at Harvard Medical School
Financial Aid
Thank you
Your support of financial aid ensures that the world’s most promising students can attend Harvard Medical School, regardless of their financial circumstances. Thanks to your generosity, these students come from diverse backgrounds and go on to become innovators and leaders in medicine. HMS is proud to have one of the most generous financial aid programs in the country.
We could not do this without you.
With gratitude,
Bernard S. Chang, AB ’93, MD, MMSc ’05
Dean for Medical Education
Daniel D. Federman, MD, Professor of Neurology and Medical Education
Bernard S. Chang,
AB ’93, MD, MMSc ’05
Hannah Erdogan, MD ’26
The Impact of Your Support
Diviya Rajesh, MD ’26
Diviya Rajesh, MD ’26, grew up in Tucson, Arizona, and studied ethnicity and race studies and biological sciences at Columbia University, where she explored minority health, border politics, immigrant identity, and global health development. Financial aid at Harvard Medical School enables her to focus on health equity and outcomes research in musculoskeletal care, drawing on clinical research roles at the Hospital for Special Surgery and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Dedicated to expanding access to care for historically marginalized communities, she plans to combine orthopedic surgery, research, and public policy to improve health for underserved populations.
Watch: Follow along on Match Day as Diviya opens her envelope and celebrates matching into orthopedic surgery at NYU Langone.
I am so grateful for your support. It allowed me to come to HMS and receive a world-class education, both in the classroom and in the clinical wards and operating rooms of the Harvard teaching hospitals. Because of you, students like me can become physicians without an overwhelming financial burden.
Watch: Papa Freduah Anderson shares his favorite
HMS study spaces.
Papa Freduah Anderson, MD Class of 2027
Papa Freduah Anderson developed an interest in caring for both adults and children after his clinical rotations at Cambridge Health Alliance, prompting him to pursue Med-Peds, a field that bridges longitudinal adult care, pediatrics, and global health. At HMS, he advances wellness and community as a Wellness Ambassador, leads the HMS/HSDM Africa Health Student Club, conducts global health research, and supports youth mental health initiatives in Ghana. Scholarship support and financial aid enable him to pursue his passions and focus on learning and service.
Jonathan Hintz, MD Class of 2028
Jonathan is a U.S. Marine Corps veteran who studied pre-med and engineering at a community college before earning a mechanical engineering degree from Harvard College. At HMS, he has narrowed broad early interests to what matters most to him: direct patient care, clinical skill building, and service, with a specific emphasis on spine surgery research. Because scholarships cover most of his tuition, he can devote himself fully to training, and donors’ generosity drives him to use his education in service to others.
Jonathan Hintz
MD Class of 2028
Harvard Medical School Financial Aid by the Numbers
Average annual scholarship
$61,758
Qualify for the HMS Middle Income Initiative, which adjusts the parental contribution expected for HMS families with the greatest financial need.
50%
Come from a family whose annual income is $50,000 or less
1 in 5
Receive financial aid
71%
New physicians, dentists prepared to bridge the gap between “what is and what ought to be.”
Graduation is Just the Beginning
157 HMS students learned where they would spend the next chapter of their journey, dedicated to improving patients' lives.
Match Day 2026
86th annual Soma Weiss Student Research Day spans medicine, science, humanities.
Soma Weiss Student Research Day
As part of an annual tradition, Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Dental Medicine students show off their singing and dancing skills in a music parody video for Admitted Students Preview Days.
HMS and HSDM Student Parody Music Video 2026
Interim Dean for Students Jenny Potter and faculty advisors called to congratulate the newly accepted students.
Congratulating Future Students
Life at Harvard Medical School
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