Best Medical Schools: Research

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#51 Tufts University

Boston, MA

$54,980 (full-time) 810

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#51 Temple University

Philadelphia, PA

$53,468 (full-time) 805
#6 Washington University in St. Louis

St. Louis, MO

$52,020 (full-time) 478
#25 Case Western Reserve University

Cleveland, OH

$51,450 (full-time) 846
#30 Boston University

Boston, MA

$50,948 (full-time) 730
#64 Jefferson Medical College

Philadelphia, PA

$50,936 (full-time) 1,053
#57 George Washington University

Washington, DC

$50,903 (full-time) 716
#38 Dartmouth College (Geisel)

Hanover, NH

$50,646 (full-time) 395
#31 University of Southern California (Keck)

Los Angeles, CA

$50,246 (full-time) 700
#1 Harvard University

Boston, MA

$49,875 (full-time) 700
Rank Not Published New York Institute of Technology

Long Island, NY

$49,820 (full-time) 1,190
Rank Not Published Western University of Health Sciences

Pomona, CA

$49,510 (full-time) 1,110
#8 Columbia University

New York, NY

$49,504 (full-time) 662
#7 Yale University

New Haven, CT

$49,500 (full-time) 397
#82 Creighton University

Omaha, NE

$49,120 (full-time) 582
Rank Not Published University of New England

Biddeford, ME

$48,800 (full-time) 499
#18 Northwestern University (Feinberg)

Chicago, IL

$48,339 (full-time) 712
#8 Duke University

Durham, NC

$48,065 (full-time) 425
#85 Drexel University

Philadelphia, PA

$47,980 (full-time) 1,080
Rank Not Published New York Medical College

Valhalla, NY

$47,890 (full-time) 817
#64 Rush University

Chicago, IL

$47,856 (full-time) 550
#31 Brown University (Alpert)

Providence, RI

$47,480 (full-time) 452
#70 St. Louis University

St. Louis, MO

$47,440 (full-time) 725
#2 Stanford University

Stanford, CA

$47,343 (full-time) 461
#16 Cornell University (Weill)

New York, NY

$47,150 (full-time) 409

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