USMLE & COMLEX Tutor in Michigan

Michigan has six MD schools and one DO school, and three of the MD schools opened in 2010 or 2011: Central Michigan University and Oakland University William Beaumont in 2010, and Western Michigan's Homer Stryker school in 2011 (list of medical schools). The University of Michigan (1850) and Wayne State (1868) are the oldest, and both have been LCME-accredited since before 1942 (LCME).

Clerkships run through 66 teaching hospitals on the CMS list, eight of them in Detroit (CMS teaching hospital list). In 2025-26 only 32.1% of the University of Michigan's entering class came from Michigan, against 82.7% at Central Michigan and 71.6% at Wayne State (AAMC FACTS).

Medical schools in Michigan

Several of these schools teach students at more than one site: Central Michigan University College of Medicine also lists Detroit, Michigan, Midland, Michigan, Saginaw, Michigan, St. Joseph, Michigan; Michigan State University College of Human Medicine also lists Grand Rapids, Michigan, Flint, Michigan, Marquette, Michigan, Lansing, Michigan, Traverse City, Michigan, Midland, Michigan, Southfield, Michigan; Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine also lists Clinton Township, Macomb County, Michigan, Detroit, Michigan.

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

Teaching hospitals in Michigan by city

• Detroit: Sinai-Grace Hospital; Henry Ford Hospital; Harper- Hutzel Hospital; Ascension St. John Hospital; Detroit Receiving Hospital; Karmanos Cancer Hospital; Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan; Childrens Hospital of Michigan
• Grand Rapids: Corewell Health Grand Rapids Hospital; Trinity Health Grand Rapids; Mary Free Bed Rehab Hospital; Pine Rest Christian Hospital
• Pontiac: Pontiac General Hospital; Trinity Health Oakland; Mclaren Oakland
• Saginaw: Covenant Medical Center; St. Marys of Michigan; Healthsource Saginaw INC.
• Muskegon: Mh - Mercy Campus; Trinity Health Muskegon
• Kalamazoo: Bronson Methodist Hospital; Ascension Borgess Hospital
• Southfield: Ascension Providence Hospital; Surgeons Choice Medical Center
• Ann Arbor: Univ of MI Hospitals & Hlth Ctrs; Trinity Health Ann Arbor
• Mt. Clemens: Henry Ford Health Macomb Hospital; Mclaren Macomb
• Flint: Hurley Medical Center; Mclaren Flint
• Lansing: Mclaren Greater Lansing; Edward W. Sparrow Hospital
• Warren: Ascension Macomb-Oakland Hospital; Southeast Michigan Surgical Hospital
• Livonia: Trinity Health - Livonia
• Dearborn: Corewell Health- Dearborn
• St. Joseph: Corewell Health Lakeland Hospitals
• Coldwater: Community Health Center Branch
• Alma: MyMichigan Medical Center Alma
• Greenville: Corewell Health Greenville Hospital
• Hillsdale: Hillsdale Hospital
• Bay City: Bay Regional Medical Center
• Marquette: Marquette General Hospital
• Howell: Trinity Health Livingston
• Battle Creek: Bronson Battle Creek
• Grosse Pointe: Beaumont Health - Grosse Pointe
• Jackson: W.A. Foote Memorial Hospital
• Traverse City: Munson Medical Center
• Monroe: Monroe Regional Hospital
• Royal Oak: Corewell Health Wm. Beaumont Univ
• Wayne: Beaumont Health Wayne
• Wyandotte: Henry Ford Health Wyandotte Hospital

Plus 14 more Michigan cities on the same CMS list.

Facts about Michigan

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.

• Wayne State University School of Medicine requires Year 2 students to pass USMLE Step 1 before promotion to Year 3; for the Class of 2029 the Step 1 testing window is January to March 2027. (Wayne State University School of Medicine)
• Wayne State asks seniors to take Step 2 CK by the end of October, so a first-attempt result is reported by the end of January, and wants a passing Step 2 CK result by April 1 of senior year. (Wayne State University School of Medicine)
• Central Michigan University's college of medicine gives second-year students a dedicated Step 1 block, Directed Independent Study of Medicine I, and requires them to take Step 1 before promotion to Year 3. (Covenant HealthCare College of Medicine at Central Michigan University)
• To graduate from Central Michigan's college of medicine, a student needs passing scores on Step 1 and Step 2 CK and 28 weeks of electives. (Covenant HealthCare College of Medicine at Central Michigan University)
• Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine students must pass COMLEX-USA Level 1 before starting clerkship rotations, and each must complete 40 weeks of core rotations. (Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine)
• In the 2025 Main Residency Match, programs in Michigan offered 2,020 residency positions in 27 specialties, the most in internal medicine (528), family medicine (260), and emergency medicine (237). (NRMP)

Sources: LCME, directory of accredited U.S. programs (checked October 29, 2026); AAMC FACTS, Table A-1, 2025-2026 (checked October 29, 2026); Wayne State University School of Medicine, Records and Registration: USMLE (checked November 1, 2026); Covenant HealthCare College of Medicine at Central Michigan University, Medical Student Handbook 2026-2027 (checked November 1, 2026); Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine, clerkship course requirements policy (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).

Step 1 rules at Wayne State, Central Michigan and Michigan State

Wayne State, the state's largest entering class, ties Step 1 to promotion: Year 2 students must pass it before they can move into Year 3. The school assigns each class a three-month testing window; for the Class of 2029 it runs January to March 2027, and registration opens six months before the window ends, in September 2026 (Wayne State Records and Registration).

Central Michigan's college of medicine builds the study time into the second year as Directed Independent Study of Medicine I, a dedicated Step 1 block, and makes taking Step 1 a condition of promotion to Year 3; a student who wants to defer needs approval (CMU College of Medicine handbook). At Michigan State's College of Osteopathic Medicine the gate is COMLEX-USA Level 1, which must be passed before clerkship rotations start, ahead of 40 weeks of core rotations (MSUCOM clerkship policy).

Three schools, three versions of the same rule: the exam sits between the second year and the clinical years, and the school, not the student, decides how much room there is after a slow practice score. We build Michigan Step 1 and Level 1 plans backward from the school's window, with a practice-exam checkpoint early enough to move the date inside it.

Wayne State's Step 2 CK deadline is October

Wayne State asks fourth-year students to take Step 2 CK by the end of October, so the first-attempt result is reported by the end of January, and wants a passing result posted by April 1 of senior year. The school says it set those dates to leave room for a second attempt before graduation (Wayne State Records and Registration).

In practice that puts dedicated Step 2 CK time in the late summer or early fall of fourth year, the same months as sub-internships and residency applications. We plan it as early as the third-year shelf scores allow, so an October test date is a ceiling, not a target.

Where Michigan graduates match

Michigan programs offered 2,020 positions in the 2025 Main Residency Match, across 27 specialties; internal medicine (528), family medicine (260) and emergency medicine (237) offered the most (NRMP). The ABIM table on this page shows how spread out that internal medicine training is, from Ann Arbor and Detroit to Flint, Royal Oak, Kalamazoo and Saginaw.

For a Michigan student who wants to stay, that means the Step 2 CK score is read by many programs inside the state, and a Step 3 date falls under Michigan's own clock once residency starts.

Which board exams Michigan students take

All six MD schools prepare students for the USMLE: the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Wayne State in Detroit, Michigan State's College of Human Medicine in East Lansing, Central Michigan in Mount Pleasant, Oakland University William Beaumont in Rochester, and Western Michigan's Stryker school in Kalamazoo. Michigan State's human medicine college also lists Grand Rapids, Flint, Marquette and Traverse City, and Central Michigan lists Saginaw and Midland. Step 1 is pass/fail, so Step 2 CK carries the score, and Step 3 follows in residency.

The one DO school, Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine in East Lansing, also lists Clinton Township and Detroit, and follows COMLEX-USA. Michigan has separate medical and osteopathic boards, so MD students read the USMLE rules and DO students the COMLEX rules (FSMB). On rotations most students also meet NBME shelf exams, and DO students weighing both series can read our COMLEX Level 2 vs USMLE Step 2 CK comparison.

Michigan licensing rules that affect your exam plan

Michigan has medical and osteopathic boards, and the FSMB lists a separate rule set for each. The medical board allows four attempts at each USMLE Step and seven years from your first passed Step, with its own Step 3 clock of four years from your first attempt (FSMB). The osteopathic board allows six attempts for each examination and the same seven-year window for COMLEX-USA (FSMB).

Michigan Medical board

Michigan Osteopathic board

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

What Michigan's rules mean for how you study

• Four attempts per Step matches the USMLE's own cap, so Michigan's medical board asks nothing extra on attempts (FSMB, USMLE eligibility rules). The pressure comes from the clocks, not the count.
• Treat Step 3 as its own project. Michigan wants it passed within four years of your first Step 3 attempt, or a year of postgraduate training before further attempts, so skip the practice run (FSMB).
• The seven-year window starts when you first pass any Step, not when you start school, so Step 3 must still fit inside it even if you pass Step 1 early and take a research year (FSMB).
• DO students count differently: six attempts for each examination, and seven years from the first COMLEX-USA component you pass, so retakes at any Level spend the same window (FSMB).

Many Michigan students rotate, interview or match next door. Michigan's neighbors on our list: Indiana (1 MD, 1 DO), Ohio (6 MD, 1 DO), Wisconsin (2 MD, 0 DO).

How much Michigan searches for board prep

Michigan ranks near the top for board-prep searches in Google Trends over the past five years: 6th of 51 for USMLE, 6th for USMLE Step 1 and 7th for COMLEX. Its high point is USMLE Step 2, at 4th. A 7th place for COMLEX is a strong showing for a state with one DO school, and the shelf exam, at 11th, is its lowest of the five terms.

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