Rural medicine Best Medical Schools

Ranked in 2011

There is a growing need in the U.S. for rural medicine doctors. Through these programs, students train to be physicians in rural and underserved communities. These are the top medical schools for rural medicine programs

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Overall Medicine School Program Data
#1	University of Washington Seattle, WA	Full-time: $23,049 (in-state), Full-time: $52,029 (out-of-state)	926	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked
#2	University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM	Full-time: $16,170 (in-state), Full-time: $46,347 (out-of-state)	335	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked
#3	East Tennessee State University (Quillen) Johnson City, TN	Full-time: $24,960 (in-state), Full-time: $50,856 (out-of-state)	258	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked
#4	University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN	Full-time: $32,049 (in-state), Full-time: $38,436 (out-of-state)	998	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked
#5	Oregon Health and Science University Portland, OR	Full-time: $32,996 (in-state), Full-time: $46,677 (out-of-state)	504	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked
#6	University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC	Full-time: $12,557 (in-state), Full-time: $36,955 (out-of-state)	753	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked
#7	West Virginia University Morgantown, WV	Full-time: $20,848 (in-state), Full-time: $46,610 (out-of-state)	424	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked
#8	University of South Dakota (Sanford) Sioux Falls, SD	Full-time: $17,291 (in-state), Full-time: $41,417 (out-of-state)	217	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked
#9	University of North Dakota Grand Forks, ND	Full-time: $24,119 (in-state), Full-time: $44,644 (out-of-state)	241	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked
#9	West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine Lewisburg, WV	Full-time: $19,950 (in-state), Full-time: $49,950 (out-of-state)	793	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked

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College name

Tuition

Total medical school enrollment

MCAT composite score

Average undergraduate GPA

Acceptance rate

Full-time faculty-student ratio

NIH funds granted to medical school and affiliated hospitals (in millions)

University of Washington

Seattle, WA

Full-time: $23,049 (in-state), Full-time: $52,029 (out-of-state)

926

Locked

University of New Mexico

Albuquerque, NM

Full-time: $16,170 (in-state), Full-time: $46,347 (out-of-state)

335

Locked

East Tennessee State University (Quillen)

Johnson City, TN

Full-time: $24,960 (in-state), Full-time: $50,856 (out-of-state)

258

Locked

University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, MN

Full-time: $32,049 (in-state), Full-time: $38,436 (out-of-state)

998

Locked

Oregon Health and Science University

Portland, OR

Full-time: $32,996 (in-state), Full-time: $46,677 (out-of-state)

504

Locked

University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC

Full-time: $12,557 (in-state), Full-time: $36,955 (out-of-state)

753

Locked

West Virginia University

Morgantown, WV

Full-time: $20,848 (in-state), Full-time: $46,610 (out-of-state)

424

Locked

University of South Dakota (Sanford)

Sioux Falls, SD

Full-time: $17,291 (in-state), Full-time: $41,417 (out-of-state)

217

Locked

University of North Dakota

Grand Forks, ND

Full-time: $24,119 (in-state), Full-time: $44,644 (out-of-state)

241

Locked

West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine

Lewisburg, WV

Full-time: $19,950 (in-state), Full-time: $49,950 (out-of-state)

793

Locked