USMLE & COMLEX Tutor in Georgia

Georgia's four established MD schools draw very different classes: in 2025-26, 98.7% of the entering class at Augusta University Medical College of Georgia came from Georgia, 100% at Mercer University School of Medicine, and 25% at Emory in Atlanta, which had the most applications in the state, 12,671 for 136 places (AAMC FACTS).

A fifth is just starting. The University of Georgia School of Medicine in Athens was founded in 2024 and holds preliminary LCME accreditation (2026), a new school's step before full accreditation (LCME). It enrolls 60 students per class in its first year, and a new $100 million building is meant to let it grow to 120 (UGA School of Medicine).

Medical schools in Georgia

Several of these schools teach students at more than one site: Mercer University School of Medicine also lists Savannah, Georgia, Columbus, Georgia.

Schools based in other states also teach in Georgia: Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (DO, based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) lists a campus at Moultrie. 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 Georgia by city

• Atlanta: Emory University Hospital; Emory University Hospital Midtown; Grady Memorial Hospital; St. Josephs of Atlanta; Piedmont Hospital INC.; Atlanta Medical Center; Wesley Woods Center of Emory University; Egleston Children's Hospital at Emory; Scottish Rite Childrens Medical Ctr
• Athens: St. Marys Health Care System INC; Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center
• Augusta: University Health Services INC.; AU Medical Center INC
• Columbus: Piedmont Columbus Regional Midtown; St. Francis Hospital INC.
• Macon: AHN the Medical Center; Piedmont Macon Medical Center
• Dalton: Hamilton Medical Center
• Waycross: Memorial Satilla Health
• Albany: Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital
• Gainesville: Northeast Georgia Medical Center
• Cartersville: Piedmont Cartersville Medical Center
• Marietta: Kennestone Hospital
• Savannah: Memorial Health Univ Med Center
• Thomasville: John D. Archbold Memorial Hospital
• Rome: Floyd Medical Center
• Warner Robins: Houston Healthcare
• Decatur: Emory Decatur Hospital
• Lawrenceville: Northside Hospital - Gwinnett
• Moultrie: Colquitt Regional Medical Center
• Valdosta: South Georgia Medical Center
• Dublin: Fairview Park Hospital
• Austell: Cobb Hospital and Medical Center
• Redmond: AdventHealth Redmond
• Douglasville: Douglas Hospital
• Roswell: North Fulton Regional Hospital
• East Point: South Fulton Medical Center

Facts about Georgia

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.

• The University of Georgia School of Medicine in Athens was founded in 2024 and enrolls 60 students per class in its first year; a new $100 million building is meant to let it grow to 120. (University of Georgia School of Medicine)
• Mercer University School of Medicine runs its four-year MD program in Macon, Savannah and Columbus: Savannah, a clinical partnership with Memorial Health from 1996, became a full campus in 2008, and Columbus, a clinical campus from 2012, became a four-year program in 2021. (Mercer University School of Medicine)
• Mercer also sends third- and fourth-year students to clinical campuses at South Georgia Medical Center in Valdosta and, from July 2026, Tanner Medical Center in Carrollton. (Mercer University School of Medicine)
• PCOM opened its Suwanee, Georgia campus in 2005; the 23-acre site at 625 Old Peachtree Road centers on a 172,000-square-foot building with an anatomy laboratory and a simulation center. (PCOM)
• In the 2025 Main Residency Match, programs in Georgia offered 1,006 residency positions in 26 specialties, the most in internal medicine (337), family medicine (131), and transitional year (116). (NRMP)

Sources: LCME, directory of accredited U.S. programs (checked October 29, 2026); AAMC FACTS, Table A-1, 2025-2026 (checked October 29, 2026); University of Georgia School of Medicine, About (checked November 1, 2026); Mercer University School of Medicine, Campus Locations (checked November 1, 2026); PCOM, Georgia campus (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).

Mercer's campuses and PCOM's two Georgia sites

Mercer spreads its MD program across the state. Its four-year MD program runs in Macon, in Savannah, where a clinical partnership with Memorial Health from 1996 became a full campus in 2008, and in Columbus, a clinical campus from 2012 that became a four-year program in 2021. Third- and fourth-year students also train at clinical campuses at South Georgia Medical Center in Valdosta and, from July 2026, Tanner Medical Center in Carrollton (Mercer School of Medicine).

A Mercer student can therefore sit a shelf exam in a rural Valdosta rotation one month and a tertiary Savannah service the next. We set shelf review by rotation, not by campus, and keep Step 2 CK question work running through all of them.

On the osteopathic side, PCOM opened its Suwanee campus in 2005. The 23-acre site at 625 Old Peachtree Road centers on a 172,000-square-foot building with an anatomy laboratory, osteopathic manipulative medicine space and a simulation center (PCOM Georgia); the school list also places a PCOM campus in Moultrie (school list).

Residency in Georgia

In the 2025 Main Residency Match, Georgia programs offered 1,006 positions in 26 specialties: 337 in internal medicine, 131 in family medicine, 116 transitional-year places, 69 in pediatrics, 56 in surgery, 53 in psychiatry and 51 in emergency medicine (NRMP). Internal medicine is a third of the total.

The largest internal medicine program by ABIM first-time takers in 2023-2025 was Emory's in Atlanta, with 160; 93% of them passed the ABIM internal medicine exam (ABIM). A resident who stays for a Georgia license also has to meet the board's three-year training rule below.

Which board exams Georgia students take

Students at Emory University School of Medicine, Augusta University Medical College of Georgia, Mercer University School of Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine and, from its first class, the University of Georgia take the USMLE: Step 1, reported pass/fail only since January 26, 2022, Step 2 CK and Step 3 (USMLE).

DO students at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine Georgia in Suwanee, and at the Moultrie campus that PCOM's Philadelphia school lists, take COMLEX-USA: Level 1, Level 2-CE and Level 3 (NBOME). Georgia puts no limit on COMLEX attempts but caps USMLE at three per Step (FSMB).

Georgia licensing rules that affect your exam plan

Georgia's board sets its own attempt cap: three per USMLE Step, one fewer than the USMLE program allows (FSMB, USMLE eligibility rules). The table below also lists three years of postgraduate training before a first license and a seven-year window to finish the USMLE, extended to nine for MD/PhD students; COMLEX has no limit on attempts or time (FSMB).

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

What Georgia's rules mean for how you study

• Three attempts per Step is Georgia's rule for the USMLE (FSMB), while the USMLE program itself allows four (USMLE eligibility rules). For a Georgia license, plan as if the third attempt at any Step is your last.
• Georgia allows seven years to complete the USMLE, and nine for students in an MD/PhD program (FSMB). A longer window is not a looser plan: put Step 2 CK and Step 3 on the calendar before research begins.
• A USMLE Step taken alongside COMLEX falls under Georgia's three-attempt cap, while COMLEX itself carries no attempt or time limit (FSMB).
• Georgia asks for three years of progressive postgraduate training before a first license (FSMB), so your first Georgia license cannot arrive before your third year of training; book Step 3 early enough that it never delays the application.

Many Georgia students rotate, interview or match next door. Georgia's neighbors on our list: Alabama (2 MD, 2 DO), Florida (8 MD, 4 DO), North Carolina (4 MD, 1 DO), South Carolina (3 MD, 1 DO), Tennessee (5 MD, 2 DO).

How much Georgia searches for board prep

Georgia is 19th of 51 for “USMLE” and 20th for “USMLE Step 2”, its two best ranks, but only 35th for “COMLEX” (Google Trends, United States, October 2021 to October 2026), which fits a state with four established MD schools and one DO college. “Shelf exam” (24th) and “USMLE Step 1” (27th) sit in between.

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