Top Medical Schools - Research and Primary Care

Research  |  Primary Care

Medical school rankings are always a bone of contention among medical schools and medical students. Every institution feels it should be ranked higher. Research and Primary Care are listed separately below.

According the US News & World Reports ranking of the top graduate schools:

Top 50 Medical Schools for Research

  1. Harvard University
  2. Johns Hopkins University
  3. University of Pennsylvania
  4. University of California San Francisco
      Washington University, St. Louis
  6. Duke University
  7. Stanford University
      University of Washington
  9. Yale University
10. Baylor College of Medicine
11. Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
      University of California - Los Angeles (Geffen)
      University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
14. University of California - San Diego
15. Cornell University (Weill)
16. University of Pittsburgh
17. University of Chicago (Pritzker)
      Vanderbilt University
19. University of Texas Southwest Medical Center
20. Northwestern University (Feinberg)
      University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
22. Case Western Reserve University
      Mayo Medical School
      University of Alabama - Birmingham
25. University of Virginia
26. Emory University
      University of Colorado - Denver and Health Sciences Center
28. Boston University
      University of Wisconsin - Madison
30. Mount Sinai School of Medicine
      University of Iowa
32. Dartmouth Medical School
      New York University
      Ohio State University
      Oregon Health and Science University
36. University of Rochester
      University of Southern California (Keck)
38. Brown University
      University of Minnesota Medical School
      Yeshiva University (Einstein)
41. Wake Forest University
42. Tufts University
      University of Cincinnati
      University of Maryland
45. Indiana University - Indianapolis
46. Georgetown University
      University of California - Irvine
48. University of California - Davis
      University of Massachusetts - Worcester
50. Stony Brook University
      Tulane University
      University of Florida
      University of Utah

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Top 50 Medical Schools for Primary Care

  1. University of Washington
  2. University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
  3. Oregon Health & Science University
  4. Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine
      University of Massachusetts - Worcester
  6. Duke University
      East Carolina University (Brody)
      University of Colorado - Denver and Health Sciences Center
      University of Wisconsin - Madison
10. University of California San Francisco
11. Baylor College of Medicine
      University of Iowa (Carver)
      University of Nebraska College of Medicine
14. Michigan State University
      University of Vermont
16. Brown University
      University of Minnesota Medical School
      University of Missouri - Columbia
      University of Pennsylvania
20. University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center - Dallas
21. Case Western Reserve University
      Dartmouth Medical School
      University of California - Davis
      University of Rochester
25. Harvard University
      University of New Mexico
      Wake Forest University
28. University of Alabama - Birmingham
      University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
      University of North Texas Health Science Center (Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine)
31. University of Virginia
      Yeshiva University (Einstein)
33. Indiana University - Indianapolis
      Ohio State University
      University of California - San Diego
      University of Maryland
      University of Pittsburgh
38. University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
      University of California - Los Angeles (Geffen)
      University of Connecticut
41. East Tennessee State University (Quillen)
      Emory University
      Johns Hopkins University
      Medical College of Wisconsin
45. Medical College of Georgia
      Northwestern University (Feinberg)
      Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences
      University of Utah
49. Cornell University (Weill)
      University of Chicago (Pritzker)
      West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine