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.
| Primary care rank | School name | Tuition | Total medical school enrollment | Additional data |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #24 |
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA |
$44,726 (in-state, full-time); $45,846 (full-time)(out-of-state) | 591 |
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| #19 |
East Carolina University (Brody)
Greenville, NC |
$12,489 (in-state, full-time); $39,174 (full-time)(out-of-state) | 320 | |
| #19 |
Mayo Medical School
Rochester, MN |
$35,960 (full-time) | 194 | |
| #19 |
University of California‒Davis
Sacramento, CA |
$34,554 (in-state, full-time); $46,799 (full-time)(out-of-state) | 413 | |
| #19 |
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM |
$16,120 (in-state, full-time); $46,297 (full-time)(out-of-state) | 374 | |
| #19 |
Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem, NC |
$44,696 (full-time) | 486 | |
| #18 |
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA |
$40,782 (in-state, full-time); $50,204 (full-time)(out-of-state) | 614 | |
| #16 |
University of Iowa (Carver)
Iowa City, IA |
$31,550 (in-state, full-time); $47,614 (full-time)(out-of-state) | 588 | |
| #16 |
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY |
$44,700 (full-time) | 435 | |
| #14 |
Harvard University
Boston, MA |
$49,875 (full-time) | 700 | |
| #14 |
University of Wisconsin‒Madison
Madison, WI |
$23,807 (in-state, full-time); $33,704 (full-time)(out-of-state) | 701 | |
| #13 |
University of Pennsylvania (Perelman)
Philadelphia, PA |
$47,090 (full-time) | 646 | |
| #11 |
Michigan State University (College of Osteopathic Medicine)
East Lansing, MI |
$38,577 (in-state, full-time); $80,466 (full-time)(out-of-state) | 1,254 | |
| #11 |
University of California‒Los Angeles (Geffen)
Los Angeles, CA |
$34,784 (in-state, full-time); $47,029 (full-time)(out-of-state) | 767 | |
| #10 |
University of Alabama‒Birmingham
Birmingham, AL |
$23,014 (in-state, full-time); $58,590 (full-time)(out-of-state) | 747 | |
| #9 |
University of Massachusetts‒Worcester
Worcester, MA |
$8,352 (in-state, full-time) | 519 | |
| #8 |
University of Michigan‒Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI |
$29,352 (in-state, full-time); $46,944 (full-time)(out-of-state) | 679 | |
| #7 |
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN |
$37,128 (in-state, full-time); $48,789 (full-time)(out-of-state) | 984 | |
| #6 |
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE |
$27,992 (in-state, full-time); $65,634 (full-time)(out-of-state) | 514 | |
| #5 |
University of Colorado‒Denver
Aurora, CO |
$32,684 (in-state, full-time); $58,638 (full-time)(out-of-state) | 644 | |
| #4 |
University of California‒San Francisco
San Francisco, CA |
$31,134 (in-state, full-time); $43,379 (full-time)(out-of-state) | 648 | |
| #3 |
Oregon Health and Science University
Portland, OR |
$37,692 (in-state, full-time); $52,632 (full-time)(out-of-state) | 522 | |
| #2 |
University of Washington
Seattle, WA |
$28,040 (in-state, full-time); $56,970 (full-time)(out-of-state) | 908 | |
| #1 |
University of North Carolina‒Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC |
$16,028 (in-state, full-time); $41,786 (full-time)(out-of-state) | 782 |

