Medical School Admissions After the Supreme Court’s 2023 Affirmative Action Ruling
In this study, URiM student matriculation into US medical schools declined after the 2023 SCOTUS ruling, with an emergent disparity in acceptance rates of URiM applicants relative to Asian and White students. The decline in URiM student matriculation was concentrated in states without a preexisting state-level affirmative action ban, suggesting that there may be an association between the SCOTUS ruling and demographic changes in matriculation.
Authors
- Jeph Herrin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3671-3622)
- Soo-Min Shin
- Adeola Ayedun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2440-984X)
- David Henderson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8906-7815)
- Alexandra M. Hajduk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5800-347X)
- Sarwat I. Chaudhry (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5614-8157)
- Judee Richardson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5869-4293)
- Tonya L. Fancher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5486-6123)
- Meghan O’Connell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8293-0150)
- Dowin Boatright (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7110-9092)
- Mytien Nguyen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7343-6882)
- Laura Castillo-Page
- Shruthi Venkataraman
- Mark C. Henderson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2723-9156)
Institutions
- American Board of Medical Specialties (US)
- National Academy of Engineering (US)
- American Medical Association (US)
- Yale University (US)
- University of California Davis Medical Center (US)
- New York University (US)
- University of California, Davis (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JAMA Network Open
- Published
- 2025-08-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.27008
- Citations
- 6
- Primary Topic
- Diversity and Career in Medicine
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 23.20
Funders
- National Institutes of Health