Master of Science in Anesthesia Student Body Profile

The MSA program welcomes an average class of 120 students, combined, to its four locations in Cleveland, Ohio; Houston, Texas; Austin, Texas; and Washington, D.C. each year. As a collective, the class of 2026 in the CWRU MSA Program held an average undergraduate GPA of 3.8 and earned an average MCAT score of 505.

While a portion of the students begin the program immediately following the completion of their undergraduate work, a significant number of the Classes of 2026 and 2027 started their studies at CWRU after working for a number of years in industry or completing a graduate degree. The average age of the cohort is 23 years old.

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Class of 2027 Background by Academic Field

Biology and Biological Sciences 33%
Medical (includes Biomedical & Health Sciences, Nursing, Pre-Med, Public Health, Human Biology) 23%
Psychology, Neuroscience, and Neurobiology 12%
Other1 12%
Biochemistry and Chemistry  9%
Kinesiology, Physiology, Nutrition, Exercise Science 8%
Molecular Biology, Cell Biology or Microbiology 3%

Class of 2027 Gender Breakdown

Female 72%
Male 28%

1Anthropology, Bioengineering Animal Sciences, Bioinformatics & Computational Biology, Chinese Language & Culture, Early Childhood Education, Education, Forensic Science, Hispanic Studies, History, Linguistics, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Sociology, Spanish