Best Medical Schools: Research

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#82 Creighton University

Omaha, NE

$49,120 (full-time) 582

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#28 University of Iowa (Carver)

Iowa City, IA

$31,550 (in-state, full-time); $47,614 (full-time)(out-of-state) 588
#16 University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, PA

$44,726 (in-state, full-time); $45,846 (full-time)(out-of-state) 591
Rank Not Published University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey​‒​Stratford

Stratford, NJ

$34,445 (in-state, full-time); $55,268 (full-time)(out-of-state) 597
#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
#26 University of Virginia

Charlottesville, VA

$40,782 (in-state, full-time); $50,204 (full-time)(out-of-state) 614
#35 University of Colorado​‒​Denver

Aurora, CO

$32,684 (in-state, full-time); $58,638 (full-time)(out-of-state) 644
#4 University of Pennsylvania (Perelman)

Philadelphia, PA

$47,090 (full-time) 646
#4 University of California​‒​San Francisco

San Francisco, CA

$31,134 (in-state, full-time); $43,379 (full-time)(out-of-state) 648
#21 New York University

New York, NY

$44,910 (full-time) 651
#76 University of Louisville

Louisville, KY

$31,512 (in-state, full-time); $47,452 (full-time)(out-of-state) 654
#70 University of Oklahoma

Oklahoma City, OK

$19,700 (in-state, full-time); $46,170 (full-time)(out-of-state) 658
#78 University of Tennessee Health Science Center

Memphis, TN

$31,432 (in-state, full-time); $62,292 (full-time)(out-of-state) 658
#8 Columbia University

New York, NY

$49,504 (full-time) 662
#42 University of Cincinnati

Cincinnati, OH

$28,820 (in-state, full-time); $46,550 (full-time)(out-of-state) 663
#37 University of Maryland

Baltimore, MD

$28,187 (in-state, full-time); $51,836 (full-time)(out-of-state) 663
#8 University of Michigan​‒​Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, MI

$29,352 (in-state, full-time); $46,944 (full-time)(out-of-state) 679
#55 Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (Hebert)

Bethesda, MD

$0 (in-state, full-time); $0 (full-time)(out-of-state) 685
Rank Not Published Lincoln Memorial University (DeBusk)

Harrogate, TN

$38,290 (full-time) 697
#1 Harvard University

Boston, MA

$49,875 (full-time) 700
#31 University of Southern California (Keck)

Los Angeles, CA

$50,246 (full-time) 700
#29 University of Wisconsin​‒​Madison

Madison, WI

$23,807 (in-state, full-time); $33,704 (full-time)(out-of-state) 701
Rank Not Published University of Toledo

Toledo, OH

$29,797 (in-state, full-time); $60,001 (full-time)(out-of-state) 702
#59 Medical University of South Carolina

Charleston, SC

$35,654 (in-state, full-time); $62,109 (full-time)(out-of-state) 706
#82 Texas A&M Health Science Center

Bryan, TX

$12,780 (in-state, full-time); $25,880 (full-time)(out-of-state) 706

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