Best Medical Schools: Research
Ranked in 2013 | Best Medical Schools: Research 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 research, narrow your search by location, tuition, school size, and test scores.
| Research rank | School name | Tuition | Total medical school enrollment |
MCAT composite score
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Average 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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| #76 |
University of Louisville
Louisville, KY |
$31,512 (in-state, full-time); $47,452 (full-time)(out-of-state) | 654 | ||||||||
| #76 |
University of Missouri
Columbia, MO |
$26,022 (in-state, full-time); $51,812 (full-time)(out-of-state) | 401 | ||||||||
| #78 |
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM |
$16,120 (in-state, full-time); $46,297 (full-time)(out-of-state) | 374 | ||||||||
| #78 |
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Memphis, TN |
$31,432 (in-state, full-time); $62,292 (full-time)(out-of-state) | 658 | ||||||||
| #80 |
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 | ||||||||
| #80 |
University of South Florida
Tampa, FL |
$29,175 (in-state, full-time); $50,364 (full-time)(out-of-state) | 554 | ||||||||
| #82 |
Creighton University
Omaha, NE |
$49,120 (full-time) | 582 | ||||||||
| #82 |
Texas A&M Health Science Center
Bryan, TX |
$12,780 (in-state, full-time); $25,880 (full-time)(out-of-state) | 706 | ||||||||
| #82 |
University of Hawaii–Manoa (Burns)
Honolulu, HI |
$30,072 (in-state, full-time); $63,312 (full-time)(out-of-state) | 258 | ||||||||
| #85 |
Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA |
$47,980 (full-time) | 1,080 | ||||||||
| #85 |
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC |
$33,808 (in-state, full-time); $75,320 (full-time)(out-of-state) | 358 | ||||||||
| #85 |
West Virginia University
Morgantown, WV |
$23,455 (in-state, full-time); $51,473 (full-time)(out-of-state) | 422 | ||||||||
| Rank Not Published |
East Carolina University (Brody)
Greenville, NC |
$12,489 (in-state, full-time); $39,174 (full-time)(out-of-state) | 320 | ||||||||
| Rank Not Published |
East Tennessee State University (Quillen)
Johnson City, TN |
$27,488 (in-state, full-time); $56,030 (full-time)(out-of-state) | 278 | ||||||||
| Rank Not Published |
Eastern Virginia Medical School
Norfolk, VA |
$29,396 (in-state, full-time); $56,382 (full-time)(out-of-state) | 529 | ||||||||
| Rank Not Published |
Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine–Virginia and Carolinas
Blacksburg, VA |
$39,000 (full-time) | 1,067 | ||||||||
| Rank Not Published |
Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL |
$19,943 (in-state, full-time); $54,494 (full-time)(out-of-state) | 478 | ||||||||
| Rank Not Published |
Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine
Erie, PA |
$29,987 (full-time) | 2,166 | ||||||||
| Rank Not Published |
Lincoln Memorial University (DeBusk)
Harrogate, TN |
$38,290 (full-time) | 697 | ||||||||
| Rank Not Published |
Marshall University (Edwards)
Huntington, WV |
$19,010 (in-state, full-time); $46,600 (full-time)(out-of-state) | 290 | ||||||||
| Rank Not Published |
Mercer University
Macon, GA |
$41,457 (full-time) | 399 | ||||||||
| Rank Not Published |
Michigan State University (College of Human Medicine)
Grand Rapids, MI |
$28,932 (in-state, full-time); $60,352 (full-time)(out-of-state) | 796 | ||||||||
| Rank Not Published |
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 | ||||||||
| Rank Not Published |
New York Institute of Technology
Long Island, NY |
$49,820 (full-time) | 1,190 | ||||||||
| Rank Not Published |
New York Medical College
Valhalla, NY |
$47,890 (full-time) | 817 |
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