What are the top medical schools in the US in 2016? Though medical schools are one of the most expensive college choices students in the US can make, enrollment rates remain on the high side. The reason is simple. Their graduates are paid extremely well compared to most professions, though some specialties are paid more than the others (see the 10 highest-paid medical specialties). However, if you may think that medicine is basically the same field and where you choose to further your education don’t change your future income, you couldn’t be more wrong. Some programs have a better reputation for providing top quality studies than others and this affects your future earnings.
Another fact about medical schools is that they are very expensive (you should check out our list of 10 most affordable medical schools if price is an important factor in your decision). However, this is an indirect result of high cost of medical research and services. United States made several important advances in medical care just in the past decade. The constant increase in the cost of medical care has been pushing some Americans into seeking countries with the cheapest medical care but this won’t affect the demand for high quality medical care in this country. Overall, the future of this profession is bright and actually we expect wealthy foreigners to seek medical help at an increasing rate in the coming years.
In this article, we would like to present you with the list of the top 20 medical schools in the US.. In order to come up with our countdown, we took a look at the 2014 statistics released by US News, which ranked medical schools across the country according to two main indicators: research and primary care. For their primary care list, US News experts took a look at 128 medical programs across the US and evaluated them according to quality. Their main indicators were peer assessments, assessments provided by residency directors, percentage of graduates moving to primary care residencies, student selectivity, and GPA and MCAT scores.
If you’re looking forward to enrolling in a medical school, but don’t know which program to choose, then this is the list for you. Let’s take a look at the countdown.
No. 20: University of Pittsburgh
Full time, in state tuition: $46,962
Full time, out-of-state tuition: $48,138
Total enrollment: 602
No. 19: Indiana University at Indianapolis
Full time, in state tuition: $33,019
Full time, out-of-state tuition: $51,888
Total enrollment: 1,363
No. 18: Dartmouth College – Geisel
Full time, in state tuition: $53,432
Full time, out-of-state tuition: $53,432
Total enrollment: 367
No. 17: University of Iowa – Carver
Full time, in state tuition: $32,370
Full time, out-of-state tuition: $48,852
Total enrollment: 607
No. 16: University of California – Davis
Full time, in state tuition: $34,874
Full time, out-of-state tuition: $47,119
Total enrollment: 415
No. 15: University of Pennsylvania – Perelman
Full time, in state tuition: $48,738
Full time, out-of-state tuition: $48,738
Total enrollment: 665
No. 14: University of Colorado – Denver
Full time, in state tuition: $33,663
Full time, out-of-state tuition: $59,618
Total enrollment: 646
No. 13: University of California at Los Angeles – Geffen
Full time, in state tuition: $31,134
Full time, out-of-state tuition: $43,379
Total enrollment: 771
No. 12: Baylor College of Medicine
Full time, in state tuition: $19,650
Full time, out-of-state tuition: $19,650
Total enrollment: 747
No. 11: Harvard University
Full time, in state tuition: $52,000
Full time, out-of-state tuition: $52,000
Total enrollment: 708
No. 10: University of Wisconsin – Madison
Full time, in state tuition: $23,807
Full time, out-of-state tuition: $33,704
Total enrollment: 698
No. 9: Michigan State University – College of Osteopathic Medicine
Full time, in state tuition: $40,112
Full time, out-of-state tuition: $82,071
Total enrollment: 1,252
No. 8: University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
Full time, in state tuition: $29,956
Full time, out-of-state tuition: $47,904
Total enrollment: 687
No. 7: University of Nebraska Medical Center
Full time, in state tuition: $27,992
Full time, out-of-state tuition: $67,604
Total enrollment: 510
No. 6: University of Minnesota
Full time, in state tuition: $37,869
Full time, out-of-state tuition: $49,764
Total enrollment: 986
No. 5: University of Massachusetts – Worcester
Full time, in state tuition: $8,352
Full time, out-of-state tuition: N/A
Total enrollment: 518
No. 4: University of California at San Francisco
Full time, in state tuition: $32,106
Full time, out-of-state tuition: $44,351
Total enrollment: 632
No. 3: Oregon Health and Science University
Full time, in state tuition: $38,428
Full time, out-of-state tuition: $53,596
Total enrollment: 528
No. 2: University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
Full time, in state tuition: $17,537
Full time, out-of-state tuition: $44,416
Total enrollment: 811
Best Medical School in 2014: University of Washington
Full time, in state tuition: $29,958
Full time, out-of-state tuition: $58,947
Total enrollment: 918
