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. 2020 Aug 20;3(8):e2015220. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.15220

Table 1. Graduates of Closed Historically Black Medical Schools.

School Dates open Years open, No. Graduates, No. Estimated graduates per year, mean
Included in extrapolation analysis
Flint Medical College of New Orleans University, Louisiana 1889-1911 22 116a,b 5.27
Knoxville Medical College, Tennesseec 1900-1910 10 26 2.60
Leonard Medical School of Shaw University, North Carolinad 1882-1918 36 398b 11.06
Louisville National Medical College, Kentucky 1888-1912 24 >100e 4.17
University of West Tennessee College of Medicine and Surgery–Jacksone 1900-1907 7 16 2.29
University of West Tennessee College of Medicine and Surgery–Memphis 1907-1923 16 155a 6.74
Not included in extrapolation analysis
Chattanooga National Medical College, Tennessee 1899-1904 5 16a 3.20
Hannibal Medical College, Tennesseef 1889-1896 7 5a 0.71
Knoxville College Medical Department, Tennessee 1895-1900 5 2a 0.40
Lincoln University Medical Department, Pennsylvaniag 1870-1874 4 0 0
Medico-Chirurgical and Theological College of Christ's Institution, Maryland 1900-1908 8 ND NA
State University Medical Department, Kentuckyh 1899-1903 4 ND NA
Straight University Medical Department, Louisianai 1873-1874 1 0 0

Abbreviations: NA, not applicable; ND, no data.

a

Total number of graduates obtained from Harley.14

b

Exact number of graduates unknown in the final years before closure.

c

Changed from Presbyterian to independent affiliation.

d

No MD degrees awarded after 1912. Total number of graduates obtained from the Medical Department of Shaw University.15

e

School moved its campus to Memphis in 1907.

f

No MD degrees awarded after 1892.

g

A total of 6 students graduated, but none completed MD degree.

h

Merged with Louisville National Medical College.

i

A total of 2 students graduated, but none completed MD degree.