Best Medical Schools: Research

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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

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Rank Not Published Ohio University

Athens, OH

$27,692 (in-state, full-time); $40,082 (full-time)(out-of-state) 511
#70 University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

$27,850 (in-state, full-time); $46,467 (full-time)(out-of-state) 475
#64 University of Nebraska Medical Center

Omaha, NE

$27,992 (in-state, full-time); $65,634 (full-time)(out-of-state) 514
#12 University of Washington

Seattle, WA

$28,040 (in-state, full-time); $56,970 (full-time)(out-of-state) 908
#68 Virginia Commonwealth University

Richmond, VA

$28,165 (in-state, full-time); $42,511 (full-time)(out-of-state) 801
#37 University of Maryland

Baltimore, MD

$28,187 (in-state, full-time); $51,836 (full-time)(out-of-state) 663
#42 University of Cincinnati

Cincinnati, OH

$28,820 (in-state, full-time); $46,550 (full-time)(out-of-state) 663
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
#38 Ohio State University

Columbus, OH

$28,996 (in-state, full-time); $33,360 (full-time)(out-of-state) 878
#80 University of South Florida

Tampa, FL

$29,175 (in-state, full-time); $50,364 (full-time)(out-of-state) 554
#8 University of Michigan​‒​Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, MI

$29,352 (in-state, full-time); $46,944 (full-time)(out-of-state) 679
#75 University of Kansas Medical Center

Kansas City, KS

$29,386 (in-state, full-time); $52,115 (full-time)(out-of-state) 765
Rank Not Published Eastern Virginia Medical School

Norfolk, VA

$29,396 (in-state, full-time); $56,382 (full-time)(out-of-state) 529
#57 Stony Brook University​‒​SUNY

Stony Brook, NY

$29,530 (in-state, full-time); $54,650 (full-time)(out-of-state) 512
#64 University at Buffalo​‒​SUNY

Buffalo, NY

$29,530 (in-state, full-time); $59,020 (full-time)(out-of-state) 581
Rank Not Published University of Toledo

Toledo, OH

$29,797 (in-state, full-time); $60,001 (full-time)(out-of-state) 702
#70 Wayne State University

Detroit, MI

$29,855 (in-state, full-time); $62,130 (full-time)(out-of-state) 1,218
Rank Not Published Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine

Erie, PA

$29,987 (full-time) 2,166
#59 University of Vermont

Burlington, VT

$30,070 (in-state, full-time); $52,630 (full-time)(out-of-state) 446
#82 University of Hawaii​‒​Manoa (Burns)

Honolulu, HI

$30,072 (in-state, full-time); $63,312 (full-time)(out-of-state) 258
Rank Not Published Wright State University (Boonshoft)

Dayton, OH

$30,178 (in-state, full-time); $46,480 (full-time)(out-of-state) 422
#48 University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

$30,460 (in-state, full-time); $57,666 (full-time)(out-of-state) 326
#42 University of California​‒​Irvine

Irvine, CA

$31,134 (in-state, full-time); $43,379 (full-time)(out-of-state) 423
#4 University of California​‒​San Francisco

San Francisco, CA

$31,134 (in-state, full-time); $43,379 (full-time)(out-of-state) 648

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