About how many active physicians were there in the U.S. in 2024?
Answer1,032,365
That works out to about 304 active physicians per 100,000 people.
Source: AAMC, U.S. Physician Workforce Data, 2025 Key Findings (2024) aamc.org
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The basics
What was the median education debt for indebted U.S. medical school graduates in the class of 2024?
Answer$205,000
About 71% of graduates carried education debt; the median was $230,000 at private schools.
Source: AAMC, Medical Student Education: Debt, Costs, and Loan Repayment Fact Card (2024) students-residents.aamc.org
Going deeper
What share of active U.S. physicians graduated from medical schools outside the U.S. and Canada?
Answer25.6%
Roughly one in four U.S. doctors is an international medical graduate.
Source: AAMC, U.S. Physician Workforce Data, 2025 Key Findings (2024) aamc.org
What share of U.S. physicians reported at least one symptom of burnout in 2025?
Answer41.9%
That's down from 48.2% in 2023 and a peak of 53% in 2022, based on surveys of thousands of doctors.
Source: American Medical Association, national burnout survey (2025) ama-assn.org
Expert level
What share of active U.S. physicians were age 65 or older in 2024?
Answer23.9%
Only 16.9% were under 40, so a large wave of retirements is coming.
Source: AAMC, U.S. Physician Workforce Data, 2025 Key Findings (2024) aamc.org
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