
The medical school acceptance rate for Knox graduates in 2000 was 80%. The following tables report national medical school acceptance rates for all students who entered medical school in 1999:
All Applicants
| Total Applicants | Accepted Applicants | ||||
| Number | Percent | Number | Percent | ||
| All Majors | 41,004 | 100 | 17,379 | 42.4 | |
| Total Applicants | Accepted Applicants | |||||
| Major | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | ||
| Biology | 15,600 | 38 | 6,218 | 40 | ||
| Microbiology | 1024 | 2.5 | 388 | 38 | ||
| Physiology | 545 | 1 | 170 | 31 | ||
| Other Biology | 1092 | 2.7 | 505 | 46 | ||
| Zoology | 840 | 2 | 335 | 40 | ||
| All Biological Sciences |
19,101 | 47 | 7,616 | 40 | ||
| Number | Percent | Number | Percent | |||
| Total Applicants | Accepted Applicants | ||||
| Major | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | |
| Biochemistry | 2,505 | 6 | 1,157 | 46 | |
| Bio-medical Engineering |
453 | 6 | 1,157 | 46 | |
| Chemical Engineering |
395 | 1 | 177 | 45 | |
| Chemistry | 2,308 | 6 | 1,073 | 46.5 | |
| Biology and Chemistry |
348 | 1 | 148 | 42.5 | |
| Electrical Engineering |
242 | 1 | 93 | 38 | |
| Mathematics | 256 | 1 | 103 | 40 | |
| Natural Science | 201 | .5 | 100 | 50 | |
| Physics | 264 | 1 | 122 | 46 | |
| General Science | 195 | .5 | 65 | 33 | |
| All Physical Sciences |
7,167 | 17.5 | 3,273 | 46 | |
| Number | Percent | Number | Percent | ||
| Total Applicants | Accepted Applicants | ||||
| Major | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | |
| Anthropology | 327 | 1 | 175 | 53.5 | |
| Economics | 420 | 1 | 219 | 52 | |
| English | 572 | 1 | 289 | 50.5 | |
| Foreign Language | 318 | 1 | 144 | 45.3 | |
| History | 465 | 1 | 245 | 53 | |
| Philosophy | 207 | .5 | 104 | 50 | |
| Political Science | 281 | 1 | 123 | 44 | |
| Psychobiology | 340 | 1 | 136 | 40 | |
| Psychology | 2,015 | 5 | 835 | 41 | |
| Sociology | 213 | .5 | 79 | 37 | |
| All Non-Science | 5,185 | 12.6 | 2,349 | 45.5 | |
| Number | Percent | Number | Percent | ||
| Total Applicants | Accepted Applicants | ||||
| Major | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | |
| Medical Technology | 210 | .5 | 53 | 25 | |
| Nursing | 282 | 1 | 74 | 26 | |
| Pharmacy | 219 | .5 | 64 | 30 | |
| Total All Other Health Professions |
711 | 2 | 191 | 27 | |
| Total Applicants | Accepted Applicants | ||||
| Major | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | |
| Two Sciences | 842 | 2 | 357 | 42 | |
| Two Non-Sciences | 1,497 | 4 | 767 | 51 | |
| Interdisciplinary | 243 | 1 | 143 | 59 | |
| Pre-medical | 673 | 2 | 247 | 37 | |
| Pre-professional | 167 | .5 | 69 | 41 | |
| Total All Interdisciplinary |
3,422 | 8 | 1,583 | 46 | |
| Total Applicants | Accepted Applicants | ||||
| Major | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | |
| Other, or Not Reported |
5,445 | 13 | 2,367 | 43.5 | |
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