Harvard Medical School is located in Boston, Mass. The school was established Sept. 19, 1782. Harvard Med's featured departments are biological chemistry and molecular pharmacology, cell biology, genetics, global health and social medicine, health care policy, microbiology and molecular genetics, neurobiology, pathology, stem cell and regenerative biology and systems biology. Their total faculty is made up of 11,017, with more than half being instructors. Currently, there are 1,408 students receiving Medical Doctor, Ph.D, MD-Ph.D, MD-Ph.D in Social Sciences and Doctoral in Dental Medicine degrees. As of 2011, 81 percent of the students are receiving financial aid with an average debt of $103,663 upon graduation.
Johns Hopkins Medical School is a part of Johns Hopkins University and was founded in 1893 in Baltimore, Md. The school offers a total of 29 academic departments and institutes for students to choose from. As of 2011, JH Medical School is made up of 2,448 full-time faculty, 1,249 part-time faculty, 9,504 employees and 482 medical students. The percentage of students receiving financial aid is 85.
The University of Pennsylvania is the oldest medical school in the United States, founded in 1765, and is located in Philadelphia. The school offers MD, PhD, MD-PhD, Masters and continuing medical education programs. Penn Medicine covers a large spectrum of programs in the their Basic Science and Clinical departments. As of 2011, the school is made up of 1,700 full-time faculty members and 725 medical students. Also, nearly 85 percent of the medical students receive financial aid.
Stanford Medical School is a part of Standford University and is located in Stanford, Calif. It is a private school established in 1908. The school consists of 29 medical departments including surgery, bioengineering, dermatology, neurobiology, pediatrics, radiology, surgery and the Stanford Cancer Center. Standford Med currently has 801 faculty members and 472 students involved in masters, medical doctor, multiple-degree, PhD and primary care associate programs. The amount of students receiving financial aid is 92 percent.