Report on Pre-2023 Texas Medical School Admissions Finds Higher Acceptance Odds for Black Applicants Than White Applicants With Similar Records
A new analysis of pre-2023 data from University of Texas medical schools shows large differences in acceptance odds by race. Seven schools have not released post-ruling admissions figures.
medpagetoday.comA report released June 16, 2026, by the nonprofit Do No Harm examined admissions data from seven University of Texas medical schools and found that Black applicants had substantially higher odds of acceptance than White applicants with comparable academic records before the Supreme Court’s 2023 decision on race-based admissions.
” Puelz also reviewed admission data from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Medical School for the 2021 and 2022 cycles. ” The Supreme Court ruled on June 29, 2023, in Students for Fair Admissions v.
U.S. Constitution.
The schools are UT Southwestern Medical School, UT Medical Branch at Galveston, UT Health Science Center at Houston, UT Health Science Center at San Antonio, UT Austin Dell Medical School, UT Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine, and UT Tyler School of Medicine.
Ian Kingsbury, Sr. Director of Do No Harm’s Center for Accountability in Medicine, said in a statement: “The silence from the University of Texas System is deafening.
Dr. ” Kingsbury added: “If they’re in compliance with federal law, why are UT medical schools stonewalling our public-records requests and refusing to provide post-SFFA admissions data? ” Goldfarb continued: “These policies were deemed unlawful by the Supreme Court, and these schools are shirking their duty to train the most qualified group of future healthcare professionals.
The report noted that Black and Hispanic applicants were admitted at higher rates than White or Asian applicants with similar academic achievements across three levels of academic ability.
