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.

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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

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