USMLE & COMLEX Tutor in Florida

Florida has eight MD schools and four DO colleges, and they run from Pensacola to Miami. Two of the MD schools teach well beyond their home city: Florida State University College of Medicine, based in Tallahassee, also lists Daytona Beach, Fort Pierce, Orlando, Pensacola and Sarasota, and the University of Florida in Gainesville also lists Jacksonville (school list).

Their classes look very different. In 2025-26, 97.5% of Florida State's entering class came from Florida and 90.9% at FIU's Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, while the University of Miami, with the most applications in the state (9,912 for 202 places), took 37.1% from Florida (AAMC FACTS).

The osteopathic side is growing fastest. Nova Southeastern's osteopathic college dates to 1979 and LECOM Bradenton to 2004, but Orlando College of Osteopathic Medicine in Winter Garden opened in 2023 and LECOM's Jacksonville campus in 2026 (school list).

Medical schools in Florida

Several of these schools teach students at more than one site: University of Florida College of Medicine also lists Jacksonville, Florida; Florida State University College of Medicine also lists Daytona Beach, Florida, Fort Pierce, Florida, Orlando, Florida, Pensacola, Florida, Sarasota, Florida; University of Miami Miller School of Medicine also lists Atlantis, Florida; University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine also lists Allentown, Pennsylvania; Nova Southeastern University Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine also lists Clearwater, Florida.

Schools based in other states also teach in Florida: Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine (MD, based in Rochester, Minnesota) lists a campus at Jacksonville; Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine at New Mexico State University (DO, based in Las Cruces, New Mexico) lists a campus at Melbourne. DO students on that campus take COMLEX-USA.

School list: LCME and COCA accreditation lists, via the list of medical schools in the United States, checked October 2026.

Teaching hospitals in Florida by city

• Miami: University of Miami Hospital; Jackson Memorial; Mercy Hospital INC.; University of Miami Hosp & Clinics; HCA Florida Aventura Hospital; South Miami Hospital; HCA Florida Mercy Hospital; Larkin Community Hospital; HCA Florida Kendall Hospital; Anne Bates Leach Eye Hospital; Westchester General Hospital; West Kendall Baptist Hospital; Nicklaus Childrens Hospital
• Jacksonville: Shands Jacksonville Medical Center; Ascension St. Vincents Riverside; Baptist Medical Center; Mayo Clinic Florida; HCA FL Memorial Hosp. Jacksonville
• Tampa: AdventHealth Carrollwood; St. Josephs Hospital; Tampa General Hospital; AdventHealth Tampa; Moffitt Cancer Center
• Orlando: Orlando Health; AdventHealth Orlando; Nemours Childrens Hospital
• St. Petersburg: Bayfront Health St. Petersburg; HCA Florida Northside Hospital; Johns Hopkins All Childrens Hospital
• West Palm Beach: West Palm Hospital; Wellington Regl Medical Center; St. Marys Medical Center
• Pensacola: Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola; HCA Florida West Hospital
• Bradenton: Manatee Memorial Hospital; HCA FL Blake Hospital
• Ft. Lauderdale: Broward Health Medical Center; Broward Health Imperial Point
• Hialeah: Larkin Hosp Palm Springs Campus LLC; Palmetto General Hospital
• Sarasota: Sarasota Memorial Hospital; HCA Florida Sarasota Doctors Hospital
• Gainesville: UF Health Shands; HCA Florida North Florida Hosp
• Tallahassee: Tallahassee Memorial Hospital; HCA Florida Capital Hospital
• Boca Raton: Boca Raton Regional Hospital; West Boca Medical Center
• Pembroke Pines: Memorial Hospital Pembroke; Memorial Hospital West
• Boynton Beach: Bethesda Hospital
• Fort Myers: Lee Memorial Hospital
• Daytona Beach: Halifax Medical Center
• Naples: Naples Community Hospital
• Inverness: Citrus Memorial Hospital
• Miami Beach: Mount Sinai Medical Center of Florida
• Hollywood: Memorial Regional Hospital
• Winter Haven: Winter Haven Hospital
• New Port Richey: Morton Plant North Bay Hospital
• Fort Lauderdale: Holy Cross Hospital
• Atlantis: HCA Florida JFK Hospital
• Pompano Beach: Broward Health North
• Sebring: AdventHealth Sebring
• Kissimmee: Osceola Regional Medical Center
• Clearwater: Morton Plant Hospital

Plus 23 more Florida cities on the same CMS list.

Facts about Florida

Accreditation: LCME directory; applications, places and in-state share: AAMC FACTS, Table A-1.

ABIM internal medicine certification exam by residency program: ABIM residency program pass rates; ABIM says to read rates from under 25 takers with caution.

• Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine's Bradenton campus, which LECOM reports separately, had a 97.78% first-time pass rate on COMLEX Level 1 in 2024-25, against 90.25% nationally. (LECOM)
• LECOM Bradenton's first-time pass rate on COMLEX Level 2-CE was 93.26% in 2024-25, against 91.33% nationally. (LECOM)
• LECOM Bradenton graduates passed COMLEX Level 3 at 97.96% on the first attempt in 2024, against 96.81% nationally. (LECOM)
• Nova Southeastern University's Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine reports over 1,000 postgraduate training positions through its Consortium for Excellence in Medical Education. (Nova Southeastern University Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine)
• In the 2025 Main Residency Match, programs in Florida offered 2,995 residency positions in 26 specialties, the most in internal medicine (1,009), transitional year (274), and family medicine (270). (NRMP)

Sources: LCME, directory of accredited U.S. programs (checked October 29, 2026); AAMC FACTS, Table A-1, 2025-2026 (checked October 29, 2026); LECOM, COMLEX pass and graduation match rates (checked October 29, 2026); Nova Southeastern University Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine (checked November 1, 2026); NRMP, 2025 Main Residency Match by state and specialty (checked October 29, 2026); ABIM, residency program pass rates 2023-2025 (checked October 29, 2026).

Residency in Florida

In the 2025 Main Residency Match, Florida programs offered 2,995 positions in 26 specialties. Internal medicine alone was 1,009 of them, about a third, followed by 274 transitional-year places, 270 in family medicine, 254 in emergency medicine, 215 in surgery, 194 in pediatrics and 170 in psychiatry (NRMP).

That weight toward internal medicine is why the ABIM table above runs past 30 programs, from 101 first-time takers at the University of Florida program in Gainesville and 112 at the University of Miami/Jackson Health System program to 12 at Florida State's program in Cape Coral (ABIM). Residents in every one of them sit the ABIM internal medicine exam after training.

On the osteopathic side, Nova Southeastern's Patel College reports over 1,000 postgraduate training positions through its Consortium for Excellence in Medical Education (NSU KPCOM).

One state, two boards

Florida licenses MDs and DOs through separate boards, and FSMB lists different rules for each. The medical board sets no limit on USMLE attempts and no time limit, and asks for 1 year of postgraduate training before a first license, or 2 years for an international graduate. The osteopathic board asks for 1 year in an AOA-approved program and sets no time limit on COMLEX; on attempts, FSMB's entry says only to contact the board (FSMB).

For a Florida DO the practical step is to ask the osteopathic board in writing about attempts before a retake, rather than assume the medical board's no-limit rule carries over.

Which board exams Florida students take

Florida's eight MD schools lead to the USMLE: Step 1, reported pass/fail since January 26, 2022, Step 2 CK and Step 3. The four DO colleges, NSU's Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine, LECOM Bradenton, LECOM Jacksonville and Orlando College of Osteopathic Medicine, lead to COMLEX-USA: Level 1, Level 2-CE and Level 3.

LECOM reports its Bradenton campus separately: 97.78% first-time on Level 1 in 2024-25, against 90.25% nationally (LECOM). Clerkships in both series end in NBME shelf exams or their osteopathic counterparts, and DO students weighing a USMLE Step as well can start with our COMLEX Level 2 vs Step 2 CK comparison.

Florida licensing rules that affect your exam plan

FSMB lists no limit on USMLE attempts and no time limit from Florida's medical board (FSMB), so for an MD the only ceiling is the USMLE program's own: four attempts at a Step without passing ends eligibility for every Step (USMLE eligibility rules).

Florida Medical board

Florida Osteopathic board

Source: FSMB state licensure requirements, checked October 2026; confirm with the board before relying on them.

What Florida's rules mean for how you study

• No Florida cap does not mean a free retake. The USMLE four-attempt rule still applies to every Step, so treat each sitting as one of four (USMLE eligibility rules); our guide for students who did not pass covers the retake plan.
• International graduates need 2 years of postgraduate training for a first Florida license, a year more than US graduates (FSMB).
• Osteopathic applicants: Florida's osteopathic board asks for its year of training in an AOA-approved program (FSMB), so check how your residency is approved before you rank it if you plan to practise in Florida.

Many Florida students rotate, interview or match next door. Florida's neighbors on our list: Alabama (2 MD, 2 DO), Georgia (4 MD, 1 DO).

How much Florida searches for board prep

Florida ranks 6th of 51 for “USMLE Step 1” searches over five years, its best showing, and 7th for “USMLE”, but 20th for “USMLE Step 2” and 17th for “COMLEX” (Google Trends, United States, October 2021 to October 2026). Ranks show relative interest, not counts of students.

Source: Google Trends, United States, past 5 years, retrieved October 2026; ranks show relative interest, not student numbers.