortage Area, or a Medically Undeserved Area.
• 4,562 applicants (20.6%), 1,835 matriculants (19.1%)
• I am a high-school drop-out who received AHS diploma or GED.
• 72 applicants (0.3%), 28 matriculants (0.3%)
• I graduated from a high school from which a low percentage of seniors received a high school diploma.
• 805 applicants (3.6%), 281 matriculants (2.9%)

HRSA Region

• Urban (1,000,000 population):
• 2,746 applicants (12.4%), 1,141 matriculants (11.9%)
• Large City (100,000 to 1,000,000 population):
• 4,823 applicants (21.8%), 2,122 matriculants (22.1%)
• Mid-Size City (50,000 to 99,999 population):
• 4,092 applicants (18.5%), 1,757 matriculants (18.3%)
• Large Town (10,000 to 49,999 population):
• 5,993 applicants (27.1%), 2,655 matriculants (27.6%)
• Small Town (2,500 to 9,999 population):
• 3,290 applicants (14.9%), 1,449 matriculants (15.1%)
• Isolated Rural (<2,500 population):
• 944 applicants (4.3%), 401 matriculants (4.2%)
• Do Not Wish to Report:
• 198 applicants (0.9%), 87 matriculants (0.9%)