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
#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

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