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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| Unranked |
A.T. Still University of Health Sciences–Kirksville
Kirksville, MO |
N/A | N/A | ||||||||
| Unranked |
A.T. Still University of Health Sciences–Mesa
Mesa, AZ |
N/A | N/A | ||||||||
| Unranked |
Albany Medical College
Albany, NY |
N/A | N/A | ||||||||
| #18 |
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX |
$19,650 (full-time) | 751 | ||||||||
| #30 |
Boston University
Boston, MA |
$50,948 (full-time) | 730 | ||||||||
| #31 |
Brown University (Alpert)
Providence, RI |
$47,480 (full-time) | 452 | ||||||||
| #25 |
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH |
$51,450 (full-time) | 846 | ||||||||
| #8 |
Columbia University
New York, NY |
$49,504 (full-time) | 662 | ||||||||
| #16 |
Cornell University (Weill)
New York, NY |
$47,150 (full-time) | 409 | ||||||||
| #82 |
Creighton University
Omaha, NE |
$49,120 (full-time) | 582 | ||||||||
| #38 |
Dartmouth College (Geisel)
Hanover, NH |
$50,646 (full-time) | 395 | ||||||||
| Unranked |
Des Moines University
Des Moines, IA |
N/A | N/A | ||||||||
| #85 |
Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA |
$47,980 (full-time) | 1,080 | ||||||||
| #8 |
Duke University
Durham, NC |
$48,065 (full-time) | 425 | ||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||
| #22 |
Emory University
Atlanta, GA |
$46,800 (full-time) | 564 | ||||||||
| Rank Not Published |
Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL |
$19,943 (in-state, full-time); $54,494 (full-time)(out-of-state) | 478 | ||||||||
| #57 |
George Washington University
Washington, DC |
$50,903 (full-time) | 716 | ||||||||
| #48 |
Georgetown University
Washington, DC |
$45,645 (full-time) | 805 | ||||||||
| #70 |
Georgia Regents University
Augusta, GA |
$26,210 (in-state, full-time); $47,440 (full-time)(out-of-state) | 884 | ||||||||
| #1 |
Harvard University
Boston, MA |
$49,875 (full-time) | 700 | ||||||||
| Unranked |
Howard University
Washington, DC |
N/A | N/A |
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