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Table 3 Medical Schools with >100 Graduates in the US physician workforce (2015 data)

From: A comparison of physician emigration from Africa to the United States of America between 2005 and 2015

 

Country

Number

% of total African-educated IMGs

Number of domestic citizensa (category 1)

% of school cohort

Number of non-domestic African citizens (category 2)

% of school cohort

Number of US citizens (category 3)

% of school cohort

Number of non-domestic non-African citizens (category 4)

% of school cohort

University of Cairo Faculty of Medicine

Egypt

1 680

12.39

1 466

87.26

17

1.01

52

3.10

165

9.82

Ain Shams University Faculty of Medicine

Egypt

1 439

10.61

1 262

87.70

15

1.04

48

3.34

114

7.92

University of Alexandria Faculty of Medicine

Egypt

1 063

7.84

937

88.15

17

1.60

31

2.92

78

7.34

University of the Witwatersrand Faculty of Health Sciences

South Africa

917

6.76

826

90.08

15

1.64

19

2.07

57

6.22

University of Ibadan College of Medicine

Nigeria

903

6.66

791

87.60

15

1.66

19

2.10

78

8.64

University of Nigeria Faculty of Medicine

Nigeria

697

5.14

630

90.39

5

0.72

28

4.02

34

4.88

University of Lagos College of Medicine

Nigeria

599

4.42

525

87.65

7

1.17

24

4.01

43

7.18

University of Cape Town Faculty of Health Sciences

South Africa

544

4.01

444

81.62

54

9.93

8

1.47

38

6.99

University of Ghana School of Medicine and Dentistry

Ghana

527

3.89

514

97.53

6

1.14

1

0.19

6

1.14

Addis Ababa University, College of Health Sciences, School of Medicine

Ethiopia

365

2.69

355

97.26

5

1.37

1

0.27

4

1.10

University of Benin School of Medicine

Nigeria

362

2.67

327

90.33

2

0.55

15

4.12

25

6.87

University of Khartoum Faculty of Medicine

Sudan

302

2.23

282

93.38

6

1.66

8

2.21

21

5.80

Obafemi Awolowo University College of Health Sciences

Nigeria

291

2.15

63

21.65

5

1.66

9

2.98

6

1.99

University of Tripoli Faculty of Medicine

Libya

225

1.66

184

81.78

7

3.11

18

8.00

16

7.11

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology School of Medical Sciences

Ghana

217

1.6

204

94.01

5

2.30

3

1.38

5

2.30

Assiut University Faculty of Medicine

Egypt

180

1.33

174

96.67

1

0.56

3

1.67

2

1.11

University of Ilorin College of Health Sciences

Nigeria

173

1.28

157

90.75

1

0.58

5

2.89

10

5.78

University of Nairobi School of Medicine

Kenya

161

1.19

153

95.03

4

2.48

1

0.62

3

1.86

Gondar College of Medicine and Health Sciences

Ethiopia

152

1.12

150

98.68

2

1.32

 

0.00

 

0.00

St. Christopher Iba Mar Diop College of Medicine

Senegal

151

1.11

0

0.00

3

1.99

124

82.12

24

15.89

Jimma University College of Public Health and Medical Sciences

Ethiopia

149

1.1

148

99.33

 

0.00

1

0.67

 

0.00

Makerere University School of Medicine

Uganda

142

1.05

95

66.90

37

26.06

1

0.70

9

6.34

University of Pretoria School of Medicine

South Africa

120

0.88

114

95.00

2

1.67

2

1.67

2

1.67

University of Jos Faculty of Medical Sciences

Nigeria

112

0.83

85

75.89

1

0.89

2

1.79

24

21.43

Ahmadu Bello University Faculty of Medicine

Nigeria

110

0.81

84

76.36

2

1.82

3

2.73

21

19.09

Mansoura University Faculty of Medicine

Egypt

109

0.8

101

92.66

 

0.00

2

1.83

6

5.50

University of Zimbabwe College of Health Sciences

Zimbabwe

109

0.8

70

64.22

9

8.26

8

7.34

22

20.18

  1. aDomestic means students who hold citizenship from the same country as their medical school is located in