THE TOP SCHOOLS·RESEARCH
Overall
score
Peer
assessment
score
(5.0 highest)
Assessment
score by
residency
directors
(5.0 highest)
'06
average
undergrad
GPA
'06
average
MCAT
score
'06
acceptance
rate
'06
NIH research
grants
(in millions)
'06 NIH
research
grants perfaculty member
(in thousands)
'06
faculty/
student
ratio
'06
out-of-state
tuition
and fees
'06 total
medical
school
enrollment
Rank/School
1. Harvard University (MA)
100
4.8
4.7
3.81
11.7
4.7%
$1,172.5
$158.6
9.6
$40,279
771
2. Johns Hopkins University (MD)
82
4.9
4.7
3.85
1.6
6.2%
$471.6
$207.9
4.7
$37,515
482
3. University of Pennsylvania
79
4.5
4.4
3.80
11.4
4.4%
$485.7
$236.9
3.4
$41,173
606
4. Washington University in St. Louis
78
4.6
4.5
3.84
12.2
10.5%
$360.1
$238.5
2.6
$41,910
589
5. University of California-San Francisco
77
4.7
4.4
3.75
11.1
4.4%
$433.8
$253.9
2.8
$34,923
603
6. University of Washington
76
4.5
4.2
3.64
10.4
6.2%
$573.2
$283.8
2.5
$38,094
806
7. Standford University (CA)
74
4.5
4.6
3.71
11.4
3.1%
$252.2
$334.5
1.6
$39,981
463
8. Duke University (NC)
73
4.6
4.6
3.74
11.1
4.0%
$349.9
$190.2
4.5
$41,215
408
Yale University (CT)
73
4.3
4.3
3.75
11.4
6.5%
$305.1
$297.9
2.6
$39,525
390
10. Baylor College of Medicine (TX)
71
3.9
3.9
3.80
11.3
6.4%
$419.5
$237.6
2.6
$24,848
672
Columbia U. Col. Of Physicians and Surgeons (NY)
71
4.3
4.3
3.78
11.9
4.5%
$320.8
$169.3
3.0
$43,700
624
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
71
4.4
4.4
3.73
11.4
8.0%
$325.5
$208.4
2.3
$36,889
682
13. University of California-Los Angeles (Geffen)
70
4.1
4.1
3.76
11.1
4.6%
$425.2
$198.3
3.1
$34,269
693
14. University of California-San Diego
69
4.1
4.0
3.73
11.2
5.5%
$260.3
$303.7
1.7
$34,660
502
15. Cornell University (Weill) (NY)
66
4.1
4.3
3.72
11.4
4.5%
$253.9
$125.9
5.0
$35,125
405
University of Chicago (Pritzker)
66
4.0
4.1
3.75
11.3
6.2%
$216.6
$255.7
2.0
$36,401
422
University of Pittsburgh
66
4.0
4.1
3.68
11.3
8.6%
$341.8
$181.7
3.2
$38,714
589
18. Vanderbilt University (TN)
65
4.1
4.2
3.76
11.3
6.5%
$256.5
$147.2
4.1
$38,050
428
19. U. of Texas Southwestern Medical Center-Dallas
61
4.1
4.1
3.83
10.7
13.1%
$186.9
$124.5
1.6
$24,732
925
20. University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
60
4.0
4.1
3.64
10.7
6.2%
$212.9
$165.4
1.8
$35,039
735
21. Case Western Reserve University (OH)
58
3.7
3.8
3.69
11.0
8.7%
$259.4
$132.7
3.0
$40,752
652
Northwestern University (Feinberg) (IL)
58
3.7
4.0
3.71
11.2
6.5%
$203.5
$112.0
2.6
$41,389
695
23. Emory University (GA)
57
3.7
4.0
3.66
11.1
8.2%
$197.9
$116.7
3.7
$38,346
455
Mayo Medical School (MN)
57
3.7
3.8
3.82
10.9
2.4%
$189.0
$80.3
14.3
$28,300
165
U. of Colorado-Denver and Health Sciences Center
57
3.7
3.7
3.67
11.0
9.7%
$212.4
$139.3
2.6
$46,455
586
University of Virginia
57
3.6
3.9
3.73
11.0
8.9%
$144.9
$159.6
1.6
$39,924
554
27. Mount Sinal School of Medicine (NY)
56
3.6
3.7
3.65
11.1
5.2%
$190.7
$164.8
2.4
$37,450
487
University of Alabama-Birmingham
56
3.8
3.8
3.73
10.1
12.9%
$180.5
$161.6
1.6
$40,861
700
University of Wisconsin-Madison
56
3.7
3.7
3.74
10.4
8.5%
$168.5
$167.1
1.6
$33,388
618
30. University of Iowa (Carver)
54
3.6
3.8
3.70
10.4
10.9%
$141.2
$159.4
1.5
$41,354
572
31. Ohio State University
53
3.3
3.5
3.72
10.8
8.9%
$224.4
$114.2
2.4
$30,928
832
Dartmouth Medical School (NH)
52
3.4
3.8
3.70
10.7
7.0%
$113.7
$132.8
2.7
$38,625
316
Oregon Health and Science University
52
3.5
3.6
3.63
10.3
5.4%
$200.7
$126.9
3.3
$40,675
483
34. Boston University
51
3.2
3.5
3.66
10.1
5.2%
$196.4
$169.9
1.8
$41,540
652
Brown University(RI)
51
3.1
3.7
3.62
11.3
4.2%
$105.5
$148.4
2.0
$39,350
360
New York University
51
3.4
3.6
3.77
10.9
6.3%
$122.7
$80.2
2.2
$40,750
711
University of Rochester (NY)
51
3.6
3.5
3.66
10.6
8.6%
$144.4
$107.3
3.3
$38,774
402
38. University of Southern California (Keck)
50
3.3
3.5
3.60
10.8
6.1%
$151.7
$122.0
1.9
$42,164
672
39. University of Minnesota Medical School
49
3.5
3.6
3.64
10.1
9.4%
$152.6
$94.8
1.7
$39,038
929
Yeshiva University (Einstein) (NY)
49
3.3
3.4
3.70
10.4
8.4%
$190.2
$73.8
3.4
$41,700
759
41. University of California-Irvine
48
2.8
3.3
3.70
10.7
7.0%
$117.5
$228.1
1.3
$35,690
408
University of Cincinnati
48
3.1
3.3
3.64
10.4
9.8%
$193.7
$142.4
2.2
$46,439
621
University of Maryland
48
3.3
3.3
3.66
10.2
7.5%
$149.6
$129.3
1.9
$37,262
621
44. Georgetown University (DC)
47
3.0
3.6
3.62
10.4
4.3%
$151.1
$92.7
2.2
$41,304
747
Indiana University-Indianapolis
47
3.4
3.5
3.73
10.1
14.6%
$102.6
$77.3
1.1
$43,885
1,172
Wake Forest Univesity (NC)
47
3.2
3.5
3.59
10.2
3.9%
$121.5
$134.5
2.0
$35,706
446
47. Tufts University (MA)
46
3.3
3.7
3.61
10.5
6.8%
$86.2
$61.1
2.0
$45,310
698
48. University of Florida
45
3.0
3.3
3.80
10.5
9.9%
$93.6
$78.7
2.4
$48,965
501
49. University of California-Davis
44
3.0
3.4
3.60
10.3
4.8%
$79.1
$139.7
1.4
$37,810
399
University of Massachusetts-Worcester
44
3.0
3.2
3.58
10.4
20.9%
$117.5
$130.6
2.1
N/A
423
University of Utah
44
3.2
3.5
3.65
9.7
11.5%
$92.8
$91.5
2.5
$35,864
404