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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #49 |
Columbia University
New York, NY |
$49,504 (full-time) | 662 |
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| #55 |
University of Oklahoma
Oklahoma City, OK |
$19,700 (in-state, full-time); $46,170 (full-time)(out-of-state) | 658 | |
| #39 |
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Memphis, TN |
$31,432 (in-state, full-time); $62,292 (full-time)(out-of-state) | 658 | |
| Rank Not Published |
University of Louisville
Louisville, KY |
$31,512 (in-state, full-time); $47,452 (full-time)(out-of-state) | 654 | |
| #74 |
New York University
New York, NY |
$44,910 (full-time) | 651 | |
| #4 |
University of California‒San Francisco
San Francisco, CA |
$31,134 (in-state, full-time); $43,379 (full-time)(out-of-state) | 648 | |
| #13 |
University of Pennsylvania (Perelman)
Philadelphia, PA |
$47,090 (full-time) | 646 | |
| #5 |
University of Colorado‒Denver
Aurora, CO |
$32,684 (in-state, full-time); $58,638 (full-time)(out-of-state) | 644 | |
| #18 |
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA |
$40,782 (in-state, full-time); $50,204 (full-time)(out-of-state) | 614 | |
| Rank Not Published |
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey‒New Brunswick (Johnson)
New Brunswick, NJ |
$34,445 (in-state, full-time); $55,268 (full-time)(out-of-state) | 608 | |
| Rank Not Published |
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey‒Stratford
Stratford, NJ |
$34,445 (in-state, full-time); $55,268 (full-time)(out-of-state) | 597 | |
| #24 |
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA |
$44,726 (in-state, full-time); $45,846 (full-time)(out-of-state) | 591 | |
| #16 |
University of Iowa (Carver)
Iowa City, IA |
$31,550 (in-state, full-time); $47,614 (full-time)(out-of-state) | 588 | |
| #79 |
Creighton University
Omaha, NE |
$49,120 (full-time) | 582 | |
| #79 |
University at Buffalo‒SUNY
Buffalo, NY |
$29,530 (in-state, full-time); $59,020 (full-time)(out-of-state) | 581 | |
| #51 |
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New York, NY |
$41,238 (full-time) | 568 | |
| #29 |
Emory University
Atlanta, GA |
$46,800 (full-time) | 564 | |
| #79 |
University of South Florida
Tampa, FL |
$29,175 (in-state, full-time); $50,364 (full-time)(out-of-state) | 554 | |
| Rank Not Published |
Rush University
Chicago, IL |
$47,856 (full-time) | 550 | |
| Rank Not Published |
Touro University California
Vallejo, CA |
$45,000 (full-time) | 540 | |
| #66 |
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL |
$31,790 (in-state, full-time); $45,000 (full-time)(out-of-state) | 534 | |
| #44 |
Eastern Virginia Medical School
Norfolk, VA |
$29,396 (in-state, full-time); $56,382 (full-time)(out-of-state) | 529 | |
| #3 |
Oregon Health and Science University
Portland, OR |
$37,692 (in-state, full-time); $52,632 (full-time)(out-of-state) | 522 | |
| #39 |
University of California‒San Diego
La Jolla, CA |
$11,220 (in-state, full-time); $23,465 (full-time)(out-of-state) | 520 | |
| #9 |
University of Massachusetts‒Worcester
Worcester, MA |
$8,352 (in-state, full-time) | 519 |















