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New York University School of Medicine ranked first and Washington University School of Medicine ranked second in 2025 medical school rankings. The 2025 average medical school tuition & fees of the top 50 medical schools is $70,392 (based on out-of-state rate). The average acceptance rate is 1.96% and the average MCAT score is 517.

Below statements are summarizing the average statistics of tuition and admission for top 50 medical schools.

The average medical school tuition & fees is $70,392 and Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell has the highest tuition & fees of $81,975 and Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin has the lowest tuition & fees of $37,138.
The average MCAT score is 517 and New York University School of Medicine has the highest MCAT score of 523 and University of Utah School of Medicine has the lowest score of 511.
The average acceptance rate is 1.96% and Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine has the tightest (lowest) rate of 1% and University of Massachusetts Medical School has the loosest (lowest) rate of 4%.
The average medical school population is 683 and Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University has the most students of 1,194 and Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin has the fewest students of 208.

Best Medical Schools Comparison Table

Rank	College Name	Tuition & Fees	MCAT Score	GPA	Acceptance Rate	Student Population	First-year First-time Students
1	New York University School of Medicine New York, NY	$70,050	523	3.98	1.2%	474	99
2	Washington University School of Medicine Saint Louis, MO	$69,468	521	3.95	2.0%	656	123
3	Yale School of Medicine New Haven, CT	$79,350	522	3.96	1.4%	570	104
4	Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine Rochester, AZ	$70,280	521	3.95	1.8%	503	109
5	Columbia University Roy and Diana Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons New York, NY	$79,690	522	3.95	1.8%	644	138
6	Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	$80,511	521	3.97	2.2%	805	153
7	Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Chicago, IL	$78,901	521	3.93	1.6%	696	140
8	Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford, CA	$72,102	520	3.95	0.9%	509	90
9	Duke University School of Medicine Durham, NC	$77,172	520	3.92	1.3%	569	123
10	Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai New York, NY	$80,483	519	3.92	1.3%	598	128
11	University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine Chicago, IL	$67,602	521	3.94	1.2%	435	91
12	Harvard Medical School Boston, MA	$80,639	521	3.9	2.0%	829	165
13	Weill Cornell Medical College New York, NY	$78,526	518	3.93	1.2%	532	106
14	Baylor College of Medicine Houston, TX	$65,463	518	3.94	3.7%	964	224
15	Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore, MD	$71,508	520	3.94	1.5%	596	118
16	University of Virginia School of Medicine Charlottesville, VA	$71,046	518	3.85	2.2%	668	156
17	Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Cleveland, OH	$74,542	518	3.87	2.3%	1,028	216
18	Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine Pasadena, CA	$69,212	515	3.84	0.7%	209	49
19	David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Los Angeles, CA	$66,420	522	3.96	1.4%	878	175
20	University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine San Francisco, CA	$68,204	517	3.89	1.7%	852	177
21	Boston University School of Medicine Boston, MA	$75,468	517	3.84	1.2%	651	138
22	University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Pittsburgh, PA	$76,062	516	3.91	1.3%	725	151
23	Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	$78,559	517	3.85	1.3%	703	120
24	University of California, San Diego School of Medicine La Jolla, CA	$66,545	514	3.83	1.4%	670	140
25	Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell Hempstead, NY	$81,975	518	3.92	1.9%	438	104
26	UT Health San Antonio Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine San Antonio, TX	$37,239	518	3.87	4.0%	983	232
27	Alpert Medical School at Brown University Providence, RI	$76,762	517	3.87	1.6%	636	144
28	University of California, Irvine School of Medicine Irvine, CA	$64,413	516	3.86	1.5%	521	114
29	Albert Einstein College of Medicine Bronx, NY	$80,358	516	3.88	1.1%	809	148
30	University of Michigan Medical School 6100 THSL, 1135 Catherine Street, MI	$81,960	518	3.9	1.6%	773	168
31	University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at Dallas Dallas, TX	$38,536	517	3.93	3.8%	1,005	229
32	Stony Brook University School of Medicine Stony Brook, NY	$79,726	516	3.93	2.5%	607	141
33	University of South Florida College of Medicine Tampa, FL	$60,500	520	3.96	2.3%	631	131
34	University of Cincinnati College of Medicine Cincinnati, OH	$58,435	514	3.81	2.6%	779	175
35	Emory University School of Medicine Atlanta, GA	$60,382	515	3.81	1.1%	671	136
36	Dartmouth College Geisel School of Medicine Hanover, NH	$77,784	516	3.82	0.9%	430	96
37	University of Utah School of Medicine Salt Lake City,, UT	$68,000	511	3.82	4.1%	543	125
38	The Ohio State University College of Medicine Columbus, OH	$56,919	514	3.83	2.4%	920	211
39	University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine Iowa City, IA	$61,893	514	3.81	3.4%	665	153
40	University of Florida College of Medicine Gainesville, FL	$49,390	516	3.92	2.4%	605	136
41	Tufts University School of Medicine Boston, MA	$76,419	514	3.82	1.3%	850	204
42	University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry Rochester, NY	$78,596	516	3.6	1.8%	475	103
43	University of Massachusetts Medical School North Worcester, MA	$79,498	512	3.87	4.1%	938	233
44	SUNY Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine Brooklyn, NY	$72,192	513	3.79	2.6%	883	197
45	Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine Kalamazoo, MI	$72,313	512	3.81	1.5%	350	86
46	Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia, PA	$73,104	513	3.8	2.4%	1,194	286
47	Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	$37,138	515	3.92	0.9%	208	50
48	New York Medical College Valhalla, NY	$71,714	516	3.8	2.5%	934	233
50	Rutgers New Jersey Medical School Newark, NJ	$78,578	515	3.83	2.7%	780	174
50	Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School New Brunswick, NJ	$77,992	515	3.83	2.7%	780	174
	Average	$70,392	517	3.880	2.0%	683	148