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 |
MCAT composite score
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Average undergraduate GPA
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Acceptance rate
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Full-time faculty-student ratio
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Graduates entering primary care specialties (2010-2012 average)
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Peer assessment score (out of 5)
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Residency directors assessment score (out of 5)
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| #24 |
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD |
$44,100 (full-time) | 479 | |||||||
| #24 |
Ohio State University
Columbus, OH |
$28,996 (in-state, full-time); $33,360 (full-time)(out-of-state) | 878 | |||||||
| #24 |
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA |
$44,726 (in-state, full-time); $45,846 (full-time)(out-of-state) | 591 | |||||||
| #29 |
Emory University
Atlanta, GA |
$46,800 (full-time) | 564 | |||||||
| #29 |
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT |
$30,460 (in-state, full-time); $57,666 (full-time)(out-of-state) | 326 | |||||||
| #31 |
Dartmouth College (Geisel)
Hanover, NH |
$50,646 (full-time) | 395 | |||||||
| #31 |
Northwestern University (Feinberg)
Chicago, IL |
$48,339 (full-time) | 712 | |||||||
| #31 |
University of Missouri
Columbia, MO |
$26,022 (in-state, full-time); $51,812 (full-time)(out-of-state) | 401 | |||||||
| #31 |
University of North Texas Health Science Center
Fort Worth, TX |
$12,588 (in-state, full-time); $27,687 (full-time)(out-of-state) | 857 | |||||||
| #31 |
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, TX |
$15,801 (in-state, full-time); $28,901 (full-time)(out-of-state) | 939 | |||||||
| #31 |
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN |
$42,750 (full-time) | 444 | |||||||
| #37 |
Indiana University–Indianapolis
Indianapolis, IN |
$32,691 (in-state, full-time); $50,132 (full-time)(out-of-state) | 1,332 | |||||||
| #37 |
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City, KS |
$29,386 (in-state, full-time); $52,115 (full-time)(out-of-state) | 765 | |||||||
| #39 |
Boston University
Boston, MA |
$50,948 (full-time) | 730 | |||||||
| #39 |
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (Hebert)
Bethesda, MD |
$0 (in-state, full-time); $0 (full-time)(out-of-state) | 685 | |||||||
| #39 |
University of California–San Diego
La Jolla, CA |
$11,220 (in-state, full-time); $23,465 (full-time)(out-of-state) | 520 | |||||||
| #39 |
University of Chicago (Pritzker)
Chicago, IL |
$44,075 (full-time) | 377 | |||||||
| #39 |
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Memphis, TN |
$31,432 (in-state, full-time); $62,292 (full-time)(out-of-state) | 658 | |||||||
| #44 |
Duke University
Durham, NC |
$48,065 (full-time) | 425 | |||||||
| #44 |
Eastern Virginia Medical School
Norfolk, VA |
$29,396 (in-state, full-time); $56,382 (full-time)(out-of-state) | 529 | |||||||
| #44 |
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ |
$27,850 (in-state, full-time); $46,467 (full-time)(out-of-state) | 475 | |||||||
| #44 |
University of Vermont
Burlington, VT |
$30,070 (in-state, full-time); $52,630 (full-time)(out-of-state) | 446 | |||||||
| #44 |
Washington University in St. Louis
St. Louis, MO |
$52,020 (full-time) | 478 | |||||||
| #49 |
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH |
$51,450 (full-time) | 846 | |||||||
| #49 |
Columbia University
New York, NY |
$49,504 (full-time) | 662 |














