Best Medical Schools: Research
Ranked in 2015 | Best Medical Schools: Research Rankings Methodology
A medical career starts with finding the program that best fits your needs. With the U.S. News rankings of the top medical schools for research, narrow your search by location, tuition, school size and test scores.
| Research rank | School name | Tuition | Total medical school enrollment |
Median MCAT total score
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Median undergraduate GPA
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Acceptance rate
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Full-time faculty-student ratio
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NIH funds granted to medical school and affiliated hospitals (in millions)
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NIH research grant funds per faculty member (in thousands)
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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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#1
Overall Score: Overall Score: 100 out of 100.
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Harvard University
Boston, MA |
$54,200 (full-time) | 726 | ||||||||
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#2
Overall Score: Overall Score: 89 out of 100.
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Stanford University
Stanford, CA |
$50,715 (full-time) | 473 | ||||||||
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#3Tie
Overall Score: Overall Score: 84 out of 100.
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Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD |
$47,250 (full-time) | 461 | ||||||||
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#3Tie
Overall Score: Overall Score: 84 out of 100.
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University of California—San Francisco
San Francisco, CA |
$32,106 (in-state, full-time); $44,351 (out-of-state, full-time) | 664 | ||||||||
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#5
Overall Score: Overall Score: 83 out of 100.
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University of Pennsylvania (Perelman)
Philadelphia, PA |
$50,444 (full-time) | 655 | ||||||||
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#6
Overall Score: Overall Score: 78 out of 100.
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Washington University in St. Louis
St. Louis, MO |
$56,212 (full-time) | 474 | ||||||||
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#7
Overall Score: Overall Score: 77 out of 100.
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Yale University
New Haven, CT |
$53,540 (full-time) | 415 | ||||||||
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#8Tie
Overall Score: Overall Score: 76 out of 100.
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Columbia University
New York, NY |
$53,544 (full-time) | 648 | ||||||||
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#8Tie
Overall Score: Overall Score: 76 out of 100.
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Duke University
Durham, NC |
$51,888 (full-time) | 430 | ||||||||
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#10Tie
Overall Score: Overall Score: 74 out of 100.
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University of Chicago (Pritzker)
Chicago, IL |
$47,673 (full-time) | 356 | ||||||||
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#10Tie
Overall Score: Overall Score: 74 out of 100.
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University of Michigan—Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI |
$31,154 (in-state, full-time); $48,862 (out-of-state, full-time) | 727 | ||||||||
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#10Tie
Overall Score: Overall Score: 74 out of 100.
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University of Washington
Seattle, WA |
$31,992 (in-state, full-time); $60,978 (out-of-state, full-time) | 938 | ||||||||
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#13
Overall Score: Overall Score: 72 out of 100.
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University of California—Los Angeles (Geffen)
Los Angeles, CA |
$31,134 (in-state, full-time); $43,379 (out-of-state, full-time) | 749 | ||||||||
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#14Tie
Overall Score: Overall Score: 71 out of 100.
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New York University
New York, NY |
$47,650 (full-time) | 650 | ||||||||
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#14Tie
Overall Score: Overall Score: 71 out of 100.
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Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN |
$45,350 (full-time) | 429 | ||||||||
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#16
Overall Score: Overall Score: 70 out of 100.
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University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA |
$48,792 (in-state, full-time); $50,014 (out-of-state, full-time) | 601 | ||||||||
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#17
Overall Score: Overall Score: 69 out of 100.
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University of California—San Diego
La Jolla, CA |
$31,134 (in-state, full-time); $43,379 (out-of-state, full-time) | 502 | ||||||||
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#18
Overall Score: Overall Score: 68 out of 100.
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Cornell University (Weill)
New York, NY |
$49,500 (full-time) | 406 | ||||||||
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#19
Overall Score: Overall Score: 67 out of 100.
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Northwestern University (Feinberg)
Chicago, IL |
$51,882 (full-time) | 687 | ||||||||
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#20
Overall Score: Overall Score: 65 out of 100.
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Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY |
$44,604 (full-time) | 556 | ||||||||
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#21
Overall Score: Overall Score: 63 out of 100.
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Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX |
$19,650 (full-time) | 738 | ||||||||
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#22
Overall Score: Overall Score: 62 out of 100.
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University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC |
$18,887 (in-state, full-time); $45,766 (out-of-state, full-time) | 827 | ||||||||
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#23
Overall Score: Overall Score: 61 out of 100.
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Emory University
Atlanta, GA |
$49,500 (full-time) | 560 | ||||||||
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#24
Overall Score: Overall Score: 60 out of 100.
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Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH |
$55,370 (full-time) | 864 | ||||||||
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#25
Overall Score: Overall Score: 59 out of 100.
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University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, TX |
$17,163 (in-state, full-time); $30,263 (out-of-state, full-time) | 953 | ||||||||
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