Top Colleges of Medicine

U.S. News and World Report releases a highly researched list of the best colleges, universities and graduate schools every year. For the magazine's rankings of the best medical schools of 2010, it surveyed 146 med school programs, then divided them into two categories. The top three med schools in the research division are all private. In primary care, they're all public institutions. U.S. News ranked the medical schools based on several factors, including peer assessment scores, an assessment score by residency directors and student selectivity.
  1. Harvard University

    • Harvard Medical School was ranked number one in research with a perfect score of 100. In primary care, it got a score of 71 and a 17 ranking. U.S. News says Harvard's med school had 705 students enrolled at a tuition cost of $42,500 per year in the 2008-09 school year.

      Harvard University Medical School
      25 Shattuck Street
      Boston, MA 02115-6092
      617-432-1550
      hms.harvard.edu

    University of Pennsylvania

    • U.S. News gave UPenn's med school a score of 81 out of 100 for research, making it number two for research, and 78 out of 100 for primary care, putting it seventh on the list in primary care. This private school had 622 enrolled at a tuition cost of $42,472 in 2008-09.

      University of Pennsylvania
      237 John Morgan Building, 3620 Hamilton Walk
      Philadelphia, PA 19104-6055
      215-898-8001
      med.upenn.edu

    Johns Hopkins

    • Johns Hopkins School of Medicine came in at number three on U.S. News' rankings of top medical schools with a score of 80 out of 100 in research. In primary care, its score was 67 out of 100, ranking it at 25 in that division of medical schools. Tuition at Johns Hopkins' med school is $39,500 as of the 2008-09 school year when it had 480 students enrolled.

      Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
      733 N. Broadway
      Baltimore, MD 21205
      410-955-3182
      hopkinsmedicine.org

    University of Washington

    • The University of Washington School of Medicine got a perfect score of 100 in the primary care division of U.S. News and World Report's 2010 rankings of medical schools. In the research division it received s score of 74 out of 100, putting it at number six in that division. The school's 2008-09 tuition was $20,997 for in-state students while out-of-staters paid $50,037. U.S. News says the total med school enrollment that year was 901 students.

      University of Washington School of Medicine
      PO Box 356340
      Seattle, WA 98195
      206-543-7212
      uwmedicine.org

    University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

    • U.S. News ranked UNC-Chapel Hill's School of Medicine at number two in the primary care division with a score of 90. It comes in at 20th in research with a score of 60.

      In-state tuition at UNC's medical school was $11,607 for the 2008-09 school year and $35,673 for out of state with 734 students enrolled.

      University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill School of Medicine
      CB #7000, 4030 Bondurant Hall
      Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7000
      919-962-8331
      med.unc.edu

    Oregon Health and Science University

    • According to U.S. News, OHSU's School of Medicine is the third best medical school in primary care with a score of 87. In research, it ranks 37th with a score of 50 out of 100.

      OHSU's 2008-09 tuition was $31,725 for in-state students and $44,881 for those from out-of-state, with a total enrollment of 523.

      Oregon Health and Science University School of Medicine
      3181 S.W. Sam Jackson Park Road, L102
      Portland, OR 97239-3098
      503-494-2998
      ohsu.edu

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