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Quick Facts

 

Private for-profit University

Doctorate of Medicine

Located in Barbados

Campus Housing Provided

3695 Students

Student-to-Staff Ratio: 15:1

Quick Facts

 

Private for-profit University

Doctorate of Medicine

Located in Barbados

Campus Housing Provided

3695 Students

Student-to-Staff Ratio: 15:1

Phone numbers
1-732-509-3041, 246-627-7937

Website
www.medical.rossu.edu

Know Before You Go

Ross University School of Medicine is committed to providing transparency for our applicants on the key outcomes for our students, including residency rates and licensing exam pass rate. We realize that there is an enormous amount of data available to you in evaluating schools. Our goal with this fact sheet is to provide you with key outcomes and information in a digestible, easy-to-read page.

Professional Licensure

Ross University School of Medicine offers a Medical Doctor program which leads to professional licensure. Students are encouraged to review Ross's Professional Licensure Disclosure which provides information about where our MD program meets educational pre-requisites for licensure. Students interested in enrolling in programs leading to professional licensure should review licensure requirements for the state in which they choose to practice. Contact information for the state medical boards may be found at: https://www.fsmb.org/contact-a-state-medical-board.

Annual Disclosure Documents

RUSM Annual Disclosure documents found below contain information on the following topics:

  • Campus Crime & Security
  • Campus Sex Crimes & Prevention
  • Copyright Infringement Policies & Sanctions
  • Drug and Alcohol Abuse Prevention
  • Privacy of Student Records (FERPA)
  • Title IX

Who We Are

Admitted Student Profile 

Ross Med enrolls three new student cohorts each year, in January, May, and September. Candidates are selected on the basis of undergraduate academic achievement, performance on the Medical College Admissions Test, additional life experience, and general maturity, readiness, and dedication to success in medical school. 

Enrollment Data for 2022-2023 Academic Year

Percentage of enrolled full-time students:

Percentages for individual categories are rounded to the nearest full percent.

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Academic Outcomes

572

Total placements in 2024

40

States and Territories

22

Different Specialties

98%


First-time residency attainment rate for 2023-2024 graduates.1

86.8%


RUSM Students’ five-year cumulative first-time pass rate for the USMLE Step 1 exam from 2019-2023.2

#1


Ross Med is tied for #1 among the top 4 Caribbean medical schools based on residency rates3.

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1  First-time residency attainment rate is the percent of students attaining a 2024-25 residency position out of all graduates or expected graduates in 2023-24 who were active applicants in the 2024 NRMP match or who attained a residency position outside the NRMP match.

2 First-time pass rate is the number of students passing the USMLE Step 1 exam on the first attempt divided by the number of students whose first attempt was in 2019-2023. In order to sit for the USMLE Step 1 exam students must successfully complete the Medical Sciences curriculum and earn a satisfactory score on the NBME CBSE exam as listed in the student handbook.

3 Based on information available on the schools’ websites as of July 2024. Methodologies vary. AUC and RUSM are tied with a 98% first-time residency attainment rate, each calculated as the percent of students attaining a 2024-25 residency position out of all graduates or expected graduates in 2023-24 who were active applicants in the 2024 NRMP match or who attained a residency position outside the NRMP match. SABA’s four-year residency placement rate of 97% is calculated as the percent of students attaining a residency position out of all graduates or expected graduates in 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23 and 2023-24 who were active applicants in the NRMP match or attained a residency outside the NRMP match. SGU’s US residency placement rate of 95% pertains to graduates over five years from 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024, with the rate calculated as the total number of students/graduates who obtained a US residency divided by the total number of students/graduates who applied to a US residency program in a given year as of March 2024.

Process and Procedures

Complaint Process Disclosure

Federal Program Integrity rules issued by the U.S. Department of Education require institutions to provide to students or prospective students contact information needed to file a complaint with its accrediting agency and with relevant state agencies.

Transfer Policy

Ross University School of Medicine (Ross Med) welcomes U.S., Canadian, and international transfer students who both reflect and value the diversity of the patients and communities they will serve.  Our curriculum provides students the opportunity to acquire the knowledge and skills needed to succeed in medical school, earn residency positions, and become compassionate, patient-centered physicians.

Students with Special Circumstances

Financial aid is available to all eligible students. It is intended to fill the gap that may exist between your family's ability to afford educational expenses and the cost of attendance.

Title IX Compliance

RUSM's Title IX coordinator is responsible for the university’s overall compliance with Title IX, including response to reports of sexual misconduct affecting the campus community. The Sex and Gender-Based Misconduct Response and Prevention policy is available here.

Program and Administration

Campus and Office Locations

Basic Sciences Campus:
Barbados, West Indies 

Office of the Dean and other administrative offices:
Miramar, Florida, USA 

Note: Core clinical clerkships are located at U.S.-affiliated teaching hospitals. 

Program Of Study

Students earn a Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree upon successfully completing the basic sciences curriculum on the campus in Barbados, followed by core and elective clinical rotations at affiliated teaching hospitals in the United States. There are options to complete rotations in Canada.

You will spend approximately 20 months or 75 weeks on our Barbados campus. Study modules are spaced out over five semesters, and the curriculum includes integrated study breaks to encourage and manage knowledge acquisition. You will complete the same coursework as students undergoing the standard accelerated curriculum.
 

Accreditation

Ross is accredited by the Caribbean Accreditation Authority for Education in Medicine and Other Health Professions (CAAM-HP).

Licensure

Graduates are eligible for licensure to practice throughout the entire United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico.

Governance

Ross is part of Adtalem Global Education (NYSE: ATGE). A Board of Trustees provides oversight.

Tuition

You can find our tuition & fees schedule here.

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