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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| #70 |
Georgia Regents University
Augusta, GA |
$26,210 (in-state, full-time); $47,440 (full-time)(out-of-state) | 884 | ||||||||
| #70 |
St. Louis University
St. Louis, MO |
$47,440 (full-time) | 725 | ||||||||
| #70 |
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ |
$27,850 (in-state, full-time); $46,467 (full-time)(out-of-state) | 475 | ||||||||
| #70 |
University of Oklahoma
Oklahoma City, OK |
$19,700 (in-state, full-time); $46,170 (full-time)(out-of-state) | 658 | ||||||||
| #70 |
Wayne State University
Detroit, MI |
$29,855 (in-state, full-time); $62,130 (full-time)(out-of-state) | 1,218 | ||||||||
| #68 |
University of Texas Health Science Center–San Antonio
San Antonio, TX |
$14,500 (in-state, full-time); $28,907 (full-time)(out-of-state) | 889 | ||||||||
| #68 |
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA |
$28,165 (in-state, full-time); $42,511 (full-time)(out-of-state) | 801 | ||||||||
| #64 |
Jefferson Medical College
Philadelphia, PA |
$50,936 (full-time) | 1,053 | ||||||||
| #64 |
Rush University
Chicago, IL |
$47,856 (full-time) | 550 | ||||||||
| #64 |
University at Buffalo–SUNY
Buffalo, NY |
$29,530 (in-state, full-time); $59,020 (full-time)(out-of-state) | 581 | ||||||||
| #64 |
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE |
$27,992 (in-state, full-time); $65,634 (full-time)(out-of-state) | 514 | ||||||||
| #59 |
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, SC |
$35,654 (in-state, full-time); $62,109 (full-time)(out-of-state) | 706 | ||||||||
| #59 |
University of Connecticut
Farmington, CT |
$23,649 (in-state, full-time); $49,821 (full-time)(out-of-state) | 359 | ||||||||
| #59 |
University of Illinois
Chicago, IL |
$34,000 (in-state, full-time); $71,000 (full-time)(out-of-state) | 1,305 | ||||||||
| #59 |
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY |
$31,823 (in-state, full-time); $59,268 (full-time)(out-of-state) | 479 | ||||||||
| #59 |
University of Vermont
Burlington, VT |
$30,070 (in-state, full-time); $52,630 (full-time)(out-of-state) | 446 | ||||||||
| #57 |
George Washington University
Washington, DC |
$50,903 (full-time) | 716 | ||||||||
| #57 |
Stony Brook University–SUNY
Stony Brook, NY |
$29,530 (in-state, full-time); $54,650 (full-time)(out-of-state) | 512 | ||||||||
| #55 |
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (Hebert)
Bethesda, MD |
$0 (in-state, full-time); $0 (full-time)(out-of-state) | 685 | ||||||||
| #55 |
University of Texas Health Science Center–Houston
Houston, TX |
$13,025 (in-state, full-time); $26,125 (full-time)(out-of-state) | 965 | ||||||||
| #51 |
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI |
$45,104 (full-time) | 810 | ||||||||
| #51 |
Temple University
Philadelphia, PA |
$53,468 (full-time) | 805 | ||||||||
| #51 |
Tufts University
Boston, MA |
$54,980 (full-time) | 810 | ||||||||
| #51 |
University of Miami (Miller)
Miami, FL |
$40,429 (full-time) | 753 | ||||||||
| #48 |
Georgetown University
Washington, DC |
$45,645 (full-time) | 805 |
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