Best Medical Schools: Primary Care

Ranked in 2013 | Best Medical Schools: Primary Care Rankings Methodology

A medical career starts with finding the program that best fits your needs. With U.S. News's rankings of the top medical schools for primary care, narrow your search by location, tuition, school size, and test scores.

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Primary care rank School name Tuition Total medical school enrollment MCAT composite score Average undergraduate GPA Acceptance rate Full-time faculty-student ratio Graduates entering primary care specialties (2010-2012 average) Peer assessment score (out of 5) Residency directors assessment score (out of 5)
#51 Michigan State University (College of Human Medicine)

Grand Rapids, MI

$28,932 (in-state, full-time); $60,352 (full-time)(out-of-state) 796
#51 Mount Sinai School of Medicine

New York, NY

$41,238 (full-time) 568
#51 Yeshiva University (Einstein)

Bronx, NY

$42,833 (full-time) 803
#54 Tufts University

Boston, MA

$54,980 (full-time) 810
#55 Medical College of Wisconsin

Milwaukee, WI

$45,104 (full-time) 810
#55 University of Oklahoma

Oklahoma City, OK

$19,700 (in-state, full-time); $46,170 (full-time)(out-of-state) 658
#55 University of Texas Health Science Center–​San Antonio

San Antonio, TX

$14,500 (in-state, full-time); $28,907 (full-time)(out-of-state) 889
#58 Cornell University (Weill)

New York, NY

$47,150 (full-time) 409
#58 Medical University of South Carolina

Charleston, SC

$35,654 (in-state, full-time); $62,109 (full-time)(out-of-state) 706
#58 University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY

$31,823 (in-state, full-time); $59,268 (full-time)(out-of-state) 479
#58 University of Maryland

Baltimore, MD

$28,187 (in-state, full-time); $51,836 (full-time)(out-of-state) 663
#62 Jefferson Medical College

Philadelphia, PA

$50,936 (full-time) 1,053
#62 Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine

Erie, PA

$29,987 (full-time) 2,166
#62 Stanford University

Stanford, CA

$47,343 (full-time) 461
#62 University of South Carolina

Columbia, SC

$33,808 (in-state, full-time); $75,320 (full-time)(out-of-state) 358
#66 University of California–​Irvine

Irvine, CA

$31,134 (in-state, full-time); $43,379 (full-time)(out-of-state) 423
#66 University of Connecticut

Farmington, CT

$23,649 (in-state, full-time); $49,821 (full-time)(out-of-state) 359
#66 University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

$31,790 (in-state, full-time); $45,000 (full-time)(out-of-state) 534
#66 University of Hawaii–​Manoa (Burns)

Honolulu, HI

$30,072 (in-state, full-time); $63,312 (full-time)(out-of-state) 258
#66 West Virginia University

Morgantown, WV

$23,455 (in-state, full-time); $51,473 (full-time)(out-of-state) 422
#71 Virginia Commonwealth University

Richmond, VA

$28,165 (in-state, full-time); $42,511 (full-time)(out-of-state) 801
#72 Georgetown University

Washington, DC

$45,645 (full-time) 805
#72 Yale University

New Haven, CT

$49,500 (full-time) 397
#74 Georgia Regents University

Augusta, GA

$26,210 (in-state, full-time); $47,440 (full-time)(out-of-state) 884
#74 New York University

New York, NY

$44,910 (full-time) 651

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