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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 |
University of North Carolina‒Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC |
$16,028 (in-state, full-time); $41,786 (full-time)(out-of-state) | 782 |
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| #2 |
University of Washington
Seattle, WA |
$28,040 (in-state, full-time); $56,970 (full-time)(out-of-state) | 908 | |
| #3 |
Oregon Health and Science University
Portland, OR |
$37,692 (in-state, full-time); $52,632 (full-time)(out-of-state) | 522 | |
| #4 |
University of California‒San Francisco
San Francisco, CA |
$31,134 (in-state, full-time); $43,379 (full-time)(out-of-state) | 648 | |
| #5 |
University of Colorado‒Denver
Aurora, CO |
$32,684 (in-state, full-time); $58,638 (full-time)(out-of-state) | 644 | |
| #6 |
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE |
$27,992 (in-state, full-time); $65,634 (full-time)(out-of-state) | 514 | |
| #7 |
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN |
$37,128 (in-state, full-time); $48,789 (full-time)(out-of-state) | 984 | |
| #8 |
University of Michigan‒Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI |
$29,352 (in-state, full-time); $46,944 (full-time)(out-of-state) | 679 | |
| #9 |
University of Massachusetts‒Worcester
Worcester, MA |
$8,352 (in-state, full-time) | 519 | |
| #10 |
University of Alabama‒Birmingham
Birmingham, AL |
$23,014 (in-state, full-time); $58,590 (full-time)(out-of-state) | 747 | |
| #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 | |
| #13 |
University of Pennsylvania (Perelman)
Philadelphia, PA |
$47,090 (full-time) | 646 | |
| #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 | |
| #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 | |
| #18 |
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA |
$40,782 (in-state, full-time); $50,204 (full-time)(out-of-state) | 614 | |
| #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 | |
| #24 |
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX |
$19,650 (full-time) | 751 | |
| #24 |
Brown University (Alpert)
Providence, RI |
$47,480 (full-time) | 452 |

