The New Jersey Medical School, in its earliest form, was founded on August 6, 1954. The Jersey Medical School has 21 different programs for aspiring doctors to choose from. They offer three different types of degrees. The MD/MBA is for those interested in working in health-care management. The program is run in partnership with Rutgers Business School. Jersey Medical School's MD/MPH degree can be acquired in five years and is offered only to those who have already obtained an undergraduate degree. The MD/PhD program takes seven years with the last two years requiring clinical work.
The history of Yale itself can be traced back to 1701. Its medical program was founded in 1810. In addition to the five different medical degrees offered, Yale's vast resources offers students the opportunity to earn a handful of joint degrees from other schools in the Yale family, such as the business school and law school. Residents at Yale have 75 specialties to choose from. Students at Yale Medical will have the opportunity to study with a lot of hands on experience at the Yale-New Haven Hospital.
New York's Mount Sinai School of Medicine was established in 1968 with only 36 medical students. As of 2009 Mount Sinai's program had over 1,000 students seeking various levels of medical education. That same year they ranked 22 out of 126 medical schools in U.S. News and World Report. Mount Sinai has a large variety of both medical education and research programs. These programs range from Dentistry Research to Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery program.
Northern Manhattan's Columbia University Medical Center is actually made up of five different programs or schools: College of Physicians and Surgeons, College of Dental Medicine, Mailman School of Public Health, School of Nursing and a Graduate School. As of 2008, Columbia has 3,231 students enrolled and a full time faculty of 2,189 instructors. They have an annual budget of $1.3 billion. Since their founding, the Columbia medical and physiology programs have been rewarded with 16 Nobel Prizes. In 2009 they handed out 1,005 degrees.