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The Trump Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division has opened 15 new investigations into possible race discrimination in medical school admissions, the department announced Thursday.

“Many of America’s top medical schools appear more concerned about the demographics of their incoming classes than training students to succeed in the profession,” Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division said in a statement. “Under this Justice Department, we will continue to protect American students from discriminatory and illegal preferences in admissions — especially in professions as critical as medicine, where quality of training should be the top priority.”

Asian and White applicants had higher MCAT scores than accepted black applicants at all but one school. In fact, at 13 schools, the average MCAT score of rejected Asian or white applicants was higher than the average MCAT score of accepted black applicants.”

The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division opened the investigations into the unnamed medical schools to “enforce compliance with federal law and ensure … students become doctors based on their merit, not their race.”

Justice Department Investigates Alleged Race Discrimination at the City University of New York

“Race can never play a role when deciding how to distribute educational resources or opportunities,” said @AAGDhillon. “This Justice Department will not tolerate universities directing… pic.twitter.com/p62XHgwRGi

— DOJ Civil Rights Division (@CivilRights) June 9, 2026

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