Top Ranked Medical Schools

Harvard University

• Harvard University Medical School was ranked the number one medical school in the country by U.S. News & World Report in 2009. With an enrollment of 728 in 2008, and tuition of $39,000 for the 2008-09 school year, those who attend Harvard Medical School enjoy the variety of learning and service opportunities available to medical students. Their research department was rated 100 out of 100 points. Fifty clinical departments within the medical school conduct much important basic and clinical research.

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

Johns Hopkins University

• Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine ranked second out of 146 medical school programs surveyed by U.S. News & World Report in 2009. Tuition for the 2008-09 school year was $38,000, and 473 students were enrolled full-time. Research ranked 81 out of 100 points, with over 80% of the school's science faculty working on National Institutes of Health grants. More than 90% of Hopkins students applying for residencies get one of their first three choices.

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

University of Pennsylvania

• The University of Pennsylvania Medical School rated third of the 146 medical school programs ranked by U.S. News & World Report in 2009. For the 2008-09 school year, tuition for the 614 full-time students was $41,036. Penn prides itself on being the first medical school in the United States, and is affiliated with the first hospital built by a medical school (the University of Pennsylvania Hospital). The research department at Penn rated 79 out of 100 points.

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

Washington University in St. Louis

• Ranking fourth out of 146 medical school programs polled in the United States by U.S. News & World Report, Washington University in St. Louis kept its student body low at 476 enrolled in its medical program in 2008-09. For that year, tuition was $45,550. Its research department ranked 79 out of 100 points, as students have researched using bee venom to kill cancer cells, found a new drug-free asthma treatment, and decoded the genome of a leukemia patient.

  Washington University in St. Louis
  School of Medicine
  660 S. Euclid Avenue
  St. Louis, MO 63110
  (314) 362-6858
  medschool.wustl.edu

University of California - San Francisco

• University of California at San Francisco ranked fifth of 146 medical programs surveyed by U.S. News & World Report in 2009. Its student body that year was 595. In-state students enjoy a tuition of $0, while those from out-of-state pay a mere $12,245, representing a huge cost savings over other medical schools surveyed. The research department at the university rated 77 of 100 points. Research topics include biomedical science, biological sciences, microbiology, and immunology.

  University of California--San Francisco
  School of Medicine
  513 Parnassus Avenue, Room S224
  San Francisco, CA 94143-0410
  (415) 476-4044
  medschool.ucsf.edu