Best Medical Schools: Primary Care

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

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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

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