Best Medical Schools: Research
Ranked in 2018 | Best Medical Schools: Research Rankings Methodology
A medical career starts with finding the program that best fits your needs. With the U.S. News rankings of the top medical schools for research, narrow your search by location, tuition, school size and test scores.
Research rank | School name | Tuition | Total medical school enrollment | Median MCAT total score | Median undergraduate GPA |
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#1 | Harvard University Boston, MA | $59,800 (full-time) | 715 | ||
#2 | Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD | $51,900 (full-time) | 485 | ||
#3Tie | New York University (Langone) New York, NY | $52,814 (full-time) | 531 | ||
#3Tie | Stanford University Stanford, CA | $56,229 (full-time) | 482 | ||
#5 | University of California—San Francisco San Francisco, CA | $34,386 (in-state, full-time); $46,631 (out-of-state, full-time) | 607 | ||
#6Tie | Mayo Clinic School of Medicine Rochester, MN | $49,900 (full-time) | 263 | ||
#6Tie | University of Pennsylvania (Perelman) Philadelphia, PA | $55,928 (full-time) | 595 | ||
#8Tie | University of California—Los Angeles (Geffen) Los Angeles, CA | $34,116 (in-state, full-time); $46,361 (out-of-state, full-time) | 727 | ||
#8Tie | Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO | $63,230 (full-time) | 494 | ||
#10 | Duke University Durham, NC | $57,100 (full-time) | 486 | ||
#11Tie | Columbia University New York, NY | $59,364 (full-time) | 643 | ||
#11Tie | University of Washington Seattle, WA | $35,493 (in-state, full-time); $65,199 (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,042 | ||
#11Tie | Yale University New Haven, CT | $59,360 (full-time) | 435 | ||
#14 | University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA | $53,980 (in-state, full-time); $55,548 (out-of-state, full-time) | 591 | ||
#15 | University of Michigan—Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI | $35,752 (in-state, full-time); $54,566 (out-of-state, full-time) | 717 | ||
#16 | Baylor College of Medicine Houston, TX | $29,900 (full-time) | 736 | ||
#17 | Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN | $53,213 (full-time) | 379 | ||
#18Tie | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai New York, NY | $50,174 (full-time) | 561 | ||
#18Tie | University of Chicago (Pritzker) Chicago, IL | $53,286 (full-time) | 363 | ||
#20 | Northwestern University (Feinberg) Chicago, IL | $57,957 (full-time) | 668 | ||
#21 | Cornell University (Weill) New York, NY | $55,125 (full-time) | 406 | ||
#22 | University of California—San Diego La Jolla, CA | $33,258 (in-state, full-time); $45,503 (out-of-state, full-time) | 502 | ||
#23Tie | Emory University Atlanta, GA | $50,000 (full-time) | 568 | ||
#23Tie | University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC | $27,637 (in-state, full-time); $54,516 (out-of-state, full-time) | 833 | ||
#25 | Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH | $61,420 (full-time) | 915 |